# 2019–20 Calgary Flames season

The 2019–20 Calgary Flames season was the Flames' 40th season in Calgary, and the 48th for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972. The Flames entered the season as the defending Pacific Division champions.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Flames advanced to the playoffs and defeated the Winnipeg Jets in the qualifying round in four games, but were defeated in the first round by the Dallas Stars in six games.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | 86 |
| 2 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | 83 |
| 3 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | 79 |
| 4 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | 78 |
| 5 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | 74 |
| 6 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | 67 |
| 7 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | 64 |
| 8 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | 63 |

### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | .662 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | .657 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 3 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | .606 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 4 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | .594 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 5 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | .585 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 6 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 8 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | .564 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 9 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | .563 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 10 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | .558 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 11 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | .529 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | .514 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 13 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | .472 | |
| 14 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | .457 | |
| 15 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | .450 | |

#### Tiebreaking procedures

* Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
* Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
* Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
* Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
* 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.
* Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
* Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
2019–20 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

The Flames faced Winnipeg Jets in the qualifying round, defeating them in four games.
The Flames faced the Dallas Stars in the first round, but were defeated in six games.
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Matthew Tkachuk | 69 | 23 | 38 | 61 | −5 | 74 |
| Johnny Gaudreau | 70 | 18 | 40 | 58 | −10 | 12 |
| Elias Lindholm | 70 | 29 | 25 | 54 | −8 | 22 |
| Sean Monahan | 70 | 22 | 26 | 48 | −16 | 25 |
| Mikael Backlund | 70 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 3 | 26 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | 68 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 4 | 18 |
| Mark Giordano | 60 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 2 | 34 |
| Derek Ryan | 68 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 10 |
| Noah Hanifin | 70 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −12 | 12 |
| Rasmus Andersson | 70 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −7 | 57 |
| Milan Lucic | 68 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −6 | 54 |
| T. J. Brodie | 64 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 36 |
| Dillon Dube | 45 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| Sam Bennett | 52 | 8 | 4 | 12 | −1 | 36 |
| Travis Hamonic | 50 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 27 |
| Michael Frolik$^‡$ | 38 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −10 | 24 |
| Tobias Rieder | 55 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −12 | 6 |
| Mark Jankowski | 56 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −12 | 14 |
| Oliver Kylington | 48 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −6 | 16 |
| Michael Stone | 33 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −5 | 16 |
| Zac Rinaldo | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 34 |
| Austin Czarnik | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Erik Gustafsson$^†$ | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Alan Quine | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
| Buddy Robinson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Derek Forbort$^†$ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Alexander Yelesin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Davidson$^‡$ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Sam Bennett | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Sean Monahan | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Johnny Gaudreau | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikael Backlund | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −2 | 8 |
| Elias Lindholm | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Milan Lucic | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| Dillon Dube | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Rasmus Andersson | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Tobias Rieder | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −2 | 0 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 |
| T.J. Brodie | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Erik Gustafsson | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Hanifin | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Mark Giordano | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 12 |
| Derek Forbort | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Derek Ryan | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Alan Quine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Buddy Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Jankowski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Zac Rinaldo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| David Rittich | 48 | 48 | 2,791:58 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 138 | 2.97 | 1,478 | .907 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Cam Talbot | 26 | 22 | 1,434:39 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 63 | 2.63 | 780 | .919 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Cam Talbot | 10 | 10 | 595:33 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 2.42 | 316 | .924 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| David Rittich | 1 | 0 | 16:35 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10.85 | 9 | .667 | 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.