2021–22 Calgary Flames season

The 2021–22 Calgary Flames season was the Flames' 42nd season in Calgary, and the 50th season for the Flames' National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972. On April 16, 2022, the Flames clinched a playoff berth after the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights. On April 21, the Flames clinched the Pacific Division after a 4–2 victory over the Dallas Stars.

The Flames beat the Stars in seven games in the First Round of the playoffs. The following round, they were defeated by the Edmonton Oilers in five games. The series was only the second time two Canadian teams had met in the second round of the playoffs since 2002, and the first such matchup since then to have occurred under conventional division alignment.

Standings

Divisional standings

Wild Card standings

Schedule and results

Preseason 2021 preseason game log: 3–4–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 26 Edmonton 4–0 Calgary Vladar 14,519 0–1–0 2 September 27 Calgary 2–4 Vancouver Werner 0–2–0 nhl.com 3 September 29 Seattle 4–3 Calgary SO Vladar 14,451 0–2–1 4 October 1 Vancouver 1–4 Calgary Markstrom 14,722 1–2–1 5 October 2 Calgary 4–1 Seattle Vladar 2–2–1 nhl.com 6 October 4 Calgary 3–4 Edmonton Markstrom 13,566 2–3–1 7 October 6 Calgary 2–3 Winnipeg Vladar 2–4–1 8 October 8 Winnipeg 2–3 Calgary Markstrom 14,065 3–4–1 Notes: Game was played at Abbotsford Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia Game was played at accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington

Regular season 2021–22 game logOctober: 6–1–1 (home: 1–0–1; road: 5–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 16 Calgary 2–5 Edmonton Markstrom 17,745 0–1–0 0 2 October 18 Anaheim 3–2 Calgary OT Markstrom 15,174 0–1–1 1 3 October 21 Calgary 3–0 Detroit Markstrom 14,241 1–1–1 3 4 October 23 Calgary 4–3 Washington OT Vladar 18,573 2–1–1 5 5 October 25 Calgary 5–1 NY Rangers Markstrom 13,590 3–1–1 7 6 October 26 Calgary 5–3 New Jersey Vladar 10,631 4–1–1 9 7 October 28 Calgary 4–0 Pittsburgh Markstrom 17,743 5–1–1 11 8 October 30 Philadelphia 0–4 Calgary Markstrom 15,319 6–1–1 13 November: 7–3–4 (home: 3–2–2; road: 4–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 2 Nashville 3–2 Calgary OT Markstrom 14,324 6–1–2 14 10 November 4 Dallas 4–3 Calgary OT Markstrom 14,715 6–1–3 15 11 November 6 NY Rangers 0–6 Calgary Markstrom 15,879 7–1–3 17 12 November 9 San Jose 4–1 Calgary Markstrom 14,960 7–2–3 17 13 November 11 Calgary 2–4 Montreal Markstrom 20,399 7–3–3 17 14 November 12 Calgary 1–2 Toronto OT Vladar 18,826 7–3–4 18 15 November 14 Calgary 4–0 Ottawa Vladar 10,244 8–3–4 20 16 November 16 Calgary 1–2 Philadelphia OT Markstrom 16,278 8–3–5 21 17 November 18 Calgary 5–0 Buffalo Markstrom 7,753 9–3–5 23 18 November 20 Calgary 5–2 NY Islanders Markstrom 17,255 10–3–5 25 19 November 21 Calgary 4–0 Boston Vladar 17,850 11–3–5 27 20 November 23 Chicago 2–5 Calgary Markstrom 15,464 12–3–5 29 21 November 27 Winnipeg 4–2 Calgary Markstrom 17,036 12–4–5 29 22 November 29 Pittsburgh 1–2 Calgary SO Markstrom 15,343 13–4–5 31 December: 3–3–1 (home: 0–1–1; road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 2 Calgary 3–2 Los Angeles Markstrom 13,241 14–4–5 33 24 December 3 Calgary 4–3 Anaheim SO Vladar 12,427 15–4–5 35 25 December 5 Calgary 2–3 Vegas Markstrom 18,077 15–5–5 35 26 December 7 Calgary 3–5 San Jose Vladar 10,534 15–6–5 35 27 December 9 Carolina 2–1 Calgary OT Markstrom 15,620 15–6–6 36 28 December 11 Boston 4–2 Calgary Markstrom 16,190 15–7–6 36 — December 13 Calgary – Chicago Postponed due to COVID-19. Makeup date April 18. — December 14 Calgary – Nashville Postponed due to COVID-19. Makeup date April 19. — December 16 Toronto – Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19. Makeup date February 10. — December 18 Columbus – Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19. Makeup date February 15. — December 21 Anaheim – Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19. Makeup date February 16. — December 23 Seattle – Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19. Makeup date February 19. — December 27 Edmonton – Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19. Makeup date March 7. 29 December 30 Calgary 6–4 Seattle Markstrom 17,151 16–7–6 38 — December 31 Winnipeg – Calgary Postponed due to attendance restrictions. Makeup date February 21.January: 5–6–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 30 January 2 Calgary 5–1 Chicago Markstrom 17,454 17–7–6 40 31 January 4 Calgary 2–6 Florida Markstrom 13,164 17–8–6 40 32 January 6 Calgary 1–4 Tampa Bay Vladar 19,092 17–9–6 40 33 January 7 Calgary 3–6 Carolina Vladar 16,281 17–10–6 40 — January 11 NY Islanders – Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19. Makeup date February 12. 34 January 13 Ottawa 4–1 Calgary Markstrom 9,639 17–11–6 40 — January 15 Vegas – Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19. Makeup date February 9. 35 January 18 Florida 1–5 Calgary Markstrom 9,639 18–11–6 42 36 January 22 Calgary 3–5 Edmonton Markstrom 9,150 18–12–6 42 37 January 24 St. Louis 1–7 Calgary Markstrom 9,039 19–12–6 44 38 January 26 Calgary 6–0 Columbus Markstrom 13,737 20–12–6 46 39 January 27 Calgary 1–5 St. Louis Markstrom 18,096 20–13–6 46 40 January 29 Vancouver 0–1 Calgary OT Markstrom 9,639 21–13–6 48 February: 10–1–0 (home: 8–0–0; road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 February 1 Calgary 4–3 Dallas Vladar 17,567 22–13–6 50 42 February 2 Calgary 4–2 Arizona Markstrom 9,552 23–13–6 52 43 February 9 Vegas 0–6 Calgary Markstrom 9,639 24–13–6 54 44 February 10 Toronto 2–5 Calgary Markstrom 9,639 25–13–6 56 45 February 12 NY Islanders 2–5 Calgary Markstrom 9,639 26–13–6 58 46 February 15 Columbus 2–6 Calgary Vladar 9,639 27–13–6 60 47 February 16 Anaheim 2–6 Calgary Markstrom 9,639 28–13–6 62 48 February 19 Seattle 1–2 Calgary Markstrom 9,639 29–13–6 64 49 February 21 Winnipeg 1–3 Calgary Markstrom 9,639 30–13–6 66 50 February 24 Calgary 1–7 Vancouver Markstrom 18,857 30–14–6 66 51 February 26 Minnesota 3–7 Calgary Markstrom 9,639 31–14–6 68 March: 9–4–3 (home: 5–3–3; road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 March 1 Calgary 5–1 Minnesota Markstrom 16,998 32–14–6 70 53 March 3 Montreal 5–4 Calgary OT Markstrom 16,288 32–14–7 71 54 March 5 Calgary 4–3 Colorado OT Vladar 18,087 33–14–7 73 55 March 7 Edmonton 1–3 Calgary Markstrom 17,246 34–14–7 75 56 March 8 Washington 5–4 Calgary Vladar 15,628 34–15–7 75 57 March 10 Tampa Bay 1–4 Calgary Markstrom 15,689 35–15–7 77 58 March 12 Detroit 0–3 Calgary Markstrom 17,658 36–15–7 79 59 March 13 Calgary 0–3 Colorado Vladar 18,081 36–16–7 79 60 March 16 New Jersey 3–6 Calgary Markstrom 15,488 37–16–7 81 61 March 18 Buffalo 1–0 Calgary OT Markstrom 16,685 37–16–8 82 62 March 19 Calgary 5–2 Vancouver Vladar 18,865 38–16–8 84 63 March 22 San Jose 4–3 Calgary Markstrom 15,594 38–17–8 84 64 March 25 Arizona 2–4 Calgary Markstrom 16,526 39–17–8 86 65 March 26 Edmonton 5–9 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 40–17–8 88 66 March 29 Colorado 2–1 Calgary Markstrom 16,543 40–18–8 88 67 March 31 Los Angeles 3–2 Calgary SO Markstrom 16,398 40–18–9 89 April 10–3–2 (home: 4–2–0; road: 6–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 68 April 2 St. Louis 6–4 Calgary Markstrom 16,422 40–19–9 89 69 April 4 Calgary 3–2 Los Angeles Markstrom 13,464 41–19–9 91 70 April 6 Calgary 4–2 Anaheim Markstrom 13,417 42–19–9 93 71 April 7 Calgary 4–2 San Jose Vladar 11,426 43–19–9 95 72 April 9 Calgary 4–1 Seattle Markstrom 17,151 44–19–9 97 73 April 12 Seattle 3–5 Calgary Vladar 16,392 45–19–9 99 74 April 14 Vegas 6–1 Calgary Markstrom 17,070 45–20–9 99 75 April 16 Arizona 1–9 Calgary Markstrom 16,823 46–20–9 101 76 April 18 Calgary 5–2 Chicago Markstrom 18,523 47–20–9 103 77 April 19 Calgary 2–3 Nashville SO Vladar 17,237 47–20–10 104 78 April 21 Dallas 2–4 Calgary Markstrom 17,280 48–20–10 106 79 April 23 Vancouver 3–6 Calgary Vladar 17,533 49–20–10 108 80 April 26 Calgary 5–4 Nashville OT Vladar 17,498 50–20–10 110 81 April 28 Calgary 2–3 Minnesota OT Markstrom 18,490 50–20–11 111 82 April 29 Calgary 1–3 Winnipeg Vladar 14,202 50–21–11 111 Legend:

Playoffs

2022 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Dallas Stars: Calgary won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 3 Dallas 0–1 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 0–1 2 May 5 Dallas 2–0 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 1–1 3 May 7 Calgary 2–4 Dallas Markstrom 18,532 1–2 4 May 9 Calgary 4–1 Dallas Markstrom 18,532 2–2 5 May 11 Dallas 1–3 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 3–2 6 May 13 Calgary 2–4 Dallas Markstrom 18,532 3–3 7 May 15 Dallas 2–3 Calgary OT Markstrom 19,289 4–3 Western Conference Second Round vs. (P2) Edmonton Oilers: Edmonton won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 18 Edmonton 6–9 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 1–0 2 May 20 Edmonton 5–3 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 1–1 3 May 22 Calgary 1–4 Edmonton Markstrom 18,347 1–2 4 May 24 Calgary 3–5 Edmonton Markstrom 18,347 1–3 5 May 26 Edmonton 5–4 Calgary OT Markstrom 19,289 1–4 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 82 40 75 115 +64 26 82 42 62 104 +57 68 82 42 40 82 +61 22 82 35 20 55 +20 38 82 4 46 50 +30 28 81 10 38 48 +27 19 82 12 27 39 +16 30 81 16 17 33 +16 60 79 18 14 32 +1 20 73 9 22 31 +34 14 82 6 22 28 +35 22 † 37 11 12 23 +3 10 65 8 15 23 −15 24 74 4 18 22 +11 77 82 10 11 21 −9 84 78 6 11 17 +15 68 80 6 10 16 −1 12 28 5 5 10 +8 8 11 2 4 6 +3 4 41 3 1 4 −6 29 27 2 2 4 −2 27 † 17 0 4 4 +1 4 ‡ 25 0 2 2 −5 2 9 0 2 2 0 10 8 0 1 1 −1 0 3 0 1 1 −1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player 12 3 11 14 −3 2 12 4 6 10 −6 20 12 5 4 9 −7 6 12 5 3 8 +6 8 12 3 3 6 −10 23 12 3 3 6 +4 10 12 2 3 5 +5 12 12 2 3 5 −6 6 9 2 3 5 +6 4 12 2 3 5 −1 14 12 1 3 4 −1 0 12 1 2 3 +5 8 12 0 3 3 −11 4 12 0 3 3 +2 24 7 2 0 2 −1 4 12 0 1 1 −2 2 12 0 1 1 −1 0 8 0 1 1 +3 2 12 0 1 1 −3 33

Goaltenders Regular season Player 63 63 3,695:50 37 15 9 137 2.22 1,754 .922 9 0 3 10 23 19 1,243:08 13 6 2 57 2.75 608 .906 2 0 1 0

Playoffs Player 12 12 712:27 5 7 35 2.95 354 .901 1 0 1 0 1 0 19:56 0 0 0 0.00 7 1.000 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.

Transactions The Flames have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Seattle Kraken4th-round pick in 2022 To Calgary FlamesTyler Pitlick To Los Angeles KingsEDM 3rd-round pick in 2021 To Calgary FlamesTOR 3rd-round pick in 20216th-round pick in 2021 To Chicago BlackhawksTOR 3rd-round pick in 2022 To Calgary FlamesNikita Zadorov To Boston Bruins3rd-round pick in 2022 To Calgary FlamesDaniel Vladar February 14, 2022 To Montreal CanadiensTyler PitlickEmil HeinemanConditional 1st-round pick in 20225th-round pick in 2022 To Calgary FlamesTyler Toffoli To Montreal CanadiensFuture considerations To Calgary FlamesMichael McNiven To Seattle KrakenFLA 2nd-round pick in 20223rd-round pick in 20237th-round pick in 2024 To Calgary FlamesCalle Jarnkrok To Chicago Blackhawks5th-round pick in 2024 To Calgary FlamesRyan Carpenter To Ottawa SenatorsMichael McNiven To Calgary FlamesFuture considerations

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Blake Coleman Tampa Bay Lightning 6-year Free agency Nick DeSimone New York Rangers 1-year Free agency Kevin Gravel Bakersfield Condors (AHL) 1-year Free agency Trevor Lewis Winnipeg Jets 1-year Free agency Adam Werner Colorado Avalanche 1-year Free agency Andy Welinski Anaheim Ducks 1-year Free agency Brad Richardson Nashville Predators 1-year Free agency Erik Gudbranson Nashville Predators 1-year Free agency Adam Klapka Bili Tygri Liberec (ELH) 2-year Free agency

Players lost