2019–20 Calgary Flames season

The 2019–20 Calgary Flames season was the Flames' 40th season in Calgary, and the 48th for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 6, 1972. The Flames entered the season as the defending Pacific Division champions.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Flames advanced to the playoffs and defeated the Winnipeg Jets in the qualifying round in four games, but were defeated in the first round by the Dallas Stars in six games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Western Conference

Tiebreaking procedures Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season). Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW). Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW). Greater number of total wins (including shootouts). 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. Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against). Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019. 2019 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 16 Vancouver 3–2 Calgary OT Talbot 17,465 0–0–1 2 September 16 Calgary 4–3 Vancouver Parsons 7,006 1–0–1 3 September 18 San Jose 4–6 Calgary Gillies 17,348 2–0–1 4 September 20 Calgary 2–6 Edmonton Gillies 17,592 2–1–1 5 September 22 Calgary 1–4 Winnipeg Talbot 15,325 2–2–1 6 September 24 Winnipeg 0–2 Calgary Rittich — 3–2–1 7 September 26 Calgary 1–4 San Jose Zagidulin 12,433 3–3–1 8 September 28 Edmonton 2–3 Calgary Rittich 18,896 4–3–1 Notes: Indicates split-squad. Game was played at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019. 2019–20 game logOctober: 7–6–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 3–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Calgary 3–5 Colorado Rittich 18,016 0–1–0 0 2 October 5 Vancouver 0–3 Calgary Rittich 19,005 1–1–0 2 3 October 8 Los Angeles 4–3 Calgary OT Rittich 18,150 1–1–1 3 4 October 10 Calgary 3–2 Dallas SO Rittich 17,989 2–1–1 5 5 October 12 Calgary 2–6 Vegas Rittich 18,192 2–2–1 5 6 October 13 Calgary 1–3 San Jose Talbot 16,250 2–3–1 5 7 October 15 Philadelphia 1–3 Calgary Rittich 17,771 3–3–1 7 8 October 17 Detroit 1–5 Calgary Rittich 18,232 4–3–1 9 9 October 19 Calgary 1–4 Los Angeles Rittich 18,230 4–4–1 9 10 October 20 Calgary 2–1 Anaheim Talbot 15,690 5–4–1 11 11 October 22 Washington 5–3 Calgary Talbot 18,002 5–5–1 11 12 October 24 Florida 5–6 Calgary SO Rittich 18,011 6–5–1 13 13 October 26 Calgary 1–2 Winnipeg OT Rittich 33,518(outdoors) 6–5–2 14 14 October 29 Calgary 1–2 Carolina Rittich 13,864 6–6–2 14 15 October 31 Calgary 6–5 Nashville OT Rittich 17,351 7–6–2 16 November: 6–6–2 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 16 November 2 Calgary 3–0 Columbus Rittich 13,618 8–6–2 18 17 November 3 Calgary 2–4 Washington Talbot 18,573 8–7–2 18 18 November 5 Arizona 3–4 Calgary OT Rittich 17,824 9–7–2 20 19 November 7 New Jersey 2–5 Calgary Rittich 18,851 10–7–2 22 20 November 9 St. Louis 3–2 Calgary OT Rittich 19,289 10–7–3 23 21 November 13 Dallas 3–1 Calgary Talbot 18,257 10–8–3 23 22 November 16 Calgary 0–3 Arizona Rittich 13,534 10–9–3 23 23 November 17 Calgary 0–6 Vegas Talbot 18,083 10–10–3 23 24 November 19 Colorado 3–2 Calgary Rittich 18,698 10–11–3 23 25 November 21 Calgary 0–5 St. Louis Rittich 18,096 10–12–3 23 26 November 23 Calgary 3–2 Philadelphia SO Rittich 17,198 11–12–3 25 27 November 25 Calgary 2–3 Pittsburgh OT Rittich 18,437 11–12–4 26 28 November 27 Calgary 3–2 Buffalo OT Rittich 17,485 12–12–4 28 29 November 30 Ottawa 1–3 Calgary Rittich 18,919 13–12–4 30 December: 7–5–1 (Home: 3–4–1; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 30 December 5 Buffalo 3–4 Calgary Rittich 18,085 14–12–4 32 31 December 7 Los Angeles 3–4 Calgary Talbot 19,080 15–12–4 34 32 December 9 Calgary 5–4 Colorado OT Rittich 17,588 16–12–4 36 33 December 10 Calgary 5–2 Arizona Talbot 11,198 17–12–4 38 34 December 12 Toronto 2–4 Calgary Rittich 19,289 18–12–4 40 35 December 14 Carolina 4–0 Calgary Rittich 18,853 18–13–4 40 36 December 17 Pittsburgh 4–1 Calgary Talbot 18,412 18–14–4 40 37 December 19 Montreal 4–3 Calgary OT Rittich 19,172 18–14–5 41 38 December 22 Calgary 5–1 Dallas Rittich 18,532 19–14–5 43 39 December 23 Calgary 0–3 Minnesota Talbot 17,596 19–15–5 43 40 December 27 Calgary 5–1 Edmonton Rittich 18,347 20–15–5 45 41 December 29 Vancouver 5–2 Calgary Rittich 19,289 20–16–5 45 42 December 31 Chicago 5–3 Calgary Rittich 19,289 20–17–5 45 January: 7–2–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 January 2 NY Rangers 3–4 Calgary Talbot 19,038 21–17–5 47 44 January 5 Calgary 5–4 Minnesota SO Rittich 17,204 22–17–5 49 45 January 7 Calgary 2–1 Chicago Talbot 21,274 23–17–5 51 46 January 9 Minnesota 1–2 Calgary Talbot 18,634 24–17–5 53 47 January 11 Edmonton 3–4 Calgary Talbot 19,289 25–17–5 55 48 January 13 Calgary 0–2 Montreal Rittich 20,790 25–18–5 55 49 January 16 Calgary 2–1 Toronto SO Rittich 19,462 26–18–5 57 50 January 18 Calgary 2–5 Ottawa Rittich 17,671 26–19–5 57 January 23–26 All-Star Break in St. Louis, Missouri 51 January 28 St. Louis 5–4 Calgary SO Talbot 19,033 26–19–6 58 52 January 29 Calgary 4–3 Edmonton SO Rittich 18,347 27–19–6 60 February: 6–7–1 (Home: 1–5–0; Road: 5–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 Edmonton 8–3 Calgary Rittich 19,289 27–20–6 60 54 February 4 San Jose 3–1 Calgary Rittich 18,131 27–21–6 60 55 February 6 Nashville 3–2 Calgary Talbot 18,512 27–22–6 60 56 February 8 Calgary 6–2 Vancouver Rittich 18,871 28–22–6 62 57 February 10 Calgary 6–2 San Jose Rittich 17,101 29–22–6 64 58 February 12 Calgary 3–5 Los Angeles Rittich 18,230 29–23–6 64 59 February 13 Calgary 6–0 Anaheim Talbot 16,212 30–23–6 66 60 February 15 Chicago 8–4 Calgary Talbot 19,231 30–24–6 66 61 February 17 Anaheim 4–6 Calgary Talbot 19,116 31–24–6 68 62 February 21 Boston 4–3 Calgary Talbot 19,289 31–25–6 68 63 February 23 Calgary 4–2 Detroit Rittich 18,022 32–25–6 70 64 February 25 Calgary 5–2 Boston Rittich 17,850 33–25–6 72 65 February 27 Calgary 3–4 Nashville OT Rittich 17,350 33–25–7 73 66 February 29 Calgary 3–4 Tampa Bay Rittich 19,092 33–26–7 73 March: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 67 March 1 Calgary 3–0 Florida Talbot 14,104 34–26–7 75 68 March 4 Columbus 2–3 Calgary OT Talbot 18,696 35–26–7 77 69 March 6 Arizona 2–3 Calgary Talbot 19,206 36–26–7 79 70 March 8 Vegas 5–3 Calgary Rittich 18,841 36–27–7 79 Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 71 March 12 NY Islanders Calgary 72 March 14 Winnipeg Calgary 73 March 16 Calgary NY Rangers 74 March 17 Calgary NY Islanders 75 March 19 Calgary New Jersey 76 March 21 Tampa Bay Calgary 77 March 23 San Jose Calgary 78 March 25 Anaheim Calgary 79 March 27 Calgary Vancouver 80 March 31 Winnipeg Calgary 81 April 2 Vegas Calgary 82 April 4 Edmonton CalgaryLegend:

