2020–21 Calgary Flames season

2020–21 Calgary Flames
Division	5th North
2020–21 record	26–27–3
Home record	15–12–1
Road record	11–15–2
Goals for	156
Goals against	161
Team information
General manager	Brad Treliving
Coach	Geoff Ward (Jan. 14 – Mar. 4) Darryl Sutter (Mar. 4 – May 19)
Captain	Mark Giordano
Alternate captains	Mikael Backlund Sean Monahan Matthew Tkachuk
Arena	Scotiabank Saddledome
Minor league affiliate(s)	Stockton Heat (AHL) Kansas City Mavericks (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Johnny Gaudreau Elias Lindholm (19)
Assists	Johnny Gaudreau (30)
Points	Johnny Gaudreau (49)
Penalty minutes	Matthew Tkachuk (55)
Plus/minus	Christopher Tanev (+15)
Wins	Jacob Markstrom (22)
Goals against average	Jacob Markstrom (2.68)

The 2020–21 Calgary Flames season was the Flames' 41st season in Calgary, and the 49th season for the Flames' National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972. The Flames attempted unsuccessfully to make the playoffs for a third straight year after getting eliminated in the First Round of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs by the Dallas Stars.

Due to the Canada-U.S. border restrictions brought in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Flames were re-aligned with the other six Canadian franchises into the newly-formed North Division. The league's 56-game regular season was played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Calgary and the other Canadian teams played an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Flames were eliminated from playoff contention on May 10 after the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–3 in overtime.

Standings

Divisional standings

North Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Toronto Maple Leafs	56	35	14	7	29	187	148	+39	77
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	56	35	19	2	31	182	150	+32	72
3	x – Winnipeg Jets	56	30	23	3	24	170	154	+16	63
4	x – Montreal Canadiens	56	24	21	11	20	159	168	−9	59
5	e – Calgary Flames	56	26	27	3	21	156	161	−5	55
6	e – Ottawa Senators	56	23	28	5	18	157	190	−33	51
7	e – Vancouver Canucks	56	23	29	4	16	147	187	−40	50

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.

