2017–18 Calgary Flames season
2017–18 Calgary Flames | |
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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) |
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.
Standings
Pos | Team
| GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division
Pos | Div | Team
| GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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]
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Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.[6]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
Final Stats[7]
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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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
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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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
Player | Milestone | Reached | Ref |
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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 |
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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
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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) |
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1 | 16 | Juuso Valimaki | D | ![]() | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
4 | 109 | Adam Ruzicka | C | ![]() | Sarnia Sting (OHL) |
5 | 140 | Zach Fisher | RW | ![]() | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
6 | 171 | D'Artagnan Joly | RW | ![]() | Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) |
7 | 202 | Filip Sveningsson | LW | ![]() | HV71 (J20 SuperElit) |
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