Playoffs

The Flames faced Winnipeg Jets in the qualifying round, defeating them in four games.

The Flames faced the Dallas Stars in the first round, but were defeated in six games. 2020 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (9) Winnipeg Jets: Calgary won 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 1 Winnipeg 1–4 Calgary Talbot 1–0 2 August 3 Winnipeg 3–2 Calgary Talbot 1–1 3 August 4 Calgary 6–2 Winnipeg Talbot 2–1 4 August 6 Calgary 4–0 Winnipeg Talbot 3–1 Western Conference First Round vs. (3) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 11 Calgary 3–2 Dallas Talbot 1–0 2 August 13 Calgary 4–5 Dallas Talbot 1–1 3 August 14 Dallas 0–2 Calgary Talbot 2–1 4 August 16 Dallas 5–4 Calgary OT Talbot 2–2 5 August 18 Calgary 1–2 Dallas Talbot 2–3 6 August 20 Dallas 7–3 Calgary Rittich 2–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 69 23 38 61 −5 74 70 18 40 58 −10 12 70 29 25 54 −8 22 70 22 26 48 −16 25 70 16 29 45 3 26 68 17 15 32 4 18 60 5 26 31 2 34 68 10 19 29 9 10 70 5 17 22 −12 12 70 5 17 22 −7 57 68 8 12 20 −6 54 64 4 15 19 7 36 45 6 10 16 0 6 52 8 4 12 −1 36 50 3 9 12 −3 27 ‡ 38 5 5 10 −10 24 55 4 6 10 −12 6 56 5 2 7 −12 14 48 2 5 7 −6 16 33 2 5 7 −5 16 19 3 2 5 −1 34 8 2 1 3 1 0 † 7 0 3 3 −1 2 9 1 0 1 −1 4 5 1 0 1 0 7 † 7 0 0 0 −1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 ‡ 7 0 0 0 −2 0

Playoffs Player 10 5 3 8 4 10 10 2 6 8 0 2 10 4 3 7 0 0 10 4 2 6 −2 8 10 2 4 6 1 2 10 1 5 6 2 17 10 4 1 5 1 2 10 3 2 5 4 6 10 3 2 5 −2 0 10 2 3 5 −2 6 10 1 3 4 0 6 10 0 4 4 1 2 10 0 4 4 2 0 10 0 3 3 −1 12 10 1 1 2 −1 2 6 1 1 2 1 10 10 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 −1 0 5 0 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders Regular season Player 48 48 2,791:58 24 17 6 138 2.97 1,478 .907 2 0 1 6 26 22 1,434:39 12 10 1 63 2.63 780 .919 2 0 0 21

Playoffs Player 10 10 595:33 5 4 24 2.42 316 .924 2 0 0 2 1 0 16:35 0 1 3 10.85 9 .667 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.

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Further reading