2023–24 Calgary Flames season

The 2023–24 Calgary Flames season was their 44th season in Calgary, and the 52nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 6, 1972.

On April 4, 2024, the Flames were eliminated from playoff contention for the second consecutive season after a 5–2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 23, 2023. It begins for the Flames on September 15 with 3 games at the Young Stars tournament in Penticton. The full squad started preseason on September 24, 2023.

Young Stars tournament 2023 Young Stars tournament game log: 2–1–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 15 Calgary 1–7 Vancouver 0–1–0 2 September 16 Calgary 4–3 Edmonton OT 1–1–0 3 September 18 Winnipeg 2–4 Calgary 2–1–0 Notes: Games played at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia.

Preseason 2023 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 24 Vancouver 0–10 Calgary Markstrom 15,452 1–0–0 2 September 25 Seattle 5–3 Calgary Wolf 15,205 1–1–0 3 September 25 Calgary 3–2 Seattle SO Vladar 10,000 2–1–0 4 September 27 Calgary 3–2 Winnipeg SO Wolf 11,673 3–1–0 5 September 29 Edmonton 2–1 Calgary OT Vladar 17,965 3–1–1 6 October 2 Winnipeg 4–5 Calgary Markstrom 16,697 4–1–1 7 October 4 Calgary 2–7 Edmonton Vladar 18,197 4–2–1 8 October 6 Calgary 1–3 Vancouver Markstrom 18,353 4–3–1 Notes: Indicates split-squad.

