2022–23 Calgary Flames season

The 2022–23 Calgary Flames season was the Flames' 43rd season in Calgary, and the 51st season for the Flames' National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972.^[2] The opening game was held on October 13, 2022, against Colorado.^[3] The Flames were eliminated from playoff contention on April 10, 2023, after losing to the Nashville Predators in a shootout.^[4]

2022–23 Calgary Flames
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	9th Western
2022–23 record	38–27–17
Home record	20–16–5
Road record	18–11–12
Goals for	260
Goals against	252
Team information
General manager	Brad Treliving
Coach	Darryl Sutter
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Mikael Backlund Jonathan Huberdeau Elias Lindholm Christopher Tanev
Arena	Scotiabank Saddledome
Average attendance	17,956[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Calgary Wranglers (AHL) Rapid City Rush (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tyler Toffoli (34)
Assists	Elias Lindholm (42)
Points	Tyler Toffoli (73)
Penalty minutes	Nikita Zadorov (80)
Plus/minus	Mikael Backlund (+24)
Wins	Jacob Markstrom (23)
Goals against average	Dustin Wolf (1.00)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Vegas Golden Knights	82	51	22	9	38	272	229	+43	111
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	82	50	23	9	45	325	260	+65	109
3	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	47	25	10	37	280	257	+23	104
4	x – Seattle Kraken	82	46	28	8	37	289	256	+33	100
5	Calgary Flames	82	38	27	17	31	260	252	+8	93
6	Vancouver Canucks	82	38	37	7	24	276	298	−22	83
7	San Jose Sharks	82	22	44	16	16	234	321	−87	60
8	Anaheim Ducks	82	23	47	12	13	209	338	−129	58

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PA	x – Seattle Kraken	82	46	28	8	37	289	256	+33	100
2	CE	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	46	33	3	36	247	225	+22	95
3	PA	Calgary Flames	82	38	27	17	31	260	252	+8	93
4	CE	Nashville Predators	82	42	32	8	29	229	238	−9	92
5	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	38	37	7	24	276	298	−22	83
6	CE	St. Louis Blues	82	37	38	7	27	263	301	−38	81
7	CE	Arizona Coyotes	82	28	40	14	20	228	299	−71	70
8	PA	San Jose Sharks	82	22	44	16	16	234	321	−87	60
9	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	26	49	7	18	204	301	−97	59
10	PA	Anaheim Ducks	82	23	47	12	13	209	338	−129	58

