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. The opening game was held on October 13, 2022, against Colorado. The Flames were eliminated from playoff contention on April 10, 2023, after losing to the Nashville Predators in a shootout.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Skaters Regular season Player 82 34 39 73 +16 28 80 22 42 64 +6 14 82 24 32 56 −19 56 82 19 37 56 +24 36 79 15 40 55 +2 36 79 11 38 49 +5 26 82 18 27 45 −6 47 82 17 26 43 +12 40 82 18 20 38 +9 54 81 7 31 38 +2 33 81 4 27 31 +15 43 82 14 7 21 +10 80 82 9 11 20 −7 18 44 6 14 20 −1 8 77 7 12 19 −13 43 65 1 12 13 +7 21 27 7 4 11 0 4 48 6 5 11 +2 35 ‡ 34 6 2 8 +2 23 24 3 4 7 −5 2 † 20 3 4 7 −3 15 † 16 4 1 5 −6 10 23 1 3 4 0 27 ‡ 10 2 1 3 −6 9 17 0 1 1 −2 7 1 0 0 0 +1 2 ‡ 8 0 0 0 −2 0 4 0 0 0 −4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders Regular season Player 59 58 3,410:50 23 21 12 166 2.92 1,542 .892 1 0 2 14 27 23 1,483:55 14 6 5 72 2.91 667 .895 0 0 0 2 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 To Florida PanthersMatthew TkachukConditional 4th-round pick in 2025 To Calgary FlamesJonathan HuberdeauCole SchwindtMacKenzie WeegarConditional 1st-round pick in 2025 To Montreal CanadiensSean MonahanConditional 1st-round pick in 2024, 2025, or 2026Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2025Conditional 4th-round pick in 2025 To Calgary FlamesFuture considerations To Arizona CoyotesConnor MackeyBrett Ritchie To Calgary FlamesNick RitchieTroy Stecher To Toronto Maple LeafsDryden Hunt To Calgary FlamesRadim Zohorna To Ottawa SenatorsFuture considerations To Calgary FlamesKristians Rubins Notes: 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 Clark Bishop Ottawa Senators 1-year Free agency Oscar Dansk Spartak Moscow (KHL) Dennis Gilbert Colorado Avalanche 2-year Nicolas Meloche San Jose Sharks 1-year Kevin Rooney New York Rangers 2-year Ben Jones Vegas Golden Knights 1-year Nazem Kadri Colorado Avalanche 7-year Radim Zohorna Pittsburgh Penguins Waivers

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Byron Froese Vegas Golden Knights 2-year Free agency Johnny Gaudreau Columbus Blue Jackets 7-year Erik Gudbranson 4-year Luke Philp Chicago Blackhawks 1-year Ryan Carpenter New York Rangers Glenn Gawdin Anaheim Ducks 2-year Kevin Gravel Nashville Predators Justin Kirkland Anaheim Ducks 1-year Calle Jarnkrok Toronto Maple Leafs 4-year Andy Welinski New York Rangers 1-year Juuso Valimaki Arizona Coyotes Waivers

Signings Date Player Term Ref Nick DeSimone 2-year Trevor Lewis 1-year Colton Poolman Nikita Zadorov 2-year Matthew Phillips 1-year Oliver Kylington 2-year Andrew Mangiapane 3-year Martin Pospisil 1-year Jonathan Huberdeau 8-year Brett Ritchie 1-year Adam Ruzicka 2-year MacKenzie Weegar 8-year Michael Stone 1-year Lucas Ciona 3-year Matthew Coronato 3-year William Stromgren 3-year Walker Duehr 2-year Oscar Dansk 1-year Clark Bishop 2-year

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)259 Topi Ronni D Tappara (Liiga)5155 Parker Bell LW Tri-City Americans (WHL)7219 Cade Littler C Wenatchee Wild (BCHL)

References