# 2018–19 Calgary Flames season

The 2018–19 Calgary Flames season was the Flames' 39th season in Calgary, and the 47th for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972.
The Flames clinched a playoff spot on March 17, 2019, when the Minnesota Wild lost to the New York Islanders. On March 31, the team won its first division title since the 2005–06 season, and clinched the best record in what is now the Western Conference for the first time since the 1989–90 season. They also finished with 50 wins and 107 points, in both cases trailing only the 1989 Stanley Cup champions. The Flames faced the Colorado Avalanche in the first round, losing in five games.

## Standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | z – Calgary Flames | 82 | 50 | 25 | 7 | 50 | 289 | 227 | +62 | 107 |
| 2 | x – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 46 | 289 | 261 | +28 | 101 |
| 3 | x – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 40 | 249 | 230 | +19 | 93 |
| 4 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 35 | 213 | 223 | −10 | 86 |
| 5 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 29 | 225 | 254 | −29 | 81 |
| 6 | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 32 | 199 | 251 | −52 | 80 |
| 7 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 35 | 38 | 9 | 32 | 232 | 274 | −42 | 79 |
| 8 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 28 | 202 | 263 | −61 | 71 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 14, 2018.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.
2018–19 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

The Flames faced the Colorado Avalanche in the First Round of the playoffs. and were defeated in five games.
2019 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics

As of April 19, 2019

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Johnny Gaudreau | 82 | 36 | 63 | 99 | 18 | 24 |
| Sean Monahan | 78 | 34 | 48 | 82 | 7 | 12 |
| Elias Lindholm | 81 | 27 | 51 | 78 | 30 | 20 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | 80 | 34 | 43 | 77 | 14 | 62 |
| Mark Giordano | 78 | 17 | 57 | 74 | 39 | 69 |
| Mikael Backlund | 77 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 34 | 52 |
| Derek Ryan | 81 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 21 | 24 |
| Michael Frolik | 65 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 24 | 26 |
| T. J. Brodie | 79 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 29 | 24 |
| Noah Hanifin | 80 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 18 | 12 |
| Mark Jankowski | 79 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 12 |
| Sam Bennett | 71 | 13 | 14 | 27 | −6 | 93 |
| Garnet Hathaway | 76 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 56 |
| James Neal | 63 | 7 | 12 | 19 | −5 | 28 |
| Travis Hamonic | 69 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 33 |
| Rasmus Andersson | 79 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 23 |
| Austin Czarnik | 54 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −1 | 8 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | 44 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 12 |
| Oliver Kylington | 38 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| Alan Quine | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Dillon Dube | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Michael Stone | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Juuso Valimaki | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 12 |
| Dalton Prout | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Oscar Fantenberg$^†$ | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Anthony Peluso | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 |
| Ryan Lomberg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Curtis Lazar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Kerby Rychel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Sam Bennett | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 18 |
| Rasmus Andersson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Mikael Backlund | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −5 | 8 |
| T. J. Brodie | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 6 |
| Sean Monahan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Elias Lindholm | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 4 |
| Mark Giordano | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 0 |
| Derek Ryan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Gaudreau | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| Juuso Välimäki | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Noah Hanifin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
| James Neal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| Austin Czarnik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Mark Jankowski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Travis Hamonic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
| Garnet Hathaway | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Michael Frolik | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Oscar Fantenberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| David Rittich | 45 | 42 | 2,503:20 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 109 | 2.61 | 1,228 | .911 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Smith | 42 | 40 | 2,400:19 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 109 | 2.72 | 1,069 | .898 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Mike Smith | 5 | 5 | 318:32 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 3.20 | 205 | .917 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
$^†$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.