Regular season 2023–24 game logOctober: 2–6–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 11 Winnipeg 3–5 Calgary Markstrom 17,414 1–0–0 2 2 October 14 Calgary 2–5 Pittsburgh Markstrom 17,635 1–1–0 2 3 October 16 Calgary 2–3 Washington SO Markstrom 16,489 1–1–1 3 4 October 19 Calgary 4–3 Buffalo Vladar 13,025 2–1–1 5 5 October 20 Calgary 1–3 Columbus Markstrom 16,276 2–2–1 5 6 October 22 Calgary 2–6 Detroit Vladar 17,626 2–3–1 5 7 October 24 NY Rangers 3–1 Calgary Markstrom 16,800 2–4–1 5 8 October 26 St. Louis 3–0 Calgary Markstrom 16,897 2–5–1 5 9 October 29 Calgary 2–5 Edmonton Markstrom 55,411(outdoors) 2–6–1 5 November: 8–4–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 10 November 1 Dallas 4–3 Calgary Markstrom 16,786 2–7–1 5 11 November 4 Calgary 6–3 Seattle Vladar 17,151 3–7–1 7 12 November 7 Nashville 2–4 Calgary Markstrom 16,975 4–7–1 9 13 November 10 Calgary 4–5 Toronto SO Vladar 18,939 4–7–2 10 14 November 11 Calgary 1–4 Ottawa Wolf 18,874 4–8–2 10 15 November 14 Calgary 2–1 Montreal Markstrom 21,105 5–8–2 12 16 November 16 Vancouver 2–5 Calgary Markstrom 17,501 6–8–2 14 17 November 18 NY Islanders 5–4 Calgary SO Markstrom 17,167 6–8–3 15 18 November 20 Calgary 4–3 Seattle OT Vladar 17,151 7–8–3 17 19 November 22 Calgary 2–4 Nashville Markstrom 17,252 7–9–3 17 20 November 24 Calgary 7–4 Dallas Markstrom 18,532 8–9–3 19 21 November 25 Calgary 1–3 Colorado Vladar 18,139 8–10–3 19 22 November 27 Vegas 1–2 Calgary OT Vladar 17,031 9–10–3 21 23 November 30 Dallas 3–4 Calgary OT Markstrom 16,941 10–10–3 23 December: 5–6–2 (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 1–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 24 December 2 Vancouver 4–3 Calgary Markstrom 19,079 10–11–3 23 25 December 5 Minnesota 5–2 Calgary Vladar 16,661 10–12–3 23 26 December 7 Carolina 2–3 Calgary Wolf 16,983 11–12–3 25 27 December 9 New Jersey 4–2 Calgary Wolf 17,597 11–13–3 25 28 December 11 Calgary 5–6 Colorado Vladar 17,967 11–14–3 25 29 December 12 Calgary 4–5 Vegas OT Wolf 17,814 11–14–4 26 30 December 14 Calgary 2–3 Minnesota SO Vladar 18,167 11–14–5 27 31 December 16 Tampa Bay 2–4 Calgary Vladar 16,801 12–14–5 29 32 December 18 Florida 1–3 Calgary Markstrom 16,813 13–14–5 31 33 December 21 Calgary 3–0 Anaheim Markstrom 16,102 14–14–5 33 34 December 23 Calgary 3–5 Los Angeles Markstrom 18,145 14–15–5 33 35 December 27 Seattle 2–1 Calgary Markstrom 18,881 14–16–5 33 36 December 31 Philadelphia 3–4 Calgary Markstrom 18,723 15–16–5 35 January: 7–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 37 January 2 Calgary 3–1 Minnesota Markstrom 18,456 16–16–5 37 38 January 4 Calgary 6–3 Nashville Vladar 17,203 17–16–5 39 39 January 6 Calgary 2–3 Philadelphia Markstrom 19,715 17–17–5 39 40 January 7 Calgary 3–4 Chicago Vladar 19,907 17–18–5 39 41 January 9 Ottawa 3–6 Calgary Markstrom 17,219 18–18–5 41 42 January 11 Calgary 6–2 Arizona Markstrom 4,600 19–18–5 43 43 January 13 Calgary 3–1 Vegas Markstrom 17,858 20–18–5 45 44 January 16 Arizona 2–3 Calgary OT Vladar 17,407 21–18–5 47 45 January 18 Toronto 4–3 Calgary Vladar 18,714 21–19–5 47 46 January 20 Edmonton 3–1 Calgary Vladar 19,289 21–20–5 47 47 January 23 St. Louis 4–3 Calgary Markstrom 16,813 21–21–5 47 48 January 25 Columbus 5–2 Calgary Markstrom 16,889 21–22–5 47 49 January 27 Chicago 0–1 Calgary Markstrom 18,279 22–22–5 49 February: 7–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 50 February 6 Calgary 4–1 Boston Markstrom 17,850 23–22–5 51 51 February 8 Calgary 5–3 New Jersey Markstrom 16,374 24–22–5 53 52 February 10 Calgary 5–2 NY Islanders Markstrom 17,255 25–22–5 55 53 February 12 Calgary 0–2 NY Rangers Markstrom 18,006 25–23–5 55 54 February 15 San Jose 6–3 Calgary Wolf 16,852 25–24–5 55 55 February 17 Detroit 5–0 Calgary Markstrom 17,854 25–25–5 55 56 February 19 Winnipeg 3–6 Calgary Markstrom 18,037 26–25–5 57 57 February 22 Boston 2–3 Calgary OT Markstrom 17,750 27–25–5 59 58 February 24 Calgary 6–3 Edmonton Vladar 18,347 28–25–5 61 59 February 27 Los Angeles 2–4 Calgary Markstrom 16,450 29–25–5 63 March: 5–9–0 (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 1–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 60 March 2 Pittsburgh 3–4 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 30–25–5 65 61 March 4 Seattle 4–2 Calgary Markstrom 16,516 30–26–5 65 62 March 7 Calgary 6–3 Tampa Bay Markstrom 19,092 31–26–5 67 63 March 9 Calgary 1–5 Florida Markstrom 19,358 31–27–5 67 64 March 10 Calgary 2–7 Carolina Vladar 18,728 31–28–5 67 65 March 12 Colorado 6–2 Calgary Vladar 17,185 31–29–5 67 66 March 14 Vegas 1–4 Calgary Wolf 16,998 32–29–5 69 67 March 16 Montreal 2–5 Calgary Wolf 19,183 33–29–5 71 68 March 18 Washington 5–2 Calgary Wolf 16,793 33–30–5 71 69 March 23 Calgary 2–4 Vancouver Markstrom 18,903 33–31–5 71 70 March 24 Buffalo 4–1 Calgary Wolf 16,497 33–32–5 71 71 March 26 Calgary 1–3 Chicago Markstrom 19,404 33–33–5 71 72 March 28 Calgary 3–5 St. Louis Wolf 18,096 33–34–5 71 73 March 30 Los Angeles 2–4 Calgary Markstrom 17,517 34–34–5 73 April: 4–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 74 April 2 Anaheim 5–3 Calgary Markstrom 16,698 34–35–5 73 75 April 4 Calgary 2–5 Winnipeg Wolf 14,055 34–36–5 73 76 April 6 Edmonton 4–2 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 34–37–5 73 77 April 9 Calgary 3–2 San Jose OT Wolf 11,031 35–37–5 75 78 April 11 Calgary 1–4 Los Angeles Markstrom 17,340 35–38–5 75 79 April 12 Calgary 6–3 Anaheim Wolf 17,174 36–38–5 77 80 April 14 Arizona 5–6 Calgary Wolf 17,247 37–38–5 79 81 April 16 Calgary 1–4 Vancouver Markstrom 18,918 37–39–5 79 82 April 18 San Jose 1–5 Calgary Wolf 17,946 38–39–5 81 Legend:

Player statistics As of April 18, 2024

Skaters Regular season Player 82 29 46 75 0 43 82 31 28 59 8 78 30 24 54 +19 76 82 20 32 52 +2 51 81 12 40 52 49 75 14 26 40 +7 47 82 15 24 39 24 78 9 30 39 47 ‡ 61 11 24 35 +13 22 63 14 20 34 +12 22 ‡ 49 9 23 32 21 † 29 14 11 25 6 63 8 16 24 +14 109 ‡ 56 1 13 14 +16 14 59 6 6 12 35 34 3 6 9 4 ‡ 39 3 6 9 6 33 3 5 8 12 28 3 5 8 +1 7 † 20 3 4 7 0 8 43 3 4 7 8 40 2 5 7 6 34 1 6 7 16 ‡ 21 1 5 6 23 ‡ 23 1 4 5 2 33 3 1 4 2 13 1 2 3 +1 2 10 0 3 3 4 † 10 1 1 2 0 7 22 0 2 2 4 6 1 0 1 19 † 9 0 1 1 4 † 26 0 4 4 0 33 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders Regular season Player 48 48 2,831:07 23 23 2 131 2.78 1,379 .905 2 0 5 0 20 19 1,128:31 8 9 2 68 3.62 574 .882 0 0 0 0 17 15 950:30 7 7 1 50 3.16 467 .893 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.

Awards and honours

Awards

Milestones

Records

Transactions The Flames have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.

Key

Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Vancouver CanucksNikita Zadorov To Calgary FlamesCHI Conditional 5th-round pick in 20241VAN 3rd-round pick in 2026 January 31, 2024 To Vancouver CanucksElias Lindholm To Calgary FlamesHunter BrzustewiczJoni JurmoAndrei KuzmenkoVAN 1st-round pick in 2024VAN Conditional 4th-round pick in 20242 February 28, 2024 To Dallas StarsCole Brady To Calgary FlamesArtem Grushnikov2nd-round pick in 2024conditional 3rd-round pick in 2026 February 28, 2024 To New Jersey DevilsChristopher Tanev* To Calgary FlamesCole Brady March 6, 2024 To Philadelphia FlyersNoah Hanifin* To Calgary FlamesMikhail Vorobyev March 6, 2024 To Vegas Golden KnightsMikhail Vorobyev To Calgary FlamesDaniil Miromanovconditional 1st-round pick in 2025 or 1st-round pick in 2026conditional 2nd-round pick in 2025 or 3rd-round pick in 2025 March 7, 2024 To Dallas StarsMathias Emilio Pettersen To Calgary FlamesRiley Damiani March 8, 2024 To San Jose SharksConditional 5th-round pick in 20248 To Calgary FlamesNikita Okhotiuk To New Jersey DevilsJacob Markstrom To Calgary FlamesKevin Bahl1st-round pick in 2025 To Washington CapitalsAndrew Mangiapane To Calgary FlamesCOL 2nd-round pick in 2025

Notes The Flames will receive the higher of the two Chicago Blackhawks' fifth-round picks in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. The Flames will receive the Vancouver Canucks' third-round pick instead of the fourth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft if the Canucks make the Western Conference Final. If the pick remains a fourth-round pick, Calgary will receive the higher of Vancouver's or the New Jersey Devils' pick. The Flames retain 50% of Tanev's salary and the New Jersey Devils will retain 25%. The Flames will only receive the Dallas Stars' third-round pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft if the Stars make the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals. The Flames retain 50% of Hanifin's salary and the Philadelphia Flyers will retain 25%. The Flames will receive Vegas' second-round pick instead of the third-round pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft if the Golden Knights win a round in the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Flames received the Vegas Golden Knights' first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft after Vegas traded their 2025 first-round pick to the San Jose Sharks for Tomas Hertl. The Sharks will receive the higher of the fifth-round picks that Chicago possesses in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Jordan Oesterle Detroit Red Wings 1-year Free agency Brady Lyle St. Louis Blues 1-year Free agency Mark Pysyk Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) 1-year Free agency Brayden Pachal Vegas Golden Knights Waivers

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Trevor Lewis Los Angeles Kings 1-year Free agency Milan Lucic Boston Bruins 1-year Free agency Troy Stecher Arizona Coyotes 1-year Free agency Matthew Phillips Washington Capitals 1-year Free agency Michael Stone Retirement Nicolas Meloche Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) 1-year Free agency Nick DeSimone New Jersey Devils Waivers Adam Ruzicka Arizona Coyotes Waivers

Signings Date Player Term Ref Yegor Sharangovich 2-year Dryden Hunt 2-year Colton Poolman 1-year Martin Pospisil 1-year Ben Jones 1-year Mathias Emilio Pettersen 1-year Samuel Honzek 3-year Parker Bell 3-year Mikael Backlund 2-year Martin Pospisil 2-year

Draft picks