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

2022–23 game log
October: 5–2–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 Colorado 3–5 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 1–0–0 2 [7] 2 October 15 Calgary 4–3 Edmonton Vladar 18,347 2–0–0 4 [8] 3 October 18 Vegas 2–3 Calgary Markstrom 16,944 3–0–0 6 [9] 4 October 20 Buffalo 6–3 Calgary Vladar 17,080 3–1–0 6 [10] 5 October 22 Carolina 2–3 Calgary OT Markstrom 17,210 4–1–0 8 [11] 6 October 25 Pittsburgh 1–4 Calgary Markstrom 17,628 5–1–0 10 [12] 7 October 29 Edmonton 3–2 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 5–2–0 10 [13]
November: 5–7–3 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–5–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 November 1 Seattle 5–4 Calgary Vladar 16,803 5–3–0 10 [14] 9 November 3 Nashville 4–1 Calgary Markstrom 16,984 5–4–0 10 [15] 10 November 5 New Jersey 4–3 Calgary OT Markstrom 17,386 5–4–1 11 [16] 11 November 7 Calgary 3–4 NY Islanders OT Markstrom 15,722 5–4–2 12 [17] 12 November 8 Calgary 2–3 New Jersey Markstrom 13,096 5–5–2 12 [18] 13 November 10 Calgary 1–3 Boston Vladar 17,850 5–6–2 12 [19] 14 November 12 Winnipeg 2–3 Calgary Markstrom 18,501 6–6–2 14 [20] 15 November 14 Los Angeles 5–6 Calgary Markstrom 17,308 7–6–2 16 [21] 16 November 17 Calgary 1–4 Tampa Bay Markstrom 19,092 7–7–2 16 [22] 17 November 19 Calgary 5–4 Florida SO Markstrom 15,842 8–7–2 18 [23] 18 November 21 Calgary 5–2 Philadelphia Markstrom 17,896 9–7–2 20 [24] 19 November 23 Calgary 1–2 Pittsburgh SO Vladar 18,149 9–7–3 21 [25] 20 November 25 Calgary 0–3 Washington Markstrom 18,573 9–8–3 21 [26] 21 November 26 Calgary 2–3 Carolina Vladar 18,845 9–9–3 21 [27] 22 November 29 Florida 2–6 Calgary Vladar 17,806 10–9–3 23 [28]
December: 8–4–4 (home: 4–3–1; road: 4–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 1 Montreal 2–1 Calgary Markstrom 18,106 10–10–3 23 [29] 24 December 3 Washington 2–5 Calgary Vladar 18,698 11–10–3 25 [30] 25 December 5 Arizona 2–3 Calgary Vladar 16,899 12–10–3 27 [31] 26 December 7 Minnesota 3–5 Calgary Vladar 17,562 13–10–3 29 [32] 27 December 9 Calgary 1–3 Columbus Markstrom 16,902 13–11–3 29 [33] 28 December 10 Calgary 4–5 Toronto OT Vladar 18,857 13–11–4 30 [34] 29 December 12 Calgary 1–2 Montreal SO Markstrom 21,105 13–11–5 31 [35] 30 December 14 Vancouver 4–3 Calgary SO Markstrom 17,552 13–11–6 32 [36] 31 December 16 St. Louis 5–2 Calgary Markstrom 18,001 13–12–6 32 [37] 32 December 18 Calgary 5–2 San Jose Markstrom 14,207 14–12–6 34 [38] 33 December 20 Calgary 7–3 San Jose Markstrom 10,431 15–12–6 36 [39] 34 December 22 Calgary 3–4 Los Angeles OT Vladar 16,731 15–12–7 37 [40] 35 December 23 Calgary 3–2 Anaheim OT Markstrom 16,094 16–12–7 39 [41] 36 December 27 Edmonton 2–1 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 16–13–7 39 [42] 37 December 28 Calgary 3–2 Seattle Vladar 17,151 17–13–7 41 [43] 38 December 31 Vancouver 2–3 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 18–13–7 43 [44]
January: 6–4–2 (home: 3–2–0; road: 3–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 3 Calgary 2–3 Winnipeg Markstrom 14,130 18–14–7 43 [45] 40 January 6 NY Islanders 1–4 Calgary Markstrom 18,837 19–14–7 45 [46] 41 January 8 Calgary 3–4 Chicago OT Vladar 18,123 19–14–8 46 [47] 42 January 10 Calgary 3–4 St. Louis OT Markstrom 18,096 19–14–9 47 [48] 43 January 12 Calgary 4–1 St. Louis Vladar 18,096 20–14–9 49 [49] 44 January 14 Calgary 6–5 Dallas Vladar 18,532 21–14–9 51 [50] 45 January 16 Calgary 1–2 Nashville Markstrom 17,159 21–15–9 51 [51] 46 January 18 Colorado 4–1 Calgary Markstrom 17,768 21–16–9 51 [52] 47 January 21 Tampa Bay 3–6 Calgary Vladar 18,831 22–16–9 53 [53] 48 January 23 Columbus 3–4 Calgary OT Vladar 17,697 23–16–9 55 [54] 49 January 26 Chicago 5–1 Calgary Markstrom 17,659 23–17–9 55 [55] 50 January 27 Calgary 5–2 Seattle Vladar 17,151 24–17–9 57 [56]