## Transactions
### Player signings

| Date | Player | Contract term |
| July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) | Dalton Prout | 1-year |
| July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) | Morgan Klimchuk | 1-year |
| July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16) | Elias Lindholm | 6-year |
| July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17) | Jon Gillies | 2-years |
| July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) | Mark Jankowski | 2-year |
| July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) | Brett Kulak | 1-year |
| July 26, 2018 (2018-07-26) | David Rittich | 1-year |
| July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30) | Garnet Hathaway | 1-year |
| August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20) | Kerby Rychel | 1-year |
| August 30, 2018 (2018-08-30) | Noah Hanifin | 6-year |
| March 30, 2019 (2019-03-30) | Dmitri Zavgorodny | 3-year |
| April 12, 2019 (2019-04-12) | Adam Ruzicka | 3-year |
| April 20, 2019 (2019-04-20) | Martin Pospisil | 3-year |
| June 13, 2019 (2019-06-13) | Eetu Tuulola | 3-year |

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 5, 2018 (2018-06-05) | To Montreal Canadiens4th-round pick in 2019 | To Calgary FlamesWPG's 4th-round pick in 2018 |
| June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) | To Carolina HurricanesDougie Hamilton Micheal Ferland Adam Fox | To Calgary FlamesNoah Hanifin Elias Lindholm |
| August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20) | To Montreal CanadiensHunter Shinkaruk | To Calgary FlamesKerby Rychel |
| October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01) | To Montreal CanadiensBrett Kulak | To Calgary FlamesMatt Taormina Rinat Valiev |
| November 27, 2018 (2018-11-27) | To Toronto Maple LeafsMorgan Klimchuk | To Calgary FlamesAndrew Nielsen |
| February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) | To Los Angeles Kings4th-round pick in 2020 | To Calgary FlamesOscar Fantenberg |

### Additions and subtractions

Additions :
| Player | Former team | Via |
| Austin Czarnik | Boston Bruins | Free agency |
| Tyler Graovac | Washington Capitals | Free agency |
| Alan Quine | New York Islanders | Free agency |
| Derek Ryan | Carolina Hurricanes | Free agency |
| James Neal | Vegas Golden Knights | Free agency |
| Buddy Robinson | Winnipeg Jets | Free agency |
| Anthony Peluso | Washington Capitals | Free agency |
| Luke Philp | Alberta Golden Bears (U Sports) | Free agency |
| Artyom Zagidulin | Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL) | Free agency |
| Carl-Johan Lerby | Malmö Redhawks (SHL) | Free agency |
| Alexander Yelesin | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) | Free agency |
Subtractions :
| Player | New team | Via |
| Daniel Pribyl | Sparta Praha (ELH) | Free agency |
| Matt Bartkowski | Minnesota Wild | Free agency |
| Cody Goloubef | Boston Bruins | Free agency |
| Marek Hrivik | Vityaz Podolsk (KHL) | Free agency |
| Tyler Wotherspoon | St. Louis Blues | Free agency |
| Austin Carroll | Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) | Free agency |
| Troy Brouwer | Florida Panthers | Released |
| Matt Stajan | Red Bull München (DEL) | Free agency |
| Tanner Glass | Boxers de Bordeaux (Ligue Magnus) | Free agency |
| Kris Versteeg | Avangard Omsk (KHL) | Free agency |
| Nick Shore | Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL) | Free agency |
| Yasin Ehliz | Red Bull München (DEL) | Released |
| Marcus Hogstrom | Djurgårdens IF (SHL) | Free agency |

## Draft picks

Below are the Calgary Flames' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 4 | 105 | Martin Pospisil | C | Slovakia | Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) |
| 4 | 108$^1$ | Demetrios Koumontzis | LW | United States | Edina High School (USHS) |
| 4 | 122$^2$ | Milos Roman | C | Slovakia | Vancouver Giants (WHL) |
| 6 | 167 | Mathias Emilio Pettersen | C | Norway | Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) |
| 7 | 198 | Dmitri Zavgorodny | LW | Russia | Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) |
Notes:
* The Florida Panthers' fourth-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on February 27, 2016, that sent Jiri Hudler to Florida in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016 and this pick.
* The Winnipeg Jets' fourth-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2019 to Montreal in exchange for this pick.