Season of play of professional ice hockey team
The 2020β21 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
CanadaβUnited 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 2020β21 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 4β3 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]
2020β21 game log
January: 3β3β1 (Home: 2β2β0 ; Road: 1β1β1)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
1
January 14
Calgary
3β4
Winnipeg
OT
Markstrom
0
0β0β1
1
[5]
2
January 16
Vancouver
0β3
Calgary
Markstrom
0
1β0β1
3
[6]
3
January 18
Vancouver
2β5
Calgary
Markstrom
0
2β0β1
5
[7]
4
January 24
Toronto
3β2
Calgary
Markstrom
0
2β1β1
5
[8]
5
January 26
Toronto
4β3
Calgary
Markstrom
0
2β2β1
5
[9]
6
January 28
Calgary
2β4
Montreal
Rittich
0
2β3β1
5
[10]
7
January 30
Calgary
2β0
Montreal
Markstrom
0
3β3β1
7
[11]
February: 7β7β1 (Home: 2β2β0 ; Road: 5β5β1)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
8
February 1
Calgary
4β3
Winnipeg
SO
Markstrom
0
4β3β1
9
[12]
9
February 2
Calgary
2β3
Winnipeg
Rittich
0
4β4β1
9
[13]
10
February 4
Calgary
1β4
Winnipeg
Markstrom
0
4β5β1
9
[14]
11
February 6
Edmonton
4β6
Calgary
Markstrom
0
5β5β1
11
[15]
12
February 9
Winnipeg
2β3
Calgary
Markstrom
0
6β5β1
13
[16]
13
February 11
Calgary
3β1
Vancouver
Markstrom
0
7β5β1
15
[17]
14
February 13
Calgary
1β3
Vancouver
Markstrom
0
7β6β1
15
[18]
15
February 15
Calgary
4β3
Vancouver
OT
Markstrom
0
8β6β1
17
[19]
16
February 17
Vancouver
5β1
Calgary
Markstrom
0
8β7β1
17
[20]
17
February 19
Edmonton
2β1
Calgary
Rittich
0
8β8β1
17
[21]
18
February 20
Calgary
1β7
Edmonton
Markstrom
0
8β9β1
17
[22]
19
February 22
Calgary
3β0
Toronto
Rittich
0
9β9β1
19
[23]
20
February 24
Calgary
1β2
Toronto
OT
Rittich
0
9β9β2
20
[24]
21
February 25
Calgary
1β6
Ottawa
Rittich
0
9β10β2
20
[25]
22
February 27
Calgary
6β3
Ottawa
Rittich
0
10β10β2
22
[26]
March: 6β8β1 (Home: 5β3β1 ; Road: 1β5β0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
23
March 1
Calgary
1β5
Ottawa
Rittich
0
10β11β2
22
[27]
24
March 4
Ottawa
3β7
Calgary
Rittich
0
11β11β2
24
[28]
25
March 6
Calgary
2β3
Edmonton
Markstrom
0
11β12β2
24
[29]
26
March 7
Ottawa
4β3
Calgary
SO
Markstrom
0
11β12β3
25
[30]
27
March 11
Montreal
1β2
Calgary
Markstrom
0
12β12β3
27
[31]
28
March 13
Montreal
1β3
Calgary
Markstrom
0
13β12β3
29
[32]
29
March 15
Edmonton
3β4
Calgary
Markstrom
0
14β12β3
31
[33]
30
March 17
Edmonton
7β3
Calgary
Markstrom
0
14β13β3
31
[34]
31
March 19
Calgary
4β3
Toronto
Markstrom
0
15β13β3
33
[35]
32
March 20
Calgary
0β2
Toronto
Rittich
0
15β14β3
33
[36]
33
March 22
Calgary
1β2
Ottawa
Markstrom
0
15β15β3
33
[37]
34
March 24
Calgary
1β3
Ottawa
Markstrom
0
15β16β3
33
[38]
35
March 26
Winnipeg
3β2
Calgary
Markstrom
0
15β17β3
33
[39]
36
March 27
Winnipeg
2β4
Calgary
Rittich
0
16β17β3
35
[40]
37
March 29
Winnipeg
5β1
Calgary
Markstrom
0
16β18β3
35
[41]
β
March 31
Calgary
Vancouver
Postponed due to
COVID-19 .
[42] Rescheduled for May 16.
[43]
[44]
April: 6β6β0 (Home: 3β4β0 ; Road: 3β2β0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
38
April 2
Calgary
2β3
Edmonton
Markstrom
0
16β19β3
35
[45]
39
April 4
Toronto
4β2
Calgary
Rittich
0
16β20β3
35
[46]
40
April 5
Toronto
5β3
Calgary
Markstrom
0
16β21β3
35
[47]
β
April 8
Vancouver
Calgary
Postponed due to
COVID-19 . Rescheduled for May 19.
[43]
[44]
β
April 10
Vancouver
Calgary
Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for May 13.
[43]
[44]
41
April 10
Edmonton
0β5
Calgary
Markstrom
0
17β21β3
37
[48]
42
April 13
Calgary
3β2
Toronto
OT
Markstrom
0
18β21β3
39
[49]
43
April 14
Calgary
4β1
Montreal
Markstrom
0
19β21β3
41
[50]
44
April 16
Calgary
1β2
Montreal
Markstrom
0
19β22β3
41
[51]
45
April 19
Ottawa
4β2
Calgary
Markstrom
0
19β23β3
41
[52]
46
April 23
Montreal
2β4
Calgary
Markstrom
0
20β23β3
43
[53]
47
April 24
Montreal
2β5
Calgary
Markstrom
0
21β23β3
45
[54]
48
April 26
Montreal
2β1
Calgary
Markstrom
0
21β24β3
45
[55]
49
April 29
Calgary
3β1
Edmonton
Markstrom
0
22β24β3
47
[56]
May: 4β3β0 (Home: 3β1β0 ; Road: 1β2β0)
#
Date
Visitor
Score
Home
OT
Decision
Attendance
Record
Pts
Recap
50
May 1
Calgary
1β4
Edmonton
Markstrom
0
22β25β3
47
[57]
51
May 5
Winnipeg
4β0
Calgary
Markstrom
0
22β26β3
47
[58]
52
May 9
Ottawa
1β6
Calgary
Markstrom
0
23β26β3
49
[59]
53
May 13
Vancouver
1β4
Calgary
Markstrom
0
24β26β3
51
[60]
54
May 16
Calgary
6β5
Vancouver
OT
Markstrom
0
25β26β3
53
[61]
55
May 18
Calgary
2β4
Vancouver
Domingue
0
25β27β3
53
[62]
56
May 19
Vancouver
2β6
Calgary
Markstrom
0
26β27β3
55
[63]
Legend :
Win (2 points)
Loss (0 points)
Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
Player statistics
Skaters
Goaltenders
β Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flames. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
β‘ 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 26β27, 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 6β7, 2020 virtually via
Video conference call from the
NHL Network studio in
Secaucus, New Jersey .
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b
c
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Further reading
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