The 2018–19 Calgary Flames season was the Flames' 39th season in Calgary, and the 47th for the National Hockey League (NHL) 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

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) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 15 Boston 4–3 Calgary SO Gillies – 0–0–1 2 September 17 Edmonton 7–4 Calgary Rittich 17,311 0–1–1 3 September 19 Calgary 1–3 Boston Smith – 0–2–1 4 September 19 Calgary 4–1 Vancouver Rittich 15,371 1–2–1 5 September 21 Calgary 3–4 Winnipeg OT Glass 15,321 1–2–2 6 September 22 Vancouver 2–5 Calgary Gillies 17,746 2–2–2 7 September 24 Winnipeg 5–4 Calgary OT Smith 17,207 2–2–3 8 September 25 San Jose 5–7 Calgary Gillies 17,584 3–2–3 9 September 27 Calgary 4–3 San Jose Smith 13,999 4–2–3 10 September 29 Calgary 3–4 Edmonton Smith 18,347 4–3–3 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 on June 21, 2018. 2018–19 game logOctober: 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 2 October 6 Vancouver 4–7 Calgary Smith 18,688 1–1–0 2 3 October 9 Calgary 3–0 Nashville Smith 17,209 2–1–0 4 4 October 11 Calgary 3–5 St. Louis Smith 16,403 2–2–0 4 5 October 13 Calgary 3–2 Colorado OT Rittich 17,334 3–2–0 6 6 October 17 Boston 2–5 Calgary Smith 17,641 4–2–0 8 7 October 19 Nashville 5–3 Calgary Smith 18,725 4–3–0 8 8 October 21 Calgary 4–1 NY Rangers Rittich 17,404 5–3–0 10 9 October 23 Calgary 2–3 Montreal Rittich 21,028 5–4–0 10 10 October 25 Pittsburgh 9–1 Calgary Smith 18,834 5–5–0 10 11 October 27 Washington 4–3 Calgary SO Smith 17,832 5–5–1 11 12 October 29 Calgary 3–1 Toronto Smith 18,989 6–5–1 13 13 October 30 Calgary 2–1 Buffalo OT Rittich 15,196 7–5–1 15 November: 8–4–1 (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 1 Colorado 5–6 Calgary Smith 17,317 8–5–1 17 15 November 3 Chicago 3–5 Calgary Rittich 18,143 9–5–1 19 16 November 7 Calgary 2–3 Anaheim Smith 16,461 9–6–1 19 17 November 10 Calgary 1–0 Los Angeles Rittich 18,230 10–6–1 21 18 November 11 Calgary 1–3 San Jose Smith 17,562 10–7–1 21 19 November 15 Montreal 3–2 Calgary Smith 18,443 10–8–1 21 20 November 17 Edmonton 2–4 Calgary Rittich 19,289 11–8–1 23 21 November 19 Vegas 2–7 Calgary Rittich 17,635 12–8–1 25 22 November 21 Winnipeg 3–6 Calgary Rittich 17,661 13–8–1 27 23 November 23 Calgary 0–2 Vegas Rittich 18,206 13–9–1 27 24 November 25 Calgary 6–1 Arizona Smith 12,821 14–9–1 29 25 November 28 Dallas 4–3 Calgary OT Rittich 17,676 14–9–2 30 26 November 30 Los Angeles 1–4 Calgary Smith 17,989 15–9–2 32 December: 9–3–2 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 2 Calgary 3–2 Chicago Smith 21,704 16–9–2 34 28 December 4 Calgary 9–6 Columbus Smith 14,885 17–9–2 36 29 December 6 Minnesota 0–2 Calgary Smith 17,690 18–9–2 38 30 December 8 Nashville 2–5 Calgary Smith 17,717 19–9–2 40 31 December 9 Calgary 0–1 Edmonton Rittich 18,347 19–10–2 40 32 December 12 Philadelphia 5–6 Calgary OT Rittich 17,763 20–10–2 42 33 December 15 Calgary 2–1 Minnesota Rittich 18,882 21–10–2 44 34 December 16 Calgary 7–2 St. Louis Rittich 17,064 22–10–2 46 35 December 18 Calgary 0–2 Dallas Rittich 18,127 22–11–2 46 36 December 20 Tampa Bay 5–4 Calgary SO Rittich 19,289 22–11–3 47 37 December 22 St. Louis 3–1 Calgary Smith 18,683 22–12–3 47 38 December 27 Calgary 4–1 Winnipeg Rittich 15,321 23–12–3 49 39 December 29 Vancouver 3–2 Calgary OT Rittich 19,289 23–12–4 50 40 December 31 San Jose 5–8 Calgary Rittich 19,289 24–12–4 52 January: 9–1–1 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Calgary 5–3 Detroit Smith 19,515 25–12–4 54 42 January 3 Calgary 4–6 Boston Smith 17,565 25–13–4 54 43 January 5 Calgary 3–2 Philadelphia OT Rittich 19,236 26–13–4 56 44 January 7 Calgary 4–3 Chicago Rittich 21,036 27–13–4 58 45 January 9 Colorado 3–5 Calgary Rittich 18,220 28–13–4 60 46 January 11 Florida 3–4 Calgary Rittich 18,579 29–13–4 62 47 January 13 Arizona 1–7 Calgary Smith 17,849 30–13–4 64 48 January 16 Buffalo 4–3 Calgary OT Rittich 18,286 30–13–5 65 49 January 18 Detroit 4–6 Calgary Smith 19,289 31–13–5 67 50 January 19 Calgary 5–2 Edmonton Rittich 18,347 32–13–5 69 51 January 22 Carolina 2–3 Calgary OT Rittich 18,508 33–13–5 71 January 24–27 All-Star Break in San Jose, CaliforniaFebruary: 8–3–2 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 5–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Calgary 3–4 Washington Smith 18,506 33–14–5 71 53 February 3 Calgary 4–3 Carolina Rittich 12,621 34–14–5 73 54 February 7 San Jose 5–2 Calgary Smith 18,748 34–15–5 73 55 February 9 Calgary 3–4 Vancouver SO Rittich 18,410 34–15–6 74 56 February 12 Calgary 3–6 Tampa Bay Rittich 19,092 34–16–6 74 57 February 14 Calgary 2–3 Florida SO Smith 10,198 34–16–7 75 58 February 16 Calgary 5–4 Pittsburgh Smith 18,667 35–16–7 77 59 February 18 Arizona 2–5 Calgary Smith 18,985 36–16–7 79 60 February 20 NY Islanders 2–4 Calgary Smith 18,632 37–16–7 81 61 February 22 Anaheim 1–2 Calgary Smith 18,960 38–16–7 83 62 February 24 Calgary 2–1 Ottawa Rittich 13,160 39–16–7 85 63 February 26 Calgary 3–1 NY Islanders Smith 13,097 40–16–7 87 64 February 27 Calgary 2–1 New Jersey Rittich 12,019 41–16–7 89 March: 8–7–0 (Home: 6–4–0; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 Minnesota 4–2 Calgary Smith 19,289 41–17–7 89 66 March 4 Toronto 6–2 Calgary Rittich 19,289 41–18–7 89 67 March 6 Calgary 1–2 Vegas Rittich 18,422 41–19–7 89 68 March 7 Calgary 0–2 Arizona Smith 13,341 41–20–7 89 69 March 10 Vegas 3–6 Calgary Rittich 19,086 42–20–7 91 70 March 12 New Jersey 4–9 Calgary Rittich 18,529 43–20–7 93 71 March 15 NY Rangers 1–5 Calgary Rittich 18,956 44–20–7 95 72 March 16 Calgary 1–2 Winnipeg Smith 15,321 44–21–7 95 73 March 19 Columbus 2–4 Calgary Rittich 18,288 45–21–7 97 74 March 21 Ottawa 1–5 Calgary Smith 18,793 46–21–7 99 75 March 23 Calgary 3–1 Vancouver Smith 18,685 47–21–7 101 76 March 25 Los Angeles 3–0 Calgary Smith 18,471 47–22–7 101 77 March 27 Dallas 2–1 Calgary Rittich 18,881 47–23–7 101 78 March 29 Anaheim 1–6 Calgary Smith 19,030 48–23–7 103 79 March 31 Calgary 5–3 San Jose Smith 17,313 49–23–7 105 April: 1–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 1 Calgary 7–2 Los Angeles Rittich 18,117 50–23–7 107 81 April 3 Calgary 1–3 Anaheim Rittich 17,174 50–24–7 107 82 April 6 Edmonton 3–1 Calgary Smith 19,289 50–25–7 107 Legend:

