2017–18 Calgary Flames season

The 2017–18 Calgary Flames season was their 38th season in Calgary, and the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972. The Flames missed the playoffs for the seventh time in their last nine seasons.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
The pre-season schedule was released on June 15, 2017. Before the start of pre-season games, the Flames' rookies and prospects participated in the annual Young Stars Classic tournament.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	
1 	September 8 	Edmonton 	4–2 	Calgary 	 	Parsons 	— 	0–1–0 	Recap 	
2 	September 10 	Calgary 	6–2 	Vancouver 	 	Schneider 	— 	1–1–0 	Recap 	
3 	September 11 	Winnipeg 	4–1 	Calgary 	 	McDonald 	— 	1–2–0 	Recap 	
 Young Stars Classic tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia	
 Young Stars Classic tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia	
 Young Stars Classic tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia	
 Young Stars Classic tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia	
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 Young Stars Classic tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia	
 Young Stars Classic tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia	
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 Young Stars Classic tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia	
 Young Stars Classic tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia	
 Young Stars Classic tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.
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October: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)	October: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 4 	Calgary 	0–3 	Edmonton 	 	Smith 	18,347 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 7 	Winnipeg 	3–6 	Calgary 	 	Smith 	19,289 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 9 	Calgary 	2–0 	Anaheim 	 	Smith 	15,485 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 11 	Calgary 	4–3 	Los Angeles 	OT 	Smith 	18,230 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap
5 	October 13 	Ottawa 	6–0 	Calgary 	 	Smith 	19,289 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 14 	Calgary 	5–2 	Vancouver 	 	Smith 	17,074 	4–2–0 	8 	Recap
7 	October 19 	Carolina 	2–1 	Calgary 	 	Smith 	18,119 	4–3–0 	8 	Recap
8 	October 21 	Minnesota 	4–2 	Calgary 	 	Smith 	18,436 	4–4–0 	8 	Recap
9 	October 24 	Calgary 	3–2 	Nashville 	SO 	Smith 	17,113 	5–4–0 	10 	Recap
10 	October 25 	Calgary 	2–5 	St. Louis 	 	Lack 	17,227 	5–5–0 	10 	Recap
11 	October 27 	Dallas 	2–1 	Calgary 	 	Smith 	18,873 	5–6–0 	10 	Recap
12 	October 29 	Washington 	1–2 	Calgary 	 	Smith 	18,327 	6–6–0 	12 	Recap
==Player statistics==
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	80	24	60	84	2 	26
 	74	31	33	64	3 	24
 	68	24	25	49	–1 	61
 	82	14	31	45	–21	78
 	82	17	27	44	1 	64
 	77	21	20	41	5 	24
 	82	13	25	38	0 	63
 	73	4 	28	32	–16	18
 	82	11	15	26	–18	59
 	72	17	8 	25	–7 	33
 	70	10	15	25	–19	26
 	76	6 	16	22	–7 	53
 	59	4 	9 	13	3 	88
 	68	4 	8 	12	4 	28
 	65	2 	10	12	–8 	23
 	74	1 	10	11	–9 	79
 	82	3 	7 	10	–11	28
 	24	3 	5 	8 	–8 	6
 	71	2 	6 	8 	–3 	27
 	22	1 	6 	7 	6 	10
† 	7 	1 	2 	3 	–4 	0
† 	9 	1 	2 	3 	0 	4
 	18	0 	3 	3 	–3 	4
 	4 	2 	0 	2 	1 	0
‡ 	8 	0 	1 	1 	–1 	2
 	7 	0 	1 	1 	0 	15
 	10	0 	0 	0 	–1 	4
 	16	0 	0 	0 	–4 	19
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	10	0 	0 	0 	–3 	2
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	55	55	3,190:36	25	21	6	141	2.65	1,686	.916	3	0	2	8
 	21	16	978:14 	8 	6 	3	49 	2.92	512 	.904	0	0	0	14
 	11	9 	604:56 	3 	5 	1	29 	2.88	280 	.896	0	0	0	2
‡ 	4 	2 	136:12 	1 	2 	0	12 	5.29	64 	.813	0	0	0	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flames. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
==Awards and honours==
===Milestones===
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	Ref