February: 3–4–4 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 6 Calgary 4–5 NY Rangers OT Markstrom 17,173 24–17–10 58 [57] 52 February 9 Calgary 1–2 Detroit Vladar 19,515 24–18–10 58 [58] 53 February 11 Calgary 7–2 Buffalo Markstrom 18,356 25–18–10 60 [59] 54 February 13 Calgary 3–4 Ottawa OT Markstrom 15,024 25–18–11 61 [60] 55 February 16 Detroit 5–2 Calgary Vladar 17,713 25–19–11 61 [61] 56 February 18 NY Rangers 2–3 Calgary OT Markstrom 19,206 26–19–11 63 [62] 57 February 20 Philadelphia 4–3 Calgary Markstrom 19,036 26–20–11 63 [63] 58 February 22 Calgary 6–3 Arizona Vladar 4,600 27–20–11 65 [64] 59 February 23 Calgary 3–4 Vegas OT Vladar 17,609 27–20–12 66 [65] 60 February 25 Calgary 1–4 Colorado Markstrom 18,131 27–21–12 66 [66] 61 February 28 Boston 4–3 Calgary OT Markstrom 18,420 27–21–13 67 [67]
March: 8–5–2 (home: 3–4–1; road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Toronto 2–1 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 27–22–13 67 [68] 63 March 4 Minnesota 3–0 Calgary Markstrom 18,605 27–23–13 67 [69] 64 March 6 Calgary 5–4 Dallas Markstrom 18,164 28–23–13 69 [70] 65 March 7 Calgary 1–0 Minnesota SO Markstrom 18,998 29–23–13 71 [71] 66 March 10 Anaheim 3–1 Calgary Markstrom 18,013 29–24–13 71 [72] 67 March 12 Ottawa 1–5 Calgary Markstrom 17,031 30–24–13 73 [73] 68 March 14 Calgary 3–4 Arizona OT Markstrom 4,600 30–24–14 74 [74] 69 March 16 Calgary 7–2 Vegas Markstrom 18,207 31–24–14 76 [75] 70 March 18 Dallas 6–5 Calgary OT Markstrom 17,909 31–24–15 77 [76] 71 March 20 Calgary 2–8 Los Angeles Markstrom 16,404 31–25–15 77 [77] 72 March 21 Calgary 5–1 Anaheim Vladar 12,974 32–25–15 79 [78] 73 March 23 Vegas 3–2 Calgary Markstrom 18,157 32–26–15 79 [79] 74 March 25 San Jose 3–5 Calgary Markstrom 18,153 33–26–15 81 [80] 75 March 28 Los Angeles 1–2 Calgary Markstrom 17,106 34–26–15 83 [81] 76 March 31 Calgary 5–4 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,811 35–26–15 85 [82]
April: 3–1–2 (home: 2–1–1; road: 1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Anaheim 4–5 Calgary Vladar 17,439 36–26–15 87 [83] 78 April 4 Chicago 4–3 Calgary Markstrom 17,137 36–27–15 87 [84] 79 April 5 Calgary 3–1 Winnipeg Markstrom 14,077 37–27–15 89 [85] 80 April 8 Calgary 2–3 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,852 37–27–16 90 [86] 81 April 10 Nashville 3–2 Calgary SO Markstrom 17,359 37–27–17 91 [87] 82 April 12 San Jose 1–3 Calgary Wolf 17,211 38–27–17 93 [88]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season ^[89]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Tyler Toffoli	82	34	39	73	+16	28
Elias Lindholm	80	22	42	64	+6	14
Nazem Kadri	82	24	32	56	−19	56
Mikael Backlund	82	19	37	56	+24	36
Jonathan Huberdeau	79	15	40	55	+2	36
Rasmus Andersson	79	11	38	49	+5	26
Dillon Dube	82	18	27	45	−6	47
Andrew Mangiapane	82	17	26	43	+12	40
Blake Coleman	82	18	20	38	+9	54
Noah Hanifin	81	7	31	38	+2	33
MacKenzie Weegar	81	4	27	31	+15	43
Nikita Zadorov	82	14	7	21	+10	80
Trevor Lewis	82	9	11	20	−7	18
Adam Ruzicka	44	6	14	20	−1	8
Milan Lucic	77	7	12	19	−13	43
Christopher Tanev	65	1	12	13	+7	21
Walker Duehr	27	7	4	11	0	4
Michael Stone	48	6	5	11	+2	35
Brett Ritchie‡	34	6	2	8	+2	23
Jakob Pelletier	24	3	4	7	−5	2
Troy Stecher†	20	3	4	7	−3	15
Nick Ritchie†	16	4	1	5	−6	10
Dennis Gilbert	23	1	3	4	0	27
Connor Mackey‡	10	2	1	3	−6	9
Kevin Rooney	17	0	1	1	−2	7
Matthew Coronato	1	0	0	0	+1	2
Radim Zohorna‡	8	0	0	0	−2	0
Nick DeSimone	4	0	0	0	−4	2
Matthew Phillips	2	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular season ^[90]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jacob Markstrom	59	58	3,410:50	23	21	12	166	2.92	1,542	.892	1	0	2	14
Daniel Vladar	27	23	1,483:55	14	6	5	72	2.91	667	.895	0	0	0	2
Dustin Wolf	1	1	59:54	1	0	0	1	1.00	24	.958	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.

