2016–17 Calgary Flames season: Difference between revisions

2016–17 Calgary Flames
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	11th Western
2016–17 record	10–13–2
Home record	3–7–0
Road record	7–6–2
Goals for	57
Goals against	77
Team information
General manager	Brad Treliving
Coach	Glen Gulutzan
Captain	Mark Giordano
Alternate captains	Troy Brouwer Sean Monahan
Arena	Scotiabank Saddledome
Average attendance	18,500 (95.9%)
Team leaders
Goals	Michael Frolik Matthew Tkachuk (6)
Assists	Dougie Hamilton (10)
Points	Michael Frolik (14)
Penalty minutes	Matthew Tkachuk (45)
Plus/minus	Deryk Engelland (+6)
Wins	Chad Johnson (7)
Goals against average	Chad Johnson (2.24)

The 2016–17 Calgary Flames season is their 37th season in Calgary, and the 45th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972.

Off-season

After a season of high expectations from the 2014–15 season for the Flames, those expectations did not carry over into the 2015–16 season. The team finished with only 77 points and failed to qualify for the 2016 NHL Playoffs. To start with, Bob Hartley was let go, and Glen Gulutzan was brought in as the new coach. The biggest question the Flames faced in the off-season was acquiring a proven number one goalie. Jonas Hiller, Karri Ramo, and Joni Ortio all combined for a save percentage of .892 and goals against of 3.13, an NHL-worst in the 2015–16 season. General manager Brad Treliving addressed this need by acquiring veteran Brian Elliott on June 24, 2016 in a deal on the sidelines of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. On the draft's opening day the Flames got top prospect Matthew Tkachuk as the 6th overall pick of the Draft. On July 1, 2016, the Flames made significant acquisitions by signing power forward Troy Brouwer and journeyman goaltender Chad Johnson. Several other players such as Alex Chiasson and Linden Vey were also brought in. The next biggest task Treliving faced was signing rising stars Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan to contracts. On August 19, 2016, Monahan and the Flames agreed to a 7 year deal worth $44.625 million. On October 10, 2016, two days before the start of the regular season, Gaudreau and the Flames agreed to a 6 year deal worth $40.5 million. Gaudreau will be tied with defenceman and 2016–2017 captain Mark Giordano as the highest-paid Flames player.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	23	13	43	223	200	+23	105
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	82	47	26	9	43	247	212	+35	103
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	29	7	44	221	201	+20	99
4	x – Calgary Flames	82	45	33	4	41	226	221	+5	94
5	Los Angeles Kings	82	39	35	8	37	201	205	−4	86
6	Arizona Coyotes	82	30	42	10	24	197	260	−63	70
7	Vancouver Canucks	82	30	43	9	26	182	243	−61	69

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Calgary Flames Pre-season Game Log
Rookie Tournament: 2–0–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1[a] September 16 Calgary Rookies 4–1 Winnipeg Rookies Gillies 2,706 1–0–0 Recap 2[a] September 17 Calgary Rookies 3–4 Edmonton Rookies OT McDonald 4,086 1–0–1 Recap 3[a] September 19 Vancouver Rookies 3–4 Calgary Rookies OT Parsons 3,376 2–0–1 Recap [a]Young Stars Classic Rookie Tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia
September/October: 3–4–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1[A] September 26 Edmonton 2–1 Calgary McDonald 18,114 0–1–0 Recap 2[A] September 26 Calgary 2–4 Edmonton Gillies 18,500 0–2–0 Recap 3 September 27 Calgary 3–0 Winnipeg Johnson 15,006 1–2–0 Recap 4 September 30 Vancouver 1–2 Calgary Elliott 19,102 2–2–0 Recap 5 October 2 Winnipeg 4–0 Calgary Johnson 18,158 2–3–0 Recap 6 October 5 Arizona 1–2 Calgary SO Elliott 17,878 3–3–0 Recap 7 October 6 Calgary 0–4 Vancouver Johnson 17,960 3–4–0 Recap A – indicates split-squad game.

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log
October: 4–5–1 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Calgary 4–7 Edmonton Elliott 18,347 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 14 Edmonton 5–3 Calgary Elliott 19,289 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 15 Calgary 1–2 Vancouver SO Johnson 18,865 0–2–1 1 Recap 4 October 18 Buffalo 3–4 Calgary OT Johnson 19,289 1–2–1 3 Recap 5 October 20 Carolina 4–2 Calgary Elliott 17,652 1