Playoffs

The Flames faced the Colorado Avalanche in the First Round of the playoffs. and were defeated in five games. 2019 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern 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 2 April 13 Colorado 3–2 Calgary OT Smith 19,289 1–1 3 April 15 Calgary 2–6 Colorado Smith 18,098 1–2 4 April 17 Calgary 2–3 Colorado OT Smith 18,102 1–3 5 April 19 Colorado 5–1 Calgary Smith 19,289 1–4 Legend:

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 −6 93 76 11 8 19 14 56 63 7 12 19 −5 28 69 7 12 19 21 33 79 2 17 19 17 23 54 6 12 18 −1 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 −2 12 20 1 1 2 1 8 † 15 0 1 1 5 7 4 0 0 0 −1 7 4 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 0 0 −1 0 2 0 0 0 −1 0

Playoffs Player 5 1 4 5 0 16 5 2 1 3 −4 18 5 1 2 3 −1 2 5 1 2 3 −5 8 5 2 0 2 −1 6 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 1 2 −5 4 5 0 2 2 −3 0 5 1 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 −2 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 −3 4 4 0 0 0 −3 0 1 0 0 0 −1 0 5 0 0 0 −2 0 5 0 0 0 −4 2 5 0 0 0 0 14 5 0 0 0 −1 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 Ref To Montreal Canadiens4th-round pick in 2019To Calgary FlamesWPG's 4th-round pick in 2018 To Carolina HurricanesDougie HamiltonMicheal FerlandAdam FoxTo Calgary FlamesNoah HanifinElias Lindholm To Montreal CanadiensHunter ShinkarukTo Calgary FlamesKerby Rychel To Montreal CanadiensBrett KulakTo Calgary FlamesMatt TaorminaRinat Valiev To Toronto Maple LeafsMorgan KlimchukTo Calgary FlamesAndrew Nielsen To Los Angeles Kings4th-round pick in 2020To 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 agencySubtractions 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)4105 Martin Pospisil C Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)41081 Demetrios Koumontzis LW Edina High School (USHS)41222 Milos Roman C Vancouver Giants (WHL)6167 Mathias Emilio Pettersen C Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)7198 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.