2024–25 Calgary Flames season

The 2024–25 Calgary Flames season is their 45th season in Calgary, and their 53rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 6, 1972.[1] This season was overshadowed because their star player Johnny Gaudreau, who, along with his brother Matthew, were killed while riding their bikes on August 29, 2024, after being hit from behind by a suspected drunk driver. The team is expected to dedicate the season in his memory.

2024–25 Calgary Flames
DivisionPacific
ConferenceWestern
2024–25 record16–11–7
Home record12–4–3
Road record4–7–4
Goals for95
Goals against106
Team information
General managerCraig Conroy
CoachRyan Huska
CaptainMikael Backlund
Alternate captainsRasmus Andersson
Blake Coleman
Jonathan Huberdeau
Nazem Kadri
MacKenzie Weegar
ArenaScotiabank Saddledome
Minor league affiliate(s)Calgary Wranglers (AHL)
Rapid City Rush (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsJonathan Huberdeau (11)
AssistsMacKenzie Weegar (12)
PointsJonathan Huberdeau (21)
Penalty minutesMartin Pospisil (35)
Plus/minusMatthew Coronato ( 7)
WinsDustin Wolf (8)
Goals against averageDustin Wolf (2.84)
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Standings

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Divisional standings

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Pacific Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Vegas Golden Knights 33 22 8 3 19 117 95 22 47
2 Los Angeles Kings 33 19 9 5 19 103 85 18 43
3 Edmonton Oilers 33 20 11 2 13 108 94 14 42
4 Vancouver Canucks 33 16 10 7 13 103 104 −1 39
5 Calgary Flames 34 16 11 7 11 95 106 −11 39
6 Seattle Kraken 35 15 18 2 12 99 108 −9 32
7 Anaheim Ducks 31 12 15 4 9 76 96 −20 28
8 San Jose Sharks 36 11 19 6 7 98 129 −31 28
Updated to game(s) played on December 21, 2024. Source: National Hockey League[2]
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)

Conference standings

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Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 PA Vancouver Canucks 33 16 10 7 13 103 104 −1 39
2 PA Calgary Flames 34 16 11 7 11 95 106 −11 39
3 CE Dallas Stars 32 19 13 0 17 102 83 19 38
4 CE Utah Hockey Club 32 16 11 5 11 96 91 5 37
5 CE St. Louis Blues 35 15 16 4 9 87 107 −20 34
6 PA Seattle Kraken 35 15 18 2 12 99 108 −9 32
7 PA Anaheim Ducks 31 12 15 4 9 76 96 −20 28
8 PA San Jose Sharks 36 11 19 6 7 98 129 −31 28
9 CE Nashville Predators 34 10 17 7 8 79 105 −26 27
10 CE Chicago Blackhawks 34 12 20 2 10 88 108 −20 26
Updated to game(s) played on December 21, 2024. Source: National Hockey League[3]
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)

Schedule and results

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Young Stars tournament

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As with previous years, the Flames took part in the annual Young Stars Classic, for its 11th edition, once again held in Penticton. The tournament took place from September 13 through 16, 2024.[4]

Preseason

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The preseason schedule was published on June 20, 2024.[6]

Regular season

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2024–25 game log
December: 4–2–3 (Home: 3–1–3; Road: 1–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Venue Attendance Record Points Recap
26 December 3 Columbus 0–3 Calgary Vladar Scotiabank Saddledome 17,386 13–9–4 30 [40]
27 December 5 St. Louis 4–3 Calgary OT Vladar Scotiabank Saddledome 17,060 13–9–5 31 [41]
28 December 8 Calgary 2–6 Dallas Wolf American Airlines Center 18,532 13–10–5 31 [42]
29 December 10 Calgary 4–3 Nashville Vladar Bridgestone Arena 17,159 14–10–5 33 [43]
30 December 12 Tampa Bay 8–3 Calgary Vladar Scotiabank Saddledome 17,028 14–11–5 33 [44]
31 December 14 Florida 0–3 Calgary Wolf Scotiabank Saddledome 18,018 15–11–5 35 [45]
32 December 17 Boston 4–3 Calgary OT Wolf Scotiabank Saddledome 17,536 15–11–6 36 [46]
33 December 19 Ottawa 3–2 Calgary OT Vladar Scotiabank Saddledome 17,271 15–11–7 37 [47]
34 December 21 Chicago 4–6 Calgary Wolf Scotiabank Saddledome 18,760 16–11–7 39 [48]
35 December 28 Calgary San Jose SAP Center
36 December 29 Calgary Vegas T-Mobile Arena
37 December 31 Vancouver Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

