2020–21 Calgary Flames season

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–United States 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

Schedule and results

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

2020–21 game logJanuary: 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 2 January 16 Vancouver 0–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 1–0–1 3 3 January 18 Vancouver 2–5 Calgary Markstrom 0 2–0–1 5 4 January 24 Toronto 3–2 Calgary Markstrom 0 2–1–1 5 5 January 26 Toronto 4–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 2–2–1 5 6 January 28 Calgary 2–4 Montreal Rittich 0 2–3–1 5 7 January 30 Calgary 2–0 Montreal Markstrom 0 3–3–1 7 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 9 February 2 Calgary 2–3 Winnipeg Rittich 0 4–4–1 9 10 February 4 Calgary 1–4 Winnipeg Markstrom 0 4–5–1 9 11 February 6 Edmonton 4–6 Calgary Markstrom 0 5–5–1 11 12 February 9 Winnipeg 2–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 6–5–1 13 13 February 11 Calgary 3–1 Vancouver Markstrom 0 7–5–1 15 14 February 13 Calgary 1–3 Vancouver Markstrom 0 7–6–1 15 15 February 15 Calgary 4–3 Vancouver OT Markstrom 0 8–6–1 17 16 February 17 Vancouver 5–1 Calgary Markstrom 0 8–7–1 17 17 February 19 Edmonton 2–1 Calgary Rittich 0 8–8–1 17 18 February 20 Calgary 1–7 Edmonton Markstrom 0 8–9–1 17 19 February 22 Calgary 3–0 Toronto Rittich 0 9–9–1 19 20 February 24 Calgary 1–2 Toronto OT Rittich 0 9–9–2 20 21 February 25 Calgary 1–6 Ottawa Rittich 0 9–10–2 20 22 February 27 Calgary 6–3 Ottawa Rittich 0 10–10–2 22 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 24 March 4 Ottawa 3–7 Calgary Rittich 0 11–11–2 24 25 March 6 Calgary 2–3 Edmonton Markstrom 0 11–12–2 24 26 March 7 Ottawa 4–3 Calgary SO Markstrom 0 11–12–3 25 27 March 11 Montreal 1–2 Calgary Markstrom 0 12–12–3 27 28 March 13 Montreal 1–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 13–12–3 29 29 March 15 Edmonton 3–4 Calgary Markstrom 0 14–12–3 31 30 March 17 Edmonton 7–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 14–13–3 31 31 March 19 Calgary 4–3 Toronto Markstrom 0 15–13–3 33 32 March 20 Calgary 0–2 Toronto Rittich 0 15–14–3 33 33 March 22 Calgary 1–2 Ottawa Markstrom 0 15–15–3 33 34 March 24 Calgary 1–3 Ottawa Markstrom 0 15–16–3 33 35 March 26 Winnipeg 3–2 Calgary Markstrom 0 15–17–3 33 36 March 27 Winnipeg 2–4 Calgary Rittich 0 16–17–3 35 37 March 29 Winnipeg 5–1 Calgary Markstrom 0 16–18–3 35 — 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 39 April 4 Toronto 4–2 Calgary Rittich 0 16–20–3 35 40 April 5 Toronto 5–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 16–21–3 35 — 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 42 April 13 Calgary 3–2 Toronto OT Markstrom 0 18–21–3 39 43 April 14 Calgary 4–1 Montreal Markstrom 0 19–21–3 41 44 April 16 Calgary 1–2 Montreal Markstrom 0 19–22–3 41 45 April 19 Ottawa 4–2 Calgary Markstrom 0 19–23–3 41 46 April 23 Montreal 2–4 Calgary Markstrom 0 20–23–3 43 47 April 24 Montreal 2–5 Calgary Markstrom 0 21–23–3 45 48 April 26 Montreal 2–1 Calgary Markstrom 0 21–24–3 45 49 April 29 Calgary 3–1 Edmonton Markstrom 0 22–24–3 47 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 51 May 5 Winnipeg 4–0 Calgary Markstrom 0 22–26–3 47 52 May 9 Ottawa 1–6 Calgary Markstrom 0 23–26–3 49 53 May 13 Vancouver 1–4 Calgary Markstrom 0 24–26–3 51 54 May 16 Calgary 6–5 Vancouver OT Markstrom 0 25–26–3 53 55 May 18 Calgary 2–4 Vancouver Domingue 0 25–27–3 53 56 May 19 Vancouver 2–6 Calgary Markstrom 0 26–27–3 55 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters Regular season Player 56 19 30 49 +2 6 56 19 28 47 +10 22 56 16 27 43 +6 55 56 18 14 32 +1 24 54 9 23 32 −7 30 50 10 18 28 −6 10 56 9 17 26 +5 14 56 10 13 23 −8 46 51 11 11 22 −1 20 56 5 16 21 −9 34 47 4 11 15 −2 18 43 2 11 13 +6 16 38 4 8 12 −14 19 56 2 10 12 +15 6 49 2 9 11 −2 26 38 6 3 9 −3 10 32 4 4 8 −5 24 44 1 6 7 +1 6 21 2 2 4 −1 6 38 0 4 4 −10 20 6 1 2 3 +3 20 6 1 0 1 +1 2 8 0 1 1 −1 0 7 0 1 1 −1 0 3 0 1 1 +2 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 −1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 43 43 2,487:56 22 19 2 111 2.68 1,161 .904 3 0 0 2 ‡ 15 12 745:05 4 7 1 36 2.90 374 .904 1 0 0 0 1 0 28:13 0 0 0 2 4.25 11 .818 0 0 0 0 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

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)124 Connor Zary C Kamloops Blazers (WHL)250 Yan Kuznetsov D UConn (H-East)372 Jeremie Poirier D Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)496 Daniil Chechelev G Russkiye Vitazi Chekhov (MHL)5143 Ryan Francis RW Cape Breton Eagles (QMJHL)6174 Rory Kerins C Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)7205 Ilya Solovyov D Dinamo Minsk (KHL)

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