2020–21 Calgary Flames season

The 2020–21 Calgary Flames season is the Flames' 41st season in Calgary, and the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972.[1] The Flames will attempt 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 and will attempt to make the playoffs for the fourth time in six years.

2020–21 Calgary Flames
2020–21 record6–5–1
Home record4–2–0
Road record2–3–1
Goals for36
Goals against33
Team information
General managerBrad Treliving
CoachGeoff Ward
CaptainMark Giordano
Alternate captainsMikael Backlund
Sean Monahan
Matthew Tkachuk
ArenaScotiabank Saddledome
Minor league affiliate(s)Stockton Heat (AHL)
Kansas City Mavericks (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsJohnny Gaudreau (7)
AssistsElias Lindholm (9)
PointsJohnny Gaudreau
Elias Lindholm (13)
Penalty minutesMatthew Tkachuk (13)
Plus/minusNoah Hanifin (+5)
WinsJacob Markstrom (6)
Goals against averageJacob Markstrom (2.50)

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 season is to be played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Calgary and the other Canadian teams will play an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Standings

Divisional standings
North Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 13 10 2 1 9 48 34 +14 21
2 Montreal Canadiens 12 8 2 2 8 48 31 +17 18
3 Edmonton Oilers 15 8 7 0 7 52 52 0 16
4 Winnipeg Jets 12 7 4 1 5 41 35 +6 15
5 Calgary Flames 12 6 5 1 5 36 33 +3 13
6 Vancouver Canucks 16 6 10 0 5 50 63 −13 12
7 Ottawa Senators 14 2 11 1 2 31 58 −27 5
Updated to game(s) played on February 9, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[3]

2020–21 game log
February: 3–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
8February 1Calgary4–3WinnipegSOMarkstrom04–3–19Recap
9February 2Calgary2–3WinnipegRittich04–4–19Recap
10February 4Calgary1–4WinnipegMarkstrom04–5–19Recap
11February 6Edmonton4–6CalgaryMarkstrom05–5–111Recap
12February 9Winnipeg2–3CalgaryMarkstrom06–5–113Recap
13February 11CalgaryVancouver
14February 13CalgaryVancouver
15February 15CalgaryVancouver
16February 17VancouverCalgary
17February 19EdmontonCalgary
18February 20CalgaryEdmonton
19February 22CalgaryToronto
20February 24CalgaryToronto
21February 25CalgaryOttawa
22February 27CalgaryOttawa

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters
Regular season [4]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Johnny Gaudreau12761300
Elias Lindholm124913110
Matthew Tkachuk125510313
Sean Monahan12281004
Mikael Backlund12358−28
Milan Lucic12336−110
Andrew Mangiapane1233626
Rasmus Andersson12246−16
Dillon Dube923504
Mark Giordano12145−14
Juuso Valimaki12044−34
Noah Hanifin1203356
Sam Bennett11112−54
Christopher Tanev1211240
Josh Leivo11022−24
Byron Froese210112
Derek Ryan1001114
Nikita Nesterov12000−24
Joakim Nordstrom10000−44
Dominik Simon600010
Zac Rinaldo100000

Goaltenders
Regular season [5]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Jacob Markstrom1010600:56631252.50296.9162000
David Rittich22118:0102073.5649.8570000

†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.

Roster

Updated January 27, 2021[6][7]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
4 Rasmus Andersson D R 24 2015 Malmö, Sweden
11 Mikael Backlund (A) C L 31 2007 Västerås, Sweden
93 Sam Bennett C L 24 2014 East Gwillimbury, Ontario
70 Louis Domingue G R 28 2020 Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
29 Dillon Dube C L 22 2016 Golden, British Columbia
13 Johnny Gaudreau LW L 27 2011 Salem, New Jersey
5 Mark Giordano (C) D L 37 2004 Toronto, Ontario
55 Noah Hanifin D L 24 2018 Boston, Massachusetts
58 Oliver Kylington D L 23 2015 Stockholm, Sweden
27 Josh Leivo LW R 27 2020 Innisfil, Ontario
28 Elias Lindholm RW R 26 2018 Boden, Sweden
17 Milan Lucic LW L 32 2019 Vancouver, British Columbia
3 Connor Mackey D L 24 2020 Tower Lakes, Illinois
88 Andrew Mangiapane LW L 24 2015 Bolton, Ontario
25 Jacob Markstrom G L 31 2020 Gävle, Sweden
23 Sean Monahan (A) C L 26 2013 Brampton, Ontario
89 Nikita Nesterov D L 27 2020 Chelyabinsk, Russia
20 Joakim Nordstrom C L 28 2020 Stockholm, Sweden
36 Zac Rinaldo LW L 30 2019 Mississauga, Ontario
33 David Rittich G L 28 2016 Jihlava, Czechoslovakia
53 Buddy Robinson RW R 29 2018 Bellmawr, New Jersey
10 Derek Ryan C R 34 2018 Spokane, Washington
81 Dominik Simon C L 26 2020 Prague, Czech Republic
26 Michael Stone D R 30 2019 Winnipeg, Manitoba
8 Christopher Tanev D R 31 2020 East York, Ontario
19 Matthew Tkachuk (A) LW L 23 2016 Scottsdale, Arizona
6 Juuso Valimaki D L 22 2017 Tampere, Finland

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)

References
  1. National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
  2. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  3. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  4. "2020–21 Regular season – Calgary Flames Stats – Skaters". NHL.com. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  5. "2020–21 Regular season – Calgary Flames Stats – Goalies". NHL.com. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  6. "Calgary Flames Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  7. "Calgary Flames Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
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