Transactions

The Flames have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 22, 2022 (2022-07-22)	To Florida Panthers Matthew Tkachuk Conditional1 4th-round pick in 2025	To Calgary Flames Jonathan Huberdeau Cole Schwindt MacKenzie Weegar Conditional2 1st-round pick in 2025	[91]
August 18, 2022 (2022-08-18)	To Montreal Canadiens Sean Monahan Conditional3 1st-round pick in 2024, 2025, or 2026 Conditional4 3rd-round pick in 2025 Conditional5 4th-round pick in 2025	To Calgary Flames Future considerations	[92]
March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03)	To Arizona Coyotes Connor Mackey Brett Ritchie	To Calgary Flames Nick Ritchie Troy Stecher	[93]
March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dryden Hunt	To Calgary Flames Radim Zohorna	[94]
March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)	To Ottawa Senators Future considerations	To Calgary Flames Kristians Rubins	[95]

Notes:

1. Florida will receive Calgary's 4th-round pick in 2026 instead if Florida's 1st-round pick in 2025 is within the top 2 selections.
2. Calgary will receive Florida's 1st-round pick in 2026 instead if Florida's 1st-round pick in 2025 is within the top 2 selections.
3. Montreal will have the option to receive Calgary's first-round pick in 2024 if the pick is outside of the top 20. If Montreal declines to exercise this option or Calgary's first-round pick in 2024 is within the top 20, they will receive one of Calgary or Florida's first-round picks in 2025 or 2026. If both Calgary and Florida's first-round picks in 2025 are outside of the top 10, Montreal will receive the earlier of the two. If Calgary's first-round pick in 2025 is in the top 10 and Florida's is outside, Montreal will receive Florida's first-round pick in 2025; if Florida's first-round pick in 2025 is in the top 10 and Calgary's outside, Montreal will receive Calgary's first-round pick in 2025. If both Calgary and Florida's first-round picks in 2025 are within the top 10, Montreal will receive Calgary's first-round pick, unless said pick is the first-overall selection in 2025; if it is, Montreal will instead receive the earlier of Calgary or Florida's first-round picks in 2026.
4. Montreal will receive Calgary's third-round pick in 2025 if Calgary's first-round pick in 2025 is the first-overall selection and Florida's first-round pick in 2025 is in the top 10 selections; otherwise no pick will be exchanged.
5. Montreal will receive Calgary's fourth-round pick in 2025 if both Calgary and Florida's first-round selections in 2025 are outside of the top 10, Florida's draft position is better than Calgary's, and the rights to Florida's first-round pick in 2025 are with another team; otherwise no pick will be exchanged.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Clark Bishop	Ottawa Senators	1-year	Free agency	[96]
	Oscar Dansk	Spartak Moscow (KHL)			[96]
	Dennis Gilbert	Colorado Avalanche	2-year		[96]
	Nicolas Meloche	San Jose Sharks	1-year		[96]
	Kevin Rooney	New York Rangers	2-year		[97]
July 21, 2022 (2022-07-21)	Ben Jones	Vegas Golden Knights	1-year		[98]
August 18, 2022 (2022-08-18)	Nazem Kadri	Colorado Avalanche	7-year		[99]
October 3, 2022 (2022-10-03)	Radim Zohorna	Pittsburgh Penguins		Waivers	[100]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Byron Froese	Vegas Golden Knights	2-year	Free agency	[101]
	Johnny Gaudreau	Columbus Blue Jackets	7-year		[102]
	Erik Gudbranson		4-year		[103]
	Luke Philp	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year		[104]
July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)	Ryan Carpenter	New York Rangers			[105]
	Glenn Gawdin	Anaheim Ducks	2-year		[106]
	Kevin Gravel	Nashville Predators			[107]
	Justin Kirkland	Anaheim Ducks	1-year		[106]
July 15, 2022 (2022-07-15)	Calle Jarnkrok	Toronto Maple Leafs	4-year		[108]
July 18, 2022 (2022-07-18)	Andy Welinski	New York Rangers	1-year		[109]
October 9, 2022 (2022-10-09)	Juuso Valimaki	Arizona Coyotes		Waivers	[110]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Nick DeSimone	2-year	[96]
	Trevor Lewis	1-year	[111]
	Colton Poolman		[96]
	Nikita Zadorov	2-year	[112]
July 22, 2022 (2022-07-22)	Matthew Phillips	1-year	[113]
August 2, 2022 (2022-08-02)	Oliver Kylington	2-year	[114]
	Andrew Mangiapane	3-year	[115]
	Martin Pospisil	1-year	[116]
August 4, 2022 (2022-08-04)	Jonathan Huberdeau	8-year‡	[117]
September 21, 2022 (2022-09-21)	Brett Ritchie	1-year	[118]
	Adam Ruzicka	2-year	[119]
October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07)	MacKenzie Weegar	8-year‡	[120]
October 11, 2022 (2022-10-11)	Michael Stone	1-year	[121]
October 30, 2022 (2022-10-30)	Lucas Ciona	3-year†	[122]
March 26, 2023 (2023-03-26)	Matthew Coronato	3-year†	[123]
March 29, 2023 (2023-03-29)	William Stromgren	3-year†‡	[124]
April 24, 2023 (2023-04-24)	Walker Duehr	2-year‡	[125]
June 6, 2023 (2023-06-06)	Oscar Dansk	1-year‡	[126]
June 14, 2023 (2023-06-14)	Clark Bishop	2-year‡	[127]

Draft picks

See also: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Below are the Calgary Flames' selections at the 2022 NHL entry draft, which was held on July 7 to 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
2	59	Topi Ronni	D	Finland	Tappara (Liiga)
5	155	Parker Bell	LW	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
7	219	Cade Littler	C	USA	Wenatchee Wild (BCHL)