2020–21 game log
January: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 1–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 14 Calgary 3–4 Winnipeg OT Markstrom 0 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 January 16 Vancouver 0–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 1–0–1 3 Recap 3 January 18 Vancouver 2–5 Calgary Markstrom 0 2–0–1 5 Recap 4 January 24 Toronto 3–2 Calgary Markstrom 0 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 January 26 Toronto 4–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 January 28 Calgary 2–4 Montreal Rittich 0 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 January 30 Calgary 2–0 Montreal Markstrom 0 3–3–1 7 Recap
February: 7–7–1 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 5–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 February 1 Calgary 4–3 Winnipeg SO Markstrom 0 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 February 2 Calgary 2–3 Winnipeg Rittich 0 4–4–1 9 Recap 10 February 4 Calgary 1–4 Winnipeg Markstrom 0 4–5–1 9 Recap 11 February 6 Edmonton 4–6 Calgary Markstrom 0 5–5–1 11 Recap 12 February 9 Winnipeg 2–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 6–5–1 13 Recap 13 February 11 Calgary 3–1 Vancouver Markstrom 0 7–5–1 15 Recap 14 February 13 Calgary 1–3 Vancouver Markstrom 0 7–6–1 15 Recap 15 February 15 Calgary 4–3 Vancouver OT Markstrom 0 8–6–1 17 Recap 16 February 17 Vancouver 5–1 Calgary Markstrom 0 8–7–1 17 Recap 17 February 19 Edmonton 2–1 Calgary Rittich 0 8–8–1 17 Recap 18 February 20 Calgary 1–7 Edmonton Markstrom 0 8–9–1 17 Recap 19 February 22 Calgary 3–0 Toronto Rittich 0 9–9–1 19 Recap 20 February 24 Calgary 1–2 Toronto OT Rittich 0 9–9–2 20 Recap 21 February 25 Calgary 1–6 Ottawa Rittich 0 9–10–2 20 Recap 22 February 27 Calgary 6–3 Ottawa Rittich 0 10–10–2 22 Recap
March: 6–8–1 (Home: 5–3–1 ; Road: 1–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 March 1 Calgary 1–5 Ottawa Rittich 0 10–11–2 22 Recap 24 March 4 Ottawa 3–7 Calgary Rittich 0 11–11–2 24 Recap 25 March 6 Calgary 2–3 Edmonton Markstrom 0 11–12–2 24 Recap 26 March 7 Ottawa 4–3 Calgary SO Markstrom 0 11–12–3 25 Recap 27 March 11 Montreal 1–2 Calgary Markstrom 0 12–12–3 27 Recap 28 March 13 Montreal 1–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 13–12–3 29 Recap 29 March 15 Edmonton 3–4 Calgary Markstrom 0 14–12–3 31 Recap 30 March 17 Edmonton 7–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 14–13–3 31 Recap 31 March 19 Calgary 4–3 Toronto Markstrom 0 15–13–3 33 Recap 32 March 20 Calgary 0–2 Toronto Rittich 0 15–14–3 33 Recap 33 March 22 Calgary 1–2 Ottawa Markstrom 0 15–15–3 33 Recap 34 March 24 Calgary 1–3 Ottawa Markstrom 0 15–16–3 33 Recap 35 March 26 Winnipeg 3–2 Calgary Markstrom 0 15–17–3 33 Recap 36 March 27 Winnipeg 2–4 Calgary Rittich 0 16–17–3 35 Recap 37 March 29 Winnipeg 5–1 Calgary Markstrom 0 16–18–3 35 Recap — March 31 Calgary Vancouver Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 16.
April: 6–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 April 2 Calgary 2–3 Edmonton Markstrom 0 16–19–3 35 Recap 39 April 4 Toronto 4–2 Calgary Rittich 0 16–20–3 35 Recap 40 April 5 Toronto 5–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 16–21–3 35 Recap — April 8 Vancouver Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 19. — April 10 Vancouver Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 13. 41 April 10 Edmonton 0–5 Calgary Markstrom 0 17–21–3 37 Recap 42 April 13 Calgary 3–2 Toronto OT Markstrom 0 18–21–3 39 Recap 43 April 14 Calgary 4–1 Montreal Markstrom 0 19–21–3 41 Recap 44 April 16 Calgary 1–2 Montreal Markstrom 0 19–22–3 41 Recap 45 April 19 Ottawa 4–2 Calgary Markstrom 0 19–23–3 41 Recap — April 20 Ottawa Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 9. 46 April 23 Montreal 2–4 Calgary Markstrom 0 20–23–3 43 Recap 47 April 24 Montreal 2–5 Calgary Markstrom 0 21–23–3 45 Recap 48 April 26 Montreal 2–1 Calgary Markstrom 0 21–24–3 45 Recap 49 April 29 Calgary 3–1 Edmonton Markstrom 0 22–24–3 47 Recap
May: 4–3–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 May 1 Calgary 1–4 Edmonton Markstrom 0 22–25–3 47 Recap 51 May 5 Winnipeg 4–0 Calgary Markstrom 0 22–26–3 47 Recap — May 8 Calgary Vancouver Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 18. 52 May 9 Ottawa 1–6 Calgary Markstrom 0 23–26–3 49 Recap 53 May 13 Vancouver 1–4 Calgary Markstrom 0 24–26–3 51 Recap 54 May 16 Calgary 6–5 Vancouver OT Markstrom 0 25–26–3 53 Recap 55 May 18 Calgary 2–4 Vancouver Domingue 0 25–27–3 53 Recap 56 May 19 Vancouver 2–6 Calgary Markstrom 0 26–27–3 55 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Gaudreau, JohnnyJohnny Gaudreau	56	19	30	49	+2	6
Lindholm, EliasElias Lindholm	56	19	28	47	+10	22
Tkachuk, MatthewMatthew Tkachuk	56	16	27	43	+6	55
Mangiapane, AndrewAndrew Mangiapane	56	18	14	32	+1	24
Backlund, MikaelMikael Backlund	54	9	23	32	−7	30
Monahan, SeanSean Monahan	50	10	18	28	−6	10
Giordano, MarkMark Giordano	56	9	17	26	+5	14
Lucic, MilanMilan Lucic	56	10	13	23	−8	46
Dube, DillonDillon Dube	51	11	11	22	−1	20
Andersson, RasmusRasmus Andersson	56	5	16	21	−9	34
Hanifin, NoahNoah Hanifin	47	4	11	15	−2	18
Ryan, DerekDerek Ryan	43	2	11	13	+6	16
Bennett, SamSam Bennett	38	4	8	12	−14	19
Tanev, ChristopherChristopher Tanev	56	2	10	12	+15	6
Valimaki, JuusoJuuso Valimaki	49	2	9	11	−2	26
Leivo, JoshJosh Leivo	38	6	3	9	−3	10
Ritchie, BrettBrett Ritchie	32	4	4	8	−5	24
Nordstrom, JoakimJoakim Nordstrom	44	1	6	7	+1	6
Stone, MichaelMichael Stone	21	2	2	4	−1	6
Nesterov, NikitaNikita Nesterov	38	0	4	4	−10	20
Mackey, ConnorConnor Mackey	6	1	2	3	+3	20
Froese, ByronByron Froese	6	1	0	1	+1	2
Kylington, OliverOliver Kylington	8	0	1	1	−1	0
Gawdin, GlennGlenn Gawdin	7	0	1	1	−1	0
Ruzicka, AdamAdam Ruzicka	3	0	1	1	+2	4
Simon, DominikDominik Simon	11	0	0	0	0	0
Robinson, BuddyBuddy Robinson	9	0	0	0	0	0
Rinaldo, ZacZac Rinaldo	4	0	0	0	−1	5
Phillips, MatthewMatthew Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Markstrom, JacobJacob Markstrom	43	43	2,487:56	22	19	2	111	2.68	1,161	.904	3	0	0	2
Rittich, DavidDavid Rittich ‡ || 15 || 12 || 745:05 || 4 || 7 || 1 || 36 || 2.90 || 374 || .904 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
Zagidulin, ArtyomArtyom Zagidulin	1	0	28:13	0	0	0	2	4.25	11	.818	0	0	0	0
Domingue, LouisLouis Domingue	1	1	57:42	0	1	0	3	3.12	23	.870	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flames. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Draft picks

See also: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Below are the Calgary Flames' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The draft was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	24	Connor Zary	C	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
2	50	Yan Kuznetsov	D	Russia	UConn (H-East)
3	72	Jeremie Poirier	D	Canada	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
4	96	Daniil Chechelev	G	Russia	Russkiye Vitazi Chekhov (MHL)
5	143	Ryan Francis	RW	Canada	Cape Breton Eagles (QMJHL)
6	174	Rory Kerins	C	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
7	205	llya Solovyov	D	Belarus	Dinamo Minsk (KHL)

Further reading

• (2020) Calgary Flames 2021 Media Guide. Calgary Flames.