# 2020–21 Calgary Flames season

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. 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.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

North Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Toronto Maple Leafs | 56 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 29 | 187 | 148 | +39 | 77 |
| 2 | x – Edmonton Oilers | 56 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 31 | 183 | 154 | +29 | 72 |
| 3 | x – Winnipeg Jets | 56 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 170 | 154 | +16 | 63 |
| 4 | x – Montreal Canadiens | 56 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 159 | 168 | −9 | 59 |
| 5 | e – Calgary Flames | 56 | 26 | 27 | 3 | 22 | 156 | 161 | −5 | 55 |
| 6 | e – Ottawa Senators | 56 | 23 | 28 | 5 | 18 | 157 | 190 | −33 | 51 |
| 7 | e – Vancouver Canucks | 56 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 151 | 188 | −37 | 50 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.
2020–21 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Johnny Gaudreau | 56 | 19 | 30 | 49 | +2 | 6 |
| Elias Lindholm | 56 | 19 | 28 | 47 | +10 | 22 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | 56 | 16 | 27 | 43 | +6 | 55 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | 56 | 18 | 14 | 32 | +1 | 24 |
| Mikael Backlund | 54 | 9 | 23 | 32 | −7 | 30 |
| Sean Monahan | 50 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −6 | 10 |
| Mark Giordano | 56 | 9 | 17 | 26 | +5 | 14 |
| Milan Lucic | 56 | 10 | 13 | 23 | −8 | 46 |
| Dillon Dube | 51 | 11 | 11 | 22 | −1 | 20 |
| Rasmus Andersson | 56 | 5 | 16 | 21 | −9 | 34 |
| Noah Hanifin | 47 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −2 | 18 |
| Derek Ryan | 43 | 2 | 11 | 13 | +6 | 16 |
| Sam Bennett | 38 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −14 | 19 |
| Christopher Tanev | 56 | 2 | 10 | 12 | +15 | 6 |
| Juuso Valimaki | 49 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 26 |
| Josh Leivo | 38 | 6 | 3 | 9 | −3 | 10 |
| Brett Ritchie | 32 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −5 | 24 |
| Joakim Nordstrom | 44 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +1 | 6 |
| Michael Stone | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
| Nikita Nesterov | 38 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −10 | 20 |
| Connor Mackey | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 20 |
| Byron Froese | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 |
| Oliver Kylington | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Glenn Gawdin | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Adam Ruzicka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| Dominik Simon | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Robinson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zac Rinaldo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 |
| Matthew Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jacob Markstrom | 43 | 43 | 2,487:56 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 111 | 2.68 | 1,161 | .904 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| David Rittich$^‡$ | 15 | 12 | 745:05 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 2.90 | 374 | .904 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artyom Zagidulin | 1 | 0 | 28:13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.25 | 11 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Domingue | 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

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 | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 2 | 50 | Yan Kuznetsov | D | Russia | UConn (H-East) |
| 3 | 72 | Jeremie Poirier | D | Canada | Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 96 | Daniil Chechelev | G | Russia | Russkiye Vitazi Chekhov (MHL) |
| 5 | 143 | Ryan Francis | RW | Canada | Cape Breton Eagles (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 174 | Rory Kerins | C | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
| 7 | 205 | Ilya Solovyov | D | Belarus | Dinamo Minsk (KHL) |