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As of December 5, 2024

Skaters

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Regular season[49]
Player GP G A Pts /− PIM
Nazem Kadri 27 8 8 16 –13 26
Jonathan Huberdeau 27 8 8 16 –8 18
MacKenzie Weegar 27 4 12 16 2 10
Rasmus Andersson 27 6 9 15 2 24
Connor Zary 27 5 8 13 –8 6
Mikael Backlund 27 4 8 12 6 10
Matthew Coronato 22 7 4 11 9 4
Blake Coleman 27 5 6 11 –2 8
Martin Pospisil 27 2 8 10 –1 35
Kevin Bahl 27 1 8 9 5 8
Andrei Kuzmenko 25 1 8 9 –4 8
Yegor Sharangovich 20 6 2 8 –6 4
Justin Kirkland 21 2 6 8 6 11
Anthony Mantha 13 4 3 7 6 11
Daniil Miromanov 25 1 4 5 3 6
Jake Bean 14 1 2 3 –2 0
Ryan Lomberg 27 0 3 3 4 22
Kevin Rooney 19 2 0 2 3 8
Tyson Barrie 9 1 1 2 –2 2
Jakob Pelletier 2 1 0 1 1 0
Brayden Pachal 27 0 1 1 –5 23
Joel Hanley 6 0 0 0 –2 0
Walker Duehr 2 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Klapka 6 0 0 0 1 8
Samuel Honzek 5 0 0 0 –1 2

Goaltenders

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Regular season [50]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Dustin Wolf 13 13 786:08 8 4 1 34 2.59 413 .918 1 0 2 2
Daniel Vladar 14 14 853:29 5 5 4 39 2.74 389 .900 2 0 1 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

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Awards

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Milestones

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Records

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Transactions

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The Flames have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 29, 2024 To Philadelphia Flyers
NJD 4th-round pick in 2024 (#107 overall)
To Calgary Flames
LAK 5th-round pick in 2024 (#150 overall)
STL 6th-round pick in 2024 (#177 overall)
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Players acquired

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Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01) Jake Bean Columbus Blue Jackets 2-year Free agency [52]
Devin Cooley San Jose Sharks 2-year Free agency [53]
Martin Frk SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (NL) 1-year Free agency [54]
Ryan Lomberg Florida Panthers 2-year Free agency [55]
Anthony Mantha Vegas Golden Knights 1-year Free agency [56]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02) Jonathan Aspirot Calgary Wranglers (AHL) 1-year Free agency [57]
July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03) Justin Kirkland Utah Hockey Club 1-year Free agency [58]
September 10, 2024 (2024-09-10) Jarred Tinordi Chicago Blackhawks 1-year Free agency [59]
October 3, 2024 (2024-10-03) Tyson Barrie Nashville Predators 1-year Free agency [60]

Players lost

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Date Player New team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01) Dennis Gilbert Buffalo Sabres 1-year Free agency [61]
A.J. Greer Florida Panthers 2-year Free agency [62]
Ben Jones Minnesota Wild 2-year Free agency [63]
Jordan Oesterle Boston Bruins 2-year Free agency [64]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02) Colton Poolman Buffalo Sabres 1-year Free agency [65]
August 5, 2024 (2024-08-05) Oliver Kylington Colorado Avalanche 1-year Free agency [66]
September 5, 2024 (2024-09-05) Oscar Dansk Anaheim Ducks 1-year Free agency [67]

Signings

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Date Player Term Ref
July 5, 2024 (2024-07-05) Zayne Parekh 3-year† [68]
Matvei Gridin 3-year† [68]

Draft picks

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Below are the Calgary Flames selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at Sphere in Paradise, Nevada.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 9 Zayne Parekh D   Canada Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
28[A] Matvei Gridin RW   Russia Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
2 41 Andrew Basha LW   Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
62[B] Jacob Battaglia RW   Canada Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
3 74 Henry Mews D   Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL)
84[C] Kirill Zarubin G   Russia HC AKM (MHL)
4 106 Trevor Hoskin C   Canada Cobourg Cougars (OJHL)
5 150[D] Luke Misa C   Canada Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
6 170 Hunter Laing C   Canada Prince George Cougars (WHL)
177[E] Eric Jamieson D   Canada Everett Silvertips (WHL)

Notes

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  1. ^ The Vancouver Canucks' first-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on January 31, 2024, that sent Elias Lindholm to Vancouver in exchange for Andrei Kuzmenko, Hunter Brzustewicz, Joni Jurmo, a conditional fourth-round pick in 2024 and this pick.[69]
  2. ^ The Dallas Stars' second-round pick went to the Flames as the result of a trade on February 28, 2024, that sent Christopher Tanev to Dallas in exchange for Artem Grushnikov, a conditional third-round pick in 2026 and this pick.[70]
  3. ^ The Vegas Golden Knights' third-round pick went to the Flames as the result of a trade on March 6, 2024, that sent Mikhail Vorobyev to Vegas in exchange for Daniil Miromanov, a conditional first-round pick in 2025 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[71] The condition – Calgary would receive a third-round pick in 2024 if the Golden Knights do not advance to the 2024 Western Conference second round[71] – was converted when Vegas was eliminated in the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs on May 5, 2024.
  4. ^ The Los Angeles Kings' fifth-round pick went to the Flames as the result of a trade on June 29, 2024, that sent New Jersey's fourth-round pick in 2024 (107th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for St. Louis' sixth-round pick in 2024 (177th overall) and this pick.[72]
  5. ^ The St. Louis Blues' sixth-round pick went to the Flames as the result of a trade on June 29, 2024, that sent New Jersey's fourth-round pick in 2024 (107th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for Los Angeles' fifth-round pick in 2024 (150th overall) and this pick.[72]

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