League: | NHL |
Season: | 2018–19 |
Year: | 2018 |
Team: | Calgary Flames |
Division: | Pacific |
Divisionrank: | 1st |
Conference: | Western |
Conferencerank: | 1st |
Record: | 50–25–7 |
Homerecord: | 26–10–5 |
Roadrecord: | 24–15–2 |
Goalsfor: | 289 |
Goalsagainst: | 227 |
Generalmanager: | Brad Treliving |
Coach: | Bill Peters |
Captain: | Mark Giordano |
Altcaptain: | Mikael Backlund Sean Monahan Matthew Tkachuk |
Arena: | Scotiabank Saddledome |
Attendance: | 18,501[1] |
Minorleague: | Stockton Heat (AHL) Kansas City Mavericks (ECHL) |
Goalsleader: | Johnny Gaudreau (36) |
Assistsleader: | Johnny Gaudreau (63) |
Pointsleader: | Johnny Gaudreau (99) |
Plusminusleader: | Mark Giordano (+39) |
Pimleader: | Sam Bennett (93) |
Winsleader: | David Rittich (27) |
Gaaleader: | David Rittich (2.61) |
Divisionwin: | yes |
The 2018–19 Calgary Flames season was the Flames' 39th season in Calgary, and the 47th for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972.[2]
The Flames clinched a playoff spot on March 17, 2019, when the Minnesota Wild lost to the New York Islanders.[3] On March 31, the team won its first division title since the 2005–06 season,[4] and clinched the best record in what is now the Western Conference for the first time since the 1989–90 season.[5] They also finished with 50 wins and 107 points, in both cases trailing only the 1989 Stanley Cup champions. The Flames faced the Colorado Avalanche in the first round, losing in five games.
The preseason schedule was published on June 14, 2018.[6]
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1 | September 15 | Boston | 4–3 | Calgary | SO | – | 0–0–1 | [7] | ||
2 | September 17 | Edmonton | 7–4 | Calgary | 17,311 | 0–1–1 | [8] | |||
3 | September 19 | Calgary | 1–3 | Boston | – | 0–2–1 | [9] | |||
4 | September 19 | Calgary | 4–1 | Vancouver | Rittich | 15,371 | 1–2–1 | [10] | ||
5 | September 21 | Calgary | 3–4 | Winnipeg | OT | 15,321 | 1–2–2 | [11] | ||
6 | September 22 | Vancouver | 2–5 | Calgary | Gillies | 17,746 | 2–2–2 | [12] | ||
7 | September 24 | Winnipeg | 5–4 | Calgary | OT | Smith | 17,207 | 2–2–3 | [13] | |
8 | September 25 | San Jose | 5–7 | Calgary | Gillies | 17,584 | 3–2–3 | [14] | ||
9 | September 27 | Calgary | 4–3 | San Jose | Smith | 13,999 | 4–2–3 | [15] | ||
10 | September 29 | Calgary | 3–4 | Edmonton | Smith | 18,347 | 4–3–3 | [16] | ||
Notes: Indicates split-squad. Game was played at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China. Game was played at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China. |
The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.
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See main article: 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Flames faced the Colorado Avalanche in the First Round of the playoffs.[99] and were defeated in five games.[100]
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As of April 19, 2019[106]
82 | 36 | 63 | 99 | 18 | 24 | ||
78 | 34 | 48 | 82 | 7 | 12 | ||
81 | 27 | 51 | 78 | 30 | 20 | ||
80 | 34 | 43 | 77 | 14 | 62 | ||
78 | 17 | 57 | 74 | 39 | 69 | ||
77 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 34 | 52 | ||
81 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 21 | 24 | ||
65 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 24 | 26 | ||
79 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 29 | 24 | ||
80 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 18 | 12 | ||
79 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 12 | ||
71 | 13 | 14 | 27 | −6 | 93 | ||
76 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 56 | ||
63 | 7 | 12 | 19 | −5 | 28 | ||
69 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 33 | ||
79 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 23 | ||
54 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −1 | 8 | ||
44 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 12 | ||
38 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 | ||
13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||
24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 12 | ||
20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
† | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ||
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Player | data-sort-type="number" | ||||||
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5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 | ||
5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 18 | ||
5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | ||
5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −5 | 8 | ||
5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 6 | ||
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 4 | ||
5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 0 | ||
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | ||
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ||
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | ||
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | ||
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | ||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
45 | 42 | 2,503:20 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 109 | 2.61 | 1,228 | .911 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
42 | 40 | 2,400:19 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 109 | 2.72 | 1,069 | .898 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
†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.
Date | Player | Contract term | Ref | |
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1-year | [111] | |||
1-year | [112] | |||
6-year | [113] | |||
2-years | [114] | |||
2-year | [115] | |||
1-year | [116] | |||
1-year | [117] | |||
1-year | [118] | |||
1-year | [119] | |||
6-year | [120] | |||
3-year | [121] | |||
Adam Ruzicka | 3-year | [122] | ||
3-year | [123] | |||
3-year | [124] |
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2019 | To Calgary Flames WPG's 4th-round pick in 2018 | [125] | ||
To Carolina Hurricanes Dougie Hamilton Micheal Ferland Adam Fox | To Calgary Flames Noah Hanifin Elias Lindholm | [126] | ||
To Montreal Canadiens Hunter Shinkaruk | To Calgary Flames Kerby Rychel | [127] | ||
To Montreal Canadiens Brett Kulak | To Calgary Flames Matt Taormina Rinat Valiev | [128] | ||
To Toronto Maple Leafs Morgan Klimchuk | To Calgary Flames Andrew Nielsen | [129] | ||
To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2020 | To Calgary Flames Oscar Fantenberg | [130] |
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See also: List of Calgary Flames draft picks. Below are the Calgary Flames' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Round | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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4 | 105 | Martin Pospisil | C | Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) | ||
4 | 1081 | Demetrios Koumontzis | LW | Edina High School (USHS) | ||
4 | 1222 | Milos Roman | C | Vancouver Giants (WHL) | ||
6 | 167 | Mathias Emilio Pettersen | C | Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) | ||
7 | 198 | Dmitri Zavgorodny | LW | Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) |