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.^[2] The Flames missed the playoffs for the seventh time in their last nine seasons.

2017–18 Calgary Flames
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	11th Western
2017–18 record	37–35–10
Home record	17–20–4
Road record	20–15–6
Goals for	218
Goals against	248
Team information
General manager	Brad Treliving
Coach	Glen Gulutzan
Captain	Mark Giordano
Alternate captains	Troy Brouwer Sean Monahan
Arena	Scotiabank Saddledome
Average attendance	18,905[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Stockton Heat (AHL) Kansas City Mavericks (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Sean Monahan (31)
Assists	Johnny Gaudreau (60)
Points	Johnny Gaudreau (84)
Penalty minutes	Garnet Hathaway (88)
Plus/minus	Micheal Ferland (+5)
Wins	Mike Smith (25)
Goals against average	Mike Smith (2.65)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Vegas Golden Knights	82	51	24	7	47	272	228	+44	109
2	x – Anaheim Ducks	82	44	25	13	40	235	216	+19	101
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	45	27	10	40	252	229	+23	100
4	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	45	29	8	43	239	203	+36	98
5	Calgary Flames	82	37	35	10	35	218	248	−30	84
6	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	40	6	31	234	263	−29	78
7	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	40	11	31	218	264	−46	73
8	Arizona Coyotes	82	29	41	12	27	208	256	−48	70

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PA	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	45	29	8	43	239	203	+36	98
2	CE	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	41	257	237	+20	95
3	CE	St. Louis Blues	82	44	32	6	41	226	222	+4	94
4	CE	Dallas Stars	82	42	32	8	38	235	225	+10	92
5	PA	Calgary Flames	82	37	35	10	35	218	248	−30	84
6	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	40	6	31	234	263	−29	78
7	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	33	39	10	32	229	256	−27	76
8	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	40	11	31	218	264	−46	73
9	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	29	41	12	27	208	256	−48	70

Source: National Hockey League^[3]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

The pre-season schedule was released on June 15, 2017.^[4] Before the start of pre-season games, the Flames' rookies and prospects participated in the annual Young Stars Classic tournament.^[5]

Pre-season game log
Young Stars Classic: 1–2–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1[a] September 8 Edmonton 4–2 Calgary Parsons – 0–1–0 Recap 2[a] September 10 Calgary 6–2 Vancouver Schneider – 1–1–0 Recap 3[a] September 11 Winnipeg 4–1 Calgary McDonald – 1–2–0 Recap [a] Young Stars Classic tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia
2017 pre-season game log: 2–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1[A] September 18 Calgary 2–5 Edmonton Lack 18,347 0–1–0 Recap 2[A] September 18 Edmonton 5–4 Calgary Gillies – 0–2–0 Recap 3 September 20 Vancouver 5–3 Calgary Gillies 18,232 0–3–0 Recap 4 September 22 Arizona 2–4 Calgary Smith 18,961 1–3–0 Recap 5 September 25 Calgary 2–5 Winnipeg Lack 15,294 1–4–0 Recap 6 September 28 Calgary 1–3 Vancouver Smith 14,712 1–5–0 Recap 7 September 30 Winnipeg 2–3 Calgary SO Smith 19,289 2–5–0 Recap Notes: A Indicates split-squad.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.^[6]

