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==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 14, 2018.
2018 preseason game log: 4–3–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–1)	2018 preseason game log: 4–3–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–1)	2018 preseason game log: 4–3–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–1)	2018 preseason game log: 4–3–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–1)	2018 preseason game log: 4–3–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–1)	2018 preseason game log: 4–3–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–1)	2018 preseason game log: 4–3–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–1)	2018 preseason game log: 4–3–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–1)	2018 preseason game log: 4–3–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–1)	2018 preseason game log: 4–3–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 15 	Boston 	4–3 	Calgary 	SO 	Gillies 	— 	0–0–1 	Recap
2 	September 17 	Edmonton 	7–4 	Calgary 	 	Rittich 	17,311 	0–1–1 	Recap
3 	September 19 	Calgary 	1–3 	Boston 	 	Smith 	— 	0–2–1 	Recap
4 	September 19 	Calgary 	4–1 	Vancouver 	 	Rittich 	15,371 	1–2–1 	Recap
5 	September 21 	Calgary 	3–4 	Winnipeg 	OT 	Glass 	15,321 	1–2–2 	Recap
6 	September 22 	Vancouver 	2–5 	Calgary 	 	Gillies 	17,746 	2–2–2 	Recap
7 	September 24 	Winnipeg 	5–4 	Calgary 	OT 	Smith 	17,207 	2–2–3 	Recap
8 	September 25 	San Jose 	5–7 	Calgary 	 	Gillies 	17,584 	3–2–3 	Recap
9 	September 27 	Calgary 	4–3 	San Jose 	 	Smith 	13,999 	4–2–3 	Recap
10 	September 29 	Calgary 	3–4 	Edmonton 	 	Smith 	18,347 	4–3–3 	Recap
Notes:
 Indicates split-squad.
 Game was played at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.
 Game was played at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Indicates split-squad.
 Game was played at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.
 Game was played at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Indicates split-squad.
 Game was played at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.
 Game was played at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Indicates split-squad.
 Game was played at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.
 Game was played at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Indicates split-squad.
 Game was played at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.
 Game was played at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Indicates split-squad.
 Game was played at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.
 Game was played at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Indicates split-squad.
 Game was played at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.
 Game was played at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Indicates split-squad.
 Game was played at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.
 Game was played at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Indicates split-squad.
 Game was played at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.
 Game was played at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Indicates split-squad.
 Game was played at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.
 Game was played at Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China.
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was released in June 21, 2018.
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October: 7–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0)	October: 7–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0)	October: 7–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0)	October: 7–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0)	October: 7–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0)	October: 7–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0)	October: 7–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0)	October: 7–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0)	October: 7–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0)	October: 7–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0)	October: 7–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 3 	Calgary 	2–5 	Vancouver 	 	Smith 	18,870 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 6 	Vancouver 	4–7 	Calgary 	 	Smith 	18,688 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 9 	Calgary 	3–0 	Nashville 	 	Smith 	17,209 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 11 	Calgary 	3–5 	St. Louis 	 	Smith 	16,403 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap
5 	October 13 	Calgary 	3–2 	Colorado 	OT 	Rittich 	17,334 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 17 	Boston 	2–5 	Calgary 	 	Smith 	17,641 	4–2–0 	8 	Recap
7 	October 19 	Nashville 	5–3 	Calgary 	 	Smith 	18,725 	4–3–0 	8 	Recap
8 	October 21 	Calgary 	4–1 	NY Rangers 	 	Rittich 	17,404 	5–3–0 	10 	Recap
9 	October 23 	Calgary 	2–3 	Montreal 	 	Rittich 	21,028 	5–4–0 	10 	Recap
10 	October 25 	Pittsburgh 	9–1 	Calgary 	 	Smith 	18,834 	5–5–0 	10 	Recap
11 	October 27 	Washington 	4–3 	Calgary 	SO 	Smith 	17,832 	5–5–1 	11 	Recap
12 	October 29 	Calgary 	3–1 	Toronto 	 	Smith 	18,989 	6–5–1 	13 	Recap
13 	October 30 	Calgary 	2–1 	Buffalo 	OT 	Rittich 	15,196 	7–5–1 	15 	Recap
===Playoffs===
The Flames faced the Colorado Avalanche in the First Round of the playoffs. and were defeated in five games.
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Western Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–1	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 11 	Colorado 	0–4 	Calgary 	 	Smith 	19,289 	1–0 	Recap
2 	April 13 	Colorado 	3–2 	Calgary 	OT 	Smith 	19,289 	1–1 	Recap
3 	April 15 	Calgary 	2–6 	Colorado 	 	Smith 	18,098 	1–2 	Recap
4 	April 17 	Calgary 	2–3 	Colorado 	OT 	Smith 	18,102 	1–3 	Recap
5 	April 19 	Colorado 	5–1 	Calgary 	 	Smith 	19,289 	1–4 	Recap
==Player statistics==
As of April 19, 2019
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	36	63	99	18	24
 	78	34	48	82	7 	12
 	81	27	51	78	30	20
 	80	34	43	77	14	62
 	78	17	57	74	39	69
 	77	21	26	47	34	52
 	81	13	25	38	21	24
 	65	16	18	34	24	26
 	79	9 	25	34	29	24
 	80	5 	28	33	18	12
 	79	14	18	32	6 	12
 	71	13	14	27	 	93
 	76	11	8 	19	14	56
 	63	7 	12	19	 	28
 	69	7 	12	19	21	33
 	79	2 	17	19	17	23
 	54	6 	12	18	 	8
 	44	8 	5 	13	11	12
 	38	3 	5 	8 	3 	10
 	13	3 	2 	5 	0 	6
 	25	1 	4 	5 	2 	4
 	14	0 	5 	5 	0 	10
 	24	1 	2 	3 	 	12
 	20	1 	1 	2 	1 	8
† 	15	0 	1 	1 	5 	7
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	 	7
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	17
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	1	4	5	0	16
 	5	2	1	3	 	18
 	5	1	2	3	 	2
 	5	1	2	3	 	8
 	5	2	0	2	 	6
 	5	1	1	2	1	0
 	5	1	1	2	 	4
 	5	0	2	2	 	0
 	5	1	0	1	1	2
 	5	1	0	1	1	0
 	5	0	1	1	 	2
 	2	0	1	1	1	0
 	5	0	1	1	 	4
 	4	0	0	0	 	0
 	1	0	0	0	 	0
 	5	0	0	0	 	0
 	5	0	0	0	 	2
 	5	0	0	0	0	14
 	5	0	0	0	 	2
 	3	0	0	0	1	6
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	45	42	2,503:20	27	9 	5	109	2.61	1,228	.911	1	0	0	4
 	42	40	2,400:19	23	16	2	109	2.72	1,069	.898	2	0	3	2
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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	Ref
 	Dalton Prout 	1-year 	
 	Morgan Klimchuk 	1-year 	
 	Elias Lindholm 	6-year 	
 	Jon Gillies 	2-years 	
 	Mark Jankowski 	2-year 	
 	Brett Kulak 	1-year 	
 	David Rittich 	1-year 	
 	Garnet Hathaway 	1-year 	
 	Kerby Rychel 	1-year 	
 	Noah Hanifin 	6-year 	
 	Dmitri Zavgorodny	3-year 	
 	Adam Ruzicka 	3-year 	
 	Martin Pospisil 	3-year 	
 	Eetu Tuulola 	3-year 	
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Montreal Canadiens4th-round pick in 2019 	To Calgary FlamesWPG's 4th-round pick in 2018	
 	To Carolina HurricanesDougie HamiltonMicheal FerlandAdam Fox	To Calgary FlamesNoah HanifinElias Lindholm 	
 	To Montreal CanadiensHunter Shinkaruk 	To Calgary FlamesKerby Rychel 	
 	To Montreal CanadiensBrett Kulak 	To Calgary FlamesMatt TaorminaRinat Valiev 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsMorgan Klimchuk 	To Calgary FlamesAndrew Nielsen 	
 	To Los Angeles Kings4th-round pick in 2020 	To Calgary FlamesOscar Fantenberg 	
===Additions and subtractions===
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Additions 	Additions 	Additions 	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	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	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==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 	 	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
4 	1081	Demetrios Koumontzis 	LW 	 	Edina High School (USHS)
4 	1222	Milos Roman 	C 	 	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
6 	167 	Mathias Emilio Pettersen	C 	 	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
7 	198 	Dmitri Zavgorodny 	LW 	 	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.
==References==
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