2020–21 Calgary Flames season explained

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

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.^[3]

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 OT 0 0–0–1 1 ^[4] 2 January 16 0–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 1–0–1 3 ^[5] 3 January 18 Vancouver 2–5 Calgary Markstrom 0 2–0–1 5 ^[6] 4 January 24 3–2 Calgary Markstrom 0 2–1–1 5 ^[7] 5 January 26 Toronto 4–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 2–2–1 5 ^[8] 6 January 28 Calgary 2–4 0 2–3–1 5 ^[9] 7 January 30 Calgary 2–0 Montreal Markstrom 0 3–3–1 7 ^[10]
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 SO 0 4–3–1 9 ^[11] 9 February 2 Calgary 2–3 Winnipeg 0 4–4–1 9 ^[12] 10 February 4 Calgary 1–4 Winnipeg Markstrom 0 4–5–1 9 ^[13] 11 February 6 4–6 Calgary Markstrom 0 5–5–1 11 ^[14] 12 February 9 Winnipeg 2–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 6–5–1 13 ^[15] 13 February 11 Calgary 3–1 Markstrom 0 7–5–1 15 ^[16] 14 February 13 Calgary 1–3 Vancouver Markstrom 0 7–6–1 15 ^[17] 15 February 15 Calgary 4–3 Vancouver OT Markstrom 0 8–6–1 17 ^[18] 16 February 17 Vancouver 5–1 Calgary Markstrom 0 8–7–1 17 ^[19] 17 February 19 Edmonton 2–1 Calgary Rittich 0 8–8–1 17 ^[20] 18 February 20 Calgary 1–7 Edmonton Markstrom 0 8–9–1 17 ^[21] 19 February 22 Calgary 3–0 Rittich 0 9–9–1 19 ^[22] 20 February 24 Calgary 1–2 Toronto OT Rittich 0 9–9–2 20 ^[23] 21 February 25 Calgary 1–6 Rittich 0 9–10–2 20 ^[24] 22 February 27 Calgary 6–3 Ottawa Rittich 0 10–10–2 22 ^[25]
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 0 10–11–2 22 ^[26] 24 March 4 Ottawa 3–7 Calgary Rittich 0 11–11–2 24 ^[27] 25 March 6 Calgary 2–3 0 11–12–2 24 ^[28] 26 March 7 Ottawa 4–3 Calgary SO Markstrom 0 11–12–3 25 ^[29] 27 March 11 1–2 Calgary Markstrom 0 12–12–3 27 ^[30] 28 March 13 Montreal 1–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 13–12–3 29 ^[31] 29 March 15 Edmonton 3–4 Calgary Markstrom 0 14–12–3 31 ^[32] 30 March 17 Edmonton 7–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 14–13–3 31 ^[33] 31 March 19 Calgary 4–3 Markstrom 0 15–13–3 33 ^[34] 32 March 20 Calgary 0–2 Toronto Rittich 0 15–14–3 33 ^[35] 33 March 22 Calgary 1–2 Ottawa Markstrom 0 15–15–3 33 ^[36] 34 March 24 Calgary 1–3 Ottawa Markstrom 0 15–16–3 33 ^[37] 35 March 26 3–2 Calgary Markstrom 0 15–17–3 33 ^[38] 36 March 27 Winnipeg 2–4 Calgary Rittich 0 16–17–3 35 ^[39] 37 March 29 Winnipeg 5–1 Calgary Markstrom 0 16–18–3 35 ^[40] — March 31 Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19.^[41] Rescheduled for May 16.^[42] ^[43]
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 0 16–19–3 35 ^[44] 39 April 4 4–2 Calgary 0 16–20–3 35 ^[45] 40 April 5 Toronto 5–3 Calgary Markstrom 0 16–21–3 35 ^[46] — April 8 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 ^[47] 42 April 13 Calgary 3–2 Toronto OT Markstrom 0 18–21–3 39 ^[48] 43 April 14 Calgary 4–1 Markstrom 0 19–21–3 41 ^[49] 44 April 16 Calgary 1–2 Montreal Markstrom 0 19–22–3 41 ^[50] 45 April 19 4–2 Calgary Markstrom 0 19–23–3 41 ^[51] 46 April 23 Montreal 2–4 Calgary Markstrom 0 20–23–3 43 ^[52] 47 April 24 Montreal 2–5 Calgary Markstrom 0 21–23–3 45 ^[53] 48 April 26 Montreal 2–1 Calgary Markstrom 0 21–24–3 45 ^[54] 49 April 29 Calgary 3–1 Edmonton Markstrom 0 22–24–3 47 ^[55]
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 0 22–25–3 47 ^[56] 51 May 5 4–0 Calgary Markstrom 0 22–26–3 47 ^[57] 52 May 9 1–6 Calgary Markstrom 0 23–26–3 49 ^[58] 53 May 13 1–4 Calgary Markstrom 0 24–26–3 51 ^[59] 54 May 16 Calgary 6–5 Vancouver OT Markstrom 0 25–26–3 53 ^[60] 55 May 18 Calgary 2–4 Vancouver 0 25–27–3 53 ^[61] 56 May 19 Vancouver 2–6 Calgary Markstrom 0 26–27–3 55 ^[62]
Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season ^[63] ! Player! ! ! ! ! data-sort-type="number"