Mark Giordano 	100th career NHL goal 	October 14, 2017 	
Mike Smith 	200th career NHL win 	October 24, 2017 	
Mark Jankowski 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	November 9, 2017 	
Mikael Backlund	100th career NHL goal 	November 25, 2017	
David Rittich 	1st career NHL win 	November 25, 2017	
Dougie Hamilton	400th career NHL game 1st career NHL hat-trick	February 17, 2018	
Morgan Klimchuk	1st career NHL game 	February 19, 2018	
Johnny Gaudreau	300th career NHL game 	March 7, 2018 	
Matt Stajan 	1,000th career NHL game 	March 21, 2018 	
Spencer Foo 	1st career NHL game 	March 31, 2018 	
Spencer Foo 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	April 5, 2018 	
Mark Jankowski 	1st career NHL hat-trick 	April 8, 2018 	
==Transactions==
===Player signings===
Date 	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
June 29, 2017 	Kris Versteeg 	1-year, $1.75 million 	
June 30, 2017 	Michael Stone 	3-year, $10.5 million 	
July 13, 2017 	Micheal Ferland 	2-year, $3.5 million 	
July 14, 2017 	Curtis Lazar 	2-year, $1.9 million 	
July 20, 2017 	Garnet Hathaway 	1-year, $650,000 	
July 21, 2017 	Juuso Valimaki 	3-year, $4.05 million entry-level contract 	
July 22, 2017 	Jon Gillies 	1-year, $725,000 	
July 22, 2017 	David Rittich 	1-year, $725,000 	
August 29, 2017 	Brett Kulak 	1-year, $650,000 	
September 5, 2017	Tyler Wotherspoon	1-year, $650,000 	
September 6, 2017	Sam Bennett 	2-year, $3.9 million 	
November 16, 2017	Glenn Gawdin 	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
December 31, 2017	Matthew Phillips 	3-year, $2.275 million entry-level contract	
February 16, 2018	Mikael Backlund 	6-year, $32.1 million contract extension 	
===Trades===
June 24, 2017 	To Calgary FlamesTravis Hamonicconditional 4th round pick 	To New York Islanders1st round pick in 20182nd round pick in 2018conditional 2nd round pick
June 29, 2017 	To Calgary FlamesEddie LackRyan Murphy7th round pick in 2019	To Carolina HurricanesKeegan Kanzig6th round pick in 2019
July 1, 2017 	To Calgary Flamesconditional 7th round pick in 2018 	To Detroit Red WingsTom McCollum
December 30, 2017	To Calgary FlamesDalton Prout 	To New Jersey DevilsEddie Lack
February 26, 2018	To Calgary FlamesNick Shore 	To Ottawa Senators7th-round pick in 2019
===Additions and subtractions===
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Additions 	Additions 	Additions 	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions
Player 	Former team 	Via 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Spencer Foo 	Union Dutchmen (ECAC) 	Free agency	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Marek Hrivik 	New York Rangers 	Free agency	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Luke Gazdic 	New Jersey Devils 	Free agency	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tanner Glass 	New York Rangers 	Free agency	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jaromir Jagr 	Florida Panthers 	Free agency	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Cody Goloubef 	Stockton Heat (AHL) 	Free agency	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Yasin Ehliz 	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers (DEL)	Free agency	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Marcus Hogstrom	Djurgårdens IF (SHL) 	Free agency	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Calgary Flames' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	16 	Juuso Valimaki 	D 	Finland 	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
4 	109	Adam Ruzicka 	C 	Slovakia 	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
5 	140	Zach Fisher 	RW 	Canada 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6 	171	D'Artagnan Joly 	RW 	Canada 	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
7 	202	Filip Sveningsson	LW 	Sweden 	HV71 (J20 SuperElit)
==References==
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