League: | NHL |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Year: | 2023 |
Team: | Calgary Flames |
Division: | Pacific |
Divisionrank: | 5th |
Conference: | Western |
Conferencerank: | 11th |
Record: | 38–39–5 |
Homerecord: | 21–19–1 |
Roadrecord: | 17–20–4 |
Goalsfor: | 253 |
Goalsagainst: | 271 |
Generalmanager: | Craig Conroy |
Coach: | Ryan Huska |
Captain: | Mikael Backlund |
Altcaptain: | Rasmus Andersson Jonathan Huberdeau Elias Lindholm (Oct. 11 – Jan. 31) Christopher Tanev (Oct. 11 – Feb. 28) |
Arena: | Scotiabank Saddledome |
Attendance: | 17,490[1] |
Minorleague: | Calgary Wranglers (AHL) Rapid City Rush (ECHL) |
Goalsleader: | Yegor Sharangovich (31) |
Assistsleader: | Nazem Kadri (46) |
Pointsleader: | Nazem Kadri (75) |
Plusminusleader: | Blake Coleman (+19) |
Pimleader: | Martin Pospisil (107) |
Winsleader: | Jacob Markstrom (23) |
Gaaleader: | Jacob Markstrom (2.78) |
The 2023–24 Calgary Flames season was their 44th season in Calgary, and the 52nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972.[2]
On April 4, 2024, the Flames were eliminated from playoff contention after a 5–2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets.[3]
The preseason schedule was published on June 23, 2023. It begins for the Flames on September 15 with 3 games at the Young Stars tournament in Penticton. The full squad started preseason on September 24, 2023.[4]
2023 Young Stars tournament game log: 2–1–0 | ||||||||||
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Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||
1 | September 15 | Calgary | 1–7 | 0–1–0 | ||||||
2 | September 16 | Calgary | 4–3 | OT | 1–1–0 | |||||
3 | September 18 | 2–4 | Calgary | 2–1–0 | ||||||
Notes: Games played at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia.[5] |
2023 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 2–2–0) | ||||||||||
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Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||
1 | September 24 | 0–10 | Calgary | 15,452 | 1–0–0 | [6] | ||||
2 | September 25 | 5–3 | Calgary | 15,205 | 1–1–0 | [7] | ||||
3 | September 25 | Calgary | 3–2 | Seattle | SO | 10,000 | 2–1–0 | [8] | ||
4 | September 27 | Calgary | 3–2 | SO | Wolf | 11,673 | 3–1–0 | [9] | ||
5 | September 29 | 2–1 | Calgary | OT | Vladar | 17,965 | 3–1–1 | [10] | ||
6 | October 2 | Winnipeg | 4–5 | Calgary | Markstrom | 16,697 | 4–1–1 | [11] | ||
7 | October 4 | Calgary | 2–7 | Edmonton | Vladar | 18,197 | 4–2–1 | [12] | ||
8 | October 6 | Calgary | 1–3 | Vancouver | Markstrom | 18,353 | 4–3–1 | [13] | ||
Notes: Indicates split-squad. |
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Legend: |
As of April 18, 2024
82 | 29 | 46 | 75 | 0 | 43 | ||
82 | 31 | 28 | 59 | 8 | |||
78 | 30 | 24 | 54 | +19 | 76 | ||
82 | 20 | 32 | 52 | +2 | 51 | ||
81 | 12 | 40 | 52 | 49 | |||
75 | 14 | 26 | 40 | +7 | 47 | ||
82 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 24 | |||
78 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 47 | |||
‡ | 61 | 11 | 24 | 35 | +13 | 22 | |
63 | 14 | 20 | 34 | +12 | 22 | ||
‡ | 49 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 21 | ||
† | 29 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 6 | ||
63 | 8 | 16 | 24 | +14 | 109 | ||
‡ | 56 | 1 | 13 | 14 | +16 | 14 | |
59 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 35 | |||
34 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | |||
‡ | 39 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||
33 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
28 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +1 | 7 | ||
† | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
43 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |||
40 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | |||
34 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
‡ | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 23 | ||
‡ | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
33 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | ||
10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
† | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | |||
† | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
† | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 33 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
48 | 48 | 2,831:07 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 131 | 2.78 | 1,379 | .905 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
20 | 19 | 1,128:31 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 68 | 3.62 | 574 | .882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | 15 | 950:30 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 3.16 | 467 | .893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Flames have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.
Contract is entry-level.
Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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To Vancouver Canucks Nikita Zadorov | To Calgary Flames CHI Conditional 5th-round pick in 20241 VAN 3rd-round pick in 2026 | [98] | ||
January 31, 2024 | To Vancouver Canucks Elias Lindholm | To Calgary Flames Hunter Brzustewicz Joni Jurmo Andrei Kuzmenko VAN 1st-round pick in 2024 VAN Conditional 4th-round pick in 20242 | [99] | |
February 28, 2024 | To Dallas Stars Cole Brady | To Calgary Flames Artem Grushnikov 2nd-round pick in 2024 conditional 3rd-round pick in 2026 | ||
February 28, 2024 | To New Jersey Devils Christopher Tanev | To Calgary Flames Cole Brady | [100] | |
March 6, 2024 | To Philadelphia Flyers Noah Hanifin | To Calgary Flames Mikhail Vorobyev | [101] [102] | |
March 6, 2024 | To Vegas Golden Knights Mikhail Vorobyev | To Calgary Flames Daniil Miromanov conditional 1st-round pick in 2025 or 1st-round pick in 2026 conditional 2nd-round pick in 2025 or 3rd-round pick in 2025 | ||
March 7, 2024 | To Dallas Stars Mathias Emilio Pettersen | To Calgary Flames Riley Damiani | [103] | |
March 8, 2024 | To San Jose Sharks Conditional 5th-round pick in 20248 | To Calgary Flames Nikita Okhotiuk | [104] | |
To New Jersey Devils Jacob Markstrom | To Calgary Flames Kevin Bahl 1st-round pick in 2025 | [105] | ||
To Washington Capitals Andrew Mangiapane | To Calgary Flames COL 2nd-round pick in 2025 | [106] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref | |
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1-year | Free agency | [113] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [114] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [115] | ||||
Waivers | [116] |
Date | Player | New team | Term | Via | Ref |
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1-year | Free agency | [117] | |||
1-year | Free agency | [118] | |||
1-year | Free agency | [119] | |||
1-year | Free agency | [120] | |||
Retirement | [121] | ||||
1-year | Free agency | [122] | |||
Waivers | [123] | ||||
Arizona Coyotes | Waivers | [124] |
Date | Player | Term | Ref | |
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2-year | [125] | |||
2-year | [126] | |||
1-year | ||||
1-year | ||||
1-year | [127] | |||
1-year | ||||
3-year | [128] | |||
3-year | [129] | |||
2-year | [130] | |||
Martin Pospisil | 2-year | [131] |
See also: List of Calgary Flames draft picks.
Below are the Calgary Flames selections at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which will be held on June 28 and 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Round | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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1 | 16 | Samuel Honzek | LW | Vancouver Giants (WHL) | ||
2 | 48 | D | Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) | |||
3 | 80 | LW | Russia | Penticton Vees (BCHL) | ||
4 | 112 | Jaden Lipinski | C | Vancouver Giants (WHL) | ||
6 | 176 | Yegor Yegorov | G | MHC Dynamo Moscow (MHL) | ||
7 | 208 | Axel Hurtig | D | Rögle BK (J20 Nationell) |