	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 ^[64] ! 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

See also: List of Calgary Flames 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)
1	24	Connor Zary	C		Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
2	50	Yan Kuznetsov	D		UConn (H-East)
3	72	Jeremie Poirier	D		Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
4	96	Daniil Chechelev	G		Russkiye Vitazi Chekhov (MHL)
5	143	Ryan Francis	RW		Cape Breton Eagles (QMJHL)
6	174	Rory Kerins	C		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
7	205	Ilya Solovyov	D		Dinamo Minsk (KHL)

Further reading

• Book: Calgary Flames 2021 Media Guide . 2020 . Calgary Flames .

Notes and References

1. Book: National Hockey League. The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. 2013. Diamond Sports Data, Inc.. 33. 978-1-894801-26-3.
2. Web site: Flames miss playoffs due to inconsistency, lack of offense . NHL.com . May 11, 2021 . May 11, 2021.
3. Web site: 2020-21 NHL schedule announced . NHL.com . December 23, 2020 . December 23, 2020.
4. Web site: Calgary Flames - Winnipeg Jets - January 14th, 2021. NHL.com.
5. Web site: Vancouver Canucks - Calgary Flames - January 16th, 2021. NHL.com.
6. Web site: Vancouver Canucks - Calgary Flames - January 18th, 2021. NHL.com.
7. Web site: Toronto Maple Leafs - Calgary Flames - January 24th, 2021. NHL.com.
8. Web site: Toronto Maple Leafs - Calgary Flames - January 26th, 2021. NHL.com.
9. Web site: Calgary Flames - Montréal Canadiens - January 28th, 2021. NHL.com.
10. Web site: Calgary Flames - Montréal Canadiens - January 30th, 2021. NHL.com.
11. Web site: Calgary Flames - Winnipeg Jets - February 1st, 2021. NHL.com.
12. Web site: Calgary Flames - Winnipeg Jets - February 2nd, 2021. NHL.com.
13. Web site: Calgary Flames - Winnipeg Jets - February 4th, 2021. NHL.com.
14. Web site: Edmonton Oilers - Calgary Flames - February 6th, 2021. NHL.com.
15. Web site: Winnipeg Jets - Calgary Flames - February 9th, 2021. NHL.com.
16. Web site: Calgary Flames - Vancouver Canucks - February 11th, 2021. NHL.com.
17. Web site: Calgary Flames - Vancouver Canucks - February 13th, 2021. NHL.com.
18. Web site: Calgary Flames - Vancouver Canucks - February 15th, 2021. NHL.com.
19. Web site: Vancouver Canucks - Calgary Flames - February 17th, 2021. NHL.com.
20. Web site: Edmonton Oilers - Calgary Flames - February 19th, 2021. NHL.com.
21. Web site: Calgary Flames - Edmonton Oilers - February 20th, 2021. NHL.com.
22. Web site: Calgary Flames - Toronto Maple Leafs - February 22nd, 2021. NHL.com.
23. Web site: Calgary Flames - Toronto Maple Leafs - February 24th, 2021. NHL.com.
24. Web site: Calgary Flames - Ottawa Senators - February 25th, 2021. NHL.com.
25. Web site: Calgary Flames - Ottawa Senators - February 27th, 2021. NHL.com.
26. Web site: Calgary Flames - Ottawa Senators - March 1st, 2021. NHL.com.
27. Web site: Ottawa Senators - Calgary Flames - March 4th, 2021. NHL.com.
28. Web site: Calgary Flames - Edmonton Oilers - March 6th, 2021. NHL.com.
29. Web site: Ottawa Senators - Calgary Flames - March 7th, 2021. NHL.com.
30. Web site: Montréal Canadiens - Calgary Flames - March 11th, 2021. NHL.com.
31. Web site: Montréal Canadiens - Calgary Flames - March 13th, 2021. NHL.com.
32. Web site: Edmonton Oilers - Calgary Flames - March 15th, 2021. NHL.com.
33. Web site: Edmonton Oilers - Calgary Flames - March 17th, 2021. NHL.com.
34. Web site: Calgary Flames - Toronto Maple Leafs - March 19th, 2021. NHL.com.
35. Web site: Calgary Flames - Toronto Maple Leafs - March 20th, 2021. NHL.com.
36. Web site: Calgary Flames - Ottawa Senators - March 22nd, 2021. NHL.com.
37. Web site: Calgary Flames - Ottawa Senators - March 24th, 2021. NHL.com.
38. Web site: Winnipeg Jets - Calgary Flames - March 26th, 2021. NHL.com.
39. Web site: Winnipeg Jets - Calgary Flames - March 27th, 2021. NHL.com.
40. Web site: Winnipeg Jets - Calgary Flames - March 29th, 2021. NHL.com.
41. Web site: Flames at Canucks postponed tonight due to COVID-19 protocol . NHL.com . March 31, 2021 . March 31, 2021.
42. Web site: Canucks can return to play April 16; NHL regular season extends to May 16 . NHL.com . April 10, 2021 . April 10, 2021.
43. Web site: NHL announces updates to 2020-21 regular-season schedule . NHL.com . April 16, 2021 . April 16, 2021.
44. Web site: Calgary Flames - Edmonton Oilers - April 2nd, 2021. NHL.com.
45. Web site: Toronto Maple Leafs - Calgary Flames - April 4th, 2021. NHL.com.
46. Web site: Toronto Maple Leafs - Calgary Flames - April 5th, 2021. NHL.com.
47. Web site: Edmonton Oilers - Calgary Flames - April 10th, 2021. NHL.com.
48. Web site: Calgary Flames - Toronto Maple Leafs - April 13th, 2021. NHL.com.
49. Web site: Calgary Flames - Montréal Canadiens - April 14th, 2021. NHL.com.
50. Web site: Calgary Flames - Montréal Canadiens - April 16th, 2021. NHL.com.
51. Web site: Ottawa Senators - Calgary Flames - April 19th, 2021. NHL.com.
52. Web site: Montréal Canadiens - Calgary Flames - April 23rd, 2021. NHL.com.
53. Web site: Montréal Canadiens - Calgary Flames - April 24th, 2021. NHL.com.
54. Web site: Montréal Canadiens - Calgary Flames - April 26th, 2021. NHL.com.
55. Web site: Calgary Flames - Edmonton Oilers - April 29th, 2021. NHL.com.
56. Web site: Calgary Flames - Edmonton Oilers - May 1st, 2021. NHL.com.
57. Web site: Winnipeg Jets - Calgary Flames - May 5th, 2021. NHL.com.
58. Web site: Ottawa Senators - Calgary Flames - May 9th, 2021. NHL.com.
59. Web site: Vancouver Canucks - Calgary Flames - May 13th, 2021. NHL.com.
60. Web site: Calgary Flames - Vancouver Canucks - May 16th, 2021. NHL.com.
61. Web site: Calgary Flames - Vancouver Canucks - May 18th, 2021. NHL.com.
62. Web site: Vancouver Canucks - Calgary Flames - May 19th, 2021. NHL.com.
63. Web site: 2020–21 Regular season – Calgary Flames Stats – Skaters . NHL.com . May 19, 2021.
64. Web site: 2020–21 Regular season – Calgary Flames Stats – Goalies . NHL.com . May 19, 2021.