2017–18 game log
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
November: 8–4–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 2 Pittsburgh 1–2 Calgary OT Smith 18,837 7–6–0 14 Recap 14 November 5 New Jersey 4–5 Calgary SO Smith 17,839 8–6–0 16 Recap 15 November 7 Vancouver 5–3 Calgary Smith 18,160 8–7–0 16 Recap 16 November 9 Detroit 3–6 Calgary Smith 18,788 9–7–0 18 Recap 17 November 13 St. Louis 4–7 Calgary Lack 18,519 10–7–0 20 Recap 18 November 15 Calgary 2–8 Detroit Lack 19,515 10–8–0 20 Recap 19 November 18 Calgary 5–4 Philadelphia OT Smith 19,210 11–8–0 22 Recap 20 November 20 Calgary 4–1 Washington Smith 18,506 12–8–0 24 Recap 21 November 22 Calgary 0–1 Columbus OT Smith 16,290 12–8–1 25 Recap 22 November 24 Calgary 4–6 Dallas Smith 18,532 12–9–1 25 Recap 23 November 25 Calgary 3–2 Colorado Rittich 15,738 13–9–1 27 Recap 24 November 28 Toronto 4–1 Calgary Smith 19,289 13–10–1 27 Recap 25 November 30 Arizona 0–3 Calgary Smith 18,093 14–10–1 29 Recap
December: 5–6–3 (Home: 3–5–0; Road: 2–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 Edmonton 7–5 Calgary Rittich 19,289 14–11–1 29 Recap 27 December 4 Philadelphia 5–2 Calgary Smith 18,590 14–12–1 29 Recap 28 December 6 Calgary 1–2 Toronto SO Smith 19,217 14–12–2 30 Recap 29 December 7 Calgary 3–2 Montreal OT Rittich 21,302 15–12–2 32 Recap 30 December 9 Vancouver 2–4 Calgary Smith 18,552 16–12–2 34 Recap 31 December 12 Calgary 1–2 Minnesota SO Smith 18,767 16–12–3 35 Recap 32 December 14 San Jose 3–2 Calgary Smith 18,730 16–13–3 35 Recap 33 December 16 Nashville 2–0 Calgary Smith 18,618 16–14–3 35 Recap 34 December 17 Calgary 6–1 Vancouver Rittich 18,236 17–14–3 37 Recap 35 December 20 St. Louis 1–2 Calgary Smith 18,410 18–14–3 39 Recap 36 December 22 Montreal 3–2 Calgary Smith 19,289 18–15–3 39 Recap 37 December 28 Calgary 2–3 San Jose SO Rittich 17,562 18–15–4 40 Recap 38 December 29 Calgary 1–2 Anaheim Smith 17,174 18–16–4 40 Recap 39 December 31 Chicago 3–4 Calgary OT Smith 19,289 19–16–4 42 Recap
January: 6–1–4 (Home: 2–1–3; Road: 4–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 4 Los Angeles 3–4 Calgary Smith 19,206 20–16–4 44 Recap 41 January 6 Anaheim 2–3 Calgary Smith 19,258 21–16–4 46 Recap 42 January 9 Calgary 3–2 Minnesota OT Smith 19,011 22–16–4 48 Recap 43 January 11 Calgary 5–1 Tampa Bay Smith 19,092 23–16–4 50 Recap 44 January 12 Calgary 4–2 Florida Rittich 14,519 24–16–4 52 Recap 45 January 14 Calgary 4–1 Carolina Smith 15,218 25–16–4 54 Recap 46 January 20 Winnipeg 2–1 Calgary SO Smith 19,289 25–16–5 55 Recap 47 January 22 Buffalo 2–1 Calgary OT Smith 18,349 25–16–6 56 Recap 48 January 24 Los Angeles 2–1 Calgary OT Smith 19,004 25–16–7 57 Recap 49 January 25 Calgary 3–4 Edmonton SO Rittich 18,347 25–16–8 58 Recap January 27–29 All-Star Break in Tampa, Florida 50 January 30 Vegas 4–2 Calgary Smith 19,289 25–17–8 58 Recap
February: 7–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 5–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 Tampa Bay 7–4 Calgary Smith 19,000 25–18–8 58 Recap 52 February 3 Chicago 3–4 Calgary OT Smith 19,289 26–18–8 60 Recap 53 February 6 Calgary 3–2 Chicago Smith 21,480 27–18–8 62 Recap 54 February 8 Calgary 3–2 New Jersey Rittich 13,085 28–18–8 64 Recap 55 February 9 Calgary 3–4 NY Rangers Smith 18,006 28–19–8 64 Recap 56 February 11 Calgary 3–2 NY Islanders Smith 11,192 29–19–8 66 Recap 57 February 13 Calgary 2–5 Boston Rittich 17,565 29–20–8 66 Recap 58 February 15 Calgary 4–3 Nashville Rittich 17,326 30–20–8 68 Recap 59 February 17 Florida 6–3 Calgary Rittich 19,289 30–21–8 68 Recap 60 February 19 Boston 2–1 Calgary OT Rittich 19,289 30–21–9 69 Recap 61 February 21 Calgary 3–7 Vegas Rittich 18,014 30–22–9 69 Recap 62 February 22 Calgary 5–2 Arizona Gillies 11,904 31–22–9 71 Recap 63 February 24 Colorado 1–5 Calgary Gillies 19,201 32–22–9 73 Recap 64 February 27 Calgary 0–2 Dallas Gillies 17,124 32–23–9 73 Recap 65 February 28 Calgary 2–5 Colorado Rittich 12,107 32–24–9 73 Recap
March: 4–9–1 (Home: 2–5–0; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 66 March 2 NY Rangers 3–1 Calgary Gillies 19,143 32–25–9 73 Recap 67 March 5 Calgary 3–4 Pittsburgh OT Gillies 18,630 32–25–10 74 Recap 68 March 7 Calgary 5–1 Buffalo Rittich 17,773 33–25–10 76 Recap 69 March 9 Calgary 2–1 Ottawa Rittich 14,498 34–25–10 78 Recap 70 March 11 NY Islanders 5–2 Calgary Smith 19,108 34–26–10 78 Recap 71 March 13 Edmonton 0–1 Calgary Smith 19,289 35–26–10 80 Recap 72 March 16 San Jose 7–4 Calgary Smith 19,196 35–27–10 80 Recap 73 March 18 Calgary 0–4 Vegas Smith 18,075 35–28–10 80 Recap 74 March 19 Calgary 2–5 Arizona Smith 13,288 35–29–10 80 Recap 75 March 21 Anaheim 4–0 Calgary Smith 19,059 35–30–10 80 Recap 76 March 24 Calgary 1–5 San Jose Rittich 17,562 35–31–10 80 Recap 77 March 26 Calgary 0–3 Los Angeles Smith 18,230 35–32–10 80 Recap 78 March 29 Columbus 5–1 Calgary Gillies 18,967 35–33–10 80 Recap 79 March 31 Edmonton 2–3 Calgary Smith 19,289 36–33–10 82 Recap
April: 1–2–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 3 Arizona 4–1 Calgary Gillies 18,677 36–34–10 82 Recap 81 April 5 Calgary 1–2 Winnipeg Gillies 15,321 36–35–10 82 Recap 82 April 7 Vegas 1–7 Calgary Gillies 19,289 37–35–10 84 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final Stats^[7]

Skaters

Regular season^[8]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Johnny Gaudreau	80	24	60	84	2	26
Sean Monahan	74	31	33	64	3	24
Matthew Tkachuk	68	24	25	49	−1	61
Mikael Backlund	82	14	31	45	−21	78
Dougie Hamilton	82	17	27	44	1	64
Micheal Ferland	77	21	20	41	5	24
Mark Giordano	82	13	25	38	0	63
T. J. Brodie	73	4	28	32	−16	18
Sam Bennett	82	11	15	26	−18	59
Mark Jankowski	72	17	8	25	−7	33
Michael Frolik	70	10	15	25	−19	26
Troy Brouwer	76	6	16	22	−7	53
Garnet Hathaway	59	4	9	13	3	88
Matt Stajan	68	4	8	12	4	28
Curtis Lazar	65	2	10	12	−8	23
Travis Hamonic	74	1	10	11	−9	79
Michael Stone	82	3	7	10	−11	28
Kris Versteeg	24	3	5	8	−8	6
Brett Kulak	71	2	6	8	−3	27
Jaromir Jagr	22	1	6	7	6	10
Chris Stewart†	7	1	2	3	−4	0
Nick Shore†	9	1	2	3	0	4
Matt Bartkowski	18	0	3	3	−3	4
Spencer Foo	4	2	0	2	1	0
Freddie Hamilton‡	8	0	1	1	−1	2
Ryan Lomberg	7	0	1	1	0	15
Rasmus Andersson	10	0	0	0	−1	4
Tanner Glass	16	0	0	0	−4	19
Marek Hrivik	3	0	0	0	1	0
Morgan Klimchuk	1	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Mangiapane	10	0	0	0	−3	2

Goaltenders

Regular season^[9]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Mike Smith	55	55	3,190:36	25	21	6	141	2.65	1,686	.916	3	0	2	8
David Rittich	21	16	978:14	8	6	3	49	2.92	512	.904	0	0	0	14
Jon Gillies	11	9	604:56	3	5	1	29	2.88	280	.896	0	0	0	2
Eddie Lack‡	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

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached	Ref
Mark Giordano	100th career NHL goal	October 14, 2017	[10]
Mike Smith	200th career NHL win	October 24, 2017	[11]
Mark Jankowski	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	November 9, 2017	[12]
Mikael Backlund	100th career NHL goal	November 25, 2017	[13]
David Rittich	1st career NHL win	November 25, 2017	[13]
Dougie Hamilton	400th career NHL game 1st career NHL hat-trick	February 17, 2018	[14]
Morgan Klimchuk	1st career NHL game	February 19, 2018	[15]
Johnny Gaudreau	300th career NHL game	March 7, 2018	[16]
Matt Stajan	1,000th career NHL game	March 21, 2018	[17]
Spencer Foo	1st career NHL game	March 31, 2018	[18]
Spencer Foo	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	April 5, 2018	[19]
Mark Jankowski	1st career NHL hat-trick	April 8, 2018	[20]

Transactions

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 29, 2017	Kris Versteeg	1-year, $1.75 million	[21]
June 30, 2017	Michael Stone	3-year, $10.5 million	[22]
July 13, 2017	Micheal Ferland	2-year, $3.5 million	[23]
July 14, 2017	Curtis Lazar	2-year, $1.9 million	[24]
July 20, 2017	Garnet Hathaway	1-year, $650,000	[25]
July 21, 2017	Juuso Valimaki	3-year, $4.05 million entry-level contract	[26]
July 22, 2017	Jon Gillies	1-year, $725,000	[27]
July 22, 2017	David Rittich	1-year, $725,000	[27]
August 29, 2017	Brett Kulak	1-year, $650,000	[28]
September 5, 2017	Tyler Wotherspoon	1-year, $650,000	[29]
September 6, 2017	Sam Bennett	2-year, $3.9 million	[30]
November 16, 2017	Glenn Gawdin	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	[31]
December 31, 2017	Matthew Phillips	3-year, $2.275 million entry-level contract	[32]
February 16, 2018	Mikael Backlund	6-year, $32.1 million contract extension	[33]

Trades

June 24, 2017[34]	To Calgary Flames Travis Hamonic conditional 4th round pick	To New York Islanders 1st round pick in 2018 2nd round pick in 2018 conditional 2nd round pick
June 29, 2017[35]	To Calgary Flames Eddie Lack Ryan Murphy 7th round pick in 2019	To Carolina Hurricanes Keegan Kanzig 6th round pick in 2019
July 1, 2017[36]	To Calgary Flames conditional 7th round pick in 2018	To Detroit Red Wings Tom McCollum
December 30, 2017[37]	To Calgary Flames Dalton Prout	To New Jersey Devils Eddie Lack
February 26, 2018[38]	To Calgary Flames Nick Shore	To Ottawa Senators 7th-round pick in 2019

Additions and subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Spencer Foo Union Dutchmen (ECAC) Free agency[39] Marek Hrivik New York Rangers Free agency[40] Luke Gazdic New Jersey Devils Free agency[41] Tanner Glass New York Rangers Free agency[42] Jaromir Jagr Florida Panthers Free agency[43] Cody Goloubef Stockton Heat (AHL) Free agency[44] Yasin Ehliz Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers (DEL) Free agency[45] Marcus Hogstrom Djurgårdens IF (SHL) Free agency[45]

Subtractions Player New team Via Brandon Bollig San Jose Sharks Free agency[46] Lance Bouma Chicago Blackhawks Free agency[47] Alex Chiasson Washington Capitals Free agency[48] Ryan Culkin Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) Free agency[49] Brian Elliott Philadelphia Flyers Free agency[50] Deryk Engelland Vegas Golden Knights Expansion Draft[51] Michael Kostka Skellefteå AIK (SHL) Free agency Kenney Morrison Chicago Wolves (AHL) Free agency[52] Ryan Murphy Minnesota Wild Free agency[53] Linden Vey Barys Astana (KHL) Free agency

Draft picks

See also: List of Calgary Flames 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)