2020–21 Calgary Flames season
Season of play of professional ice hockey team
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.[ 1] 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.[ 2]
Standings
Divisional standings
Source: National Hockey League
[ 3] Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number 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 number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention;
x – Clinched playoff spot;
y – Clinched division
Schedule and results
Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[ 4]
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
[ 5]
2
January 16
Vancouver
0–3
Calgary
Markstrom
0
1–0–1
3
[ 6]
3
January 18
Vancouver
2–5
Calgary
Markstrom
0
2–0–1
5
[ 7]
4
January 24
Toronto
3–2
Calgary
Markstrom
0
2–1–1
5
[ 8]
5
January 26
Toronto
4–3
Calgary
Markstrom
0
2–2–1
5
[ 9]
6
January 28
Calgary
2–4
Montreal
Rittich
0
2–3–1
5
[ 10]
7
January 30
Calgary
2–0
Montreal
Markstrom
0
3–3–1
7
[ 11]
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
[ 12]
9
February 2
Calgary
2–3
Winnipeg
Rittich
0
4–4–1
9
[ 13]
10
February 4
Calgary
1–4
Winnipeg
Markstrom
0
4–5–1
9
[ 14]
11
February 6
Edmonton
4–6
Calgary
Markstrom
0
5–5–1
11
[ 15]
12
February 9
Winnipeg
2–3
Calgary
Markstrom
0
6–5–1
13
[ 16]
13
February 11
Calgary
3–1
Vancouver
Markstrom
0
7–5–1
15
[ 17]
14
February 13
Calgary
1–3
Vancouver
Markstrom
0
7–6–1
15
[ 18]
15
February 15
Calgary
4–3
Vancouver
OT
Markstrom
0
8–6–1
17
[ 19]
16
February 17
Vancouver
5–1
Calgary
Markstrom
0
8–7–1
17
[ 20]
17
February 19
Edmonton
2–1
Calgary
Rittich
0
8–8–1
17
[ 21]
18
February 20
Calgary
1–7
Edmonton
Markstrom
0
8–9–1
17
[ 22]
19
February 22
Calgary
3–0
Toronto
Rittich
0
9–9–1
19
[ 23]
20
February 24
Calgary
1–2
Toronto
OT
Rittich
0
9–9–2
20
[ 24]
21
February 25
Calgary
1–6
Ottawa
Rittich
0
9–10–2
20
[ 25]
22
February 27
Calgary
6–3
Ottawa
Rittich
0
10–10–2
22
[ 26]
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
[ 27]
24
March 4
Ottawa
3–7
Calgary
Rittich
0
11–11–2
24
[ 28]
25
March 6
Calgary
2–3
Edmonton
Markstrom
0
11–12–2
24
[ 29]
26
March 7
Ottawa
4–3
Calgary
SO
Markstrom
0
11–12–3
25
[ 30]
27
March 11
Montreal
1–2
Calgary
Markstrom
0
12–12–3
27
[ 31]
28
March 13
Montreal
1–3
Calgary
Markstrom
0
13–12–3
29
[ 32]
29
March 15
Edmonton
3–4
Calgary
Markstrom
0
14–12–3
31
[ 33]
30
March 17
Edmonton
7–3
Calgary
Markstrom
0
14–13–3
31
[ 34]
31
March 19
Calgary
4–3
Toronto
Markstrom
0
15–13–3
33
[ 35]
32
March 20
Calgary
0–2
Toronto
Rittich
0
15–14–3
33
[ 36]
33
March 22
Calgary
1–2
Ottawa
Markstrom
0
15–15–3
33
[ 37]
34
March 24
Calgary
1–3
Ottawa
Markstrom
0
15–16–3
33
[ 38]
35
March 26
Winnipeg
3–2
Calgary
Markstrom
0
15–17–3
33
[ 39]
36
March 27
Winnipeg
2–4
Calgary
Rittich
0
16–17–3
35
[ 40]
37
March 29
Winnipeg
5–1
Calgary
Markstrom
0
16–18–3
35
[ 41]
—
March 31
Calgary
Vancouver
Postponed due to COVID-19 .[ 42] Rescheduled for May 16.[ 43] [ 44]
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
[ 45]
39
April 4
Toronto
4–2
Calgary
Rittich
0
16–20–3
35
[ 46]
40
April 5
Toronto
5–3
Calgary
Markstrom
0
16–21–3
35
[ 47]
—
April 8
Vancouver
Calgary
Postponed due to COVID-19 . Rescheduled for May 19.[ 43] [ 44]
—
April 10
Vancouver
Calgary
Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 13.[ 43] [ 44]
41
April 10
Edmonton
0–5
Calgary
Markstrom
0
17–21–3
37
[ 48]
42
April 13
Calgary
3–2
Toronto
OT
Markstrom
0
18–21–3
39
[ 49]
43
April 14
Calgary
4–1
Montreal
Markstrom
0
19–21–3
41
[ 50]
44
April 16
Calgary
1–2
Montreal
Markstrom
0
19–22–3
41
[ 51]
45
April 19
Ottawa
4–2
Calgary
Markstrom
0
19–23–3
41
[ 52]
46
April 23
Montreal
2–4
Calgary
Markstrom
0
20–23–3
43
[ 53]
47
April 24
Montreal
2–5
Calgary
Markstrom
0
21–23–3
45
[ 54]
48
April 26
Montreal
2–1
Calgary
Markstrom
0
21–24–3
45
[ 55]
49
April 29
Calgary
3–1
Edmonton
Markstrom
0
22–24–3
47
[ 56]
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
[ 57]
51
May 5
Winnipeg
4–0
Calgary
Markstrom
0
22–26–3
47
[ 58]
52
May 9
Ottawa
1–6
Calgary
Markstrom
0
23–26–3
49
[ 59]
53
May 13
Vancouver
1–4
Calgary
Markstrom
0
24–26–3
51
[ 60]
54
May 16
Calgary
6–5
Vancouver
OT
Markstrom
0
25–26–3
53
[ 61]
55
May 18
Calgary
2–4
Vancouver
Domingue
0
25–27–3
53
[ 62]
56
May 19
Vancouver
2–6
Calgary
Markstrom
0
26–27–3
55
[ 63]
Legend :
Win (2 points)
Loss (0 points)
Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
Player statistics
Skaters
Goaltenders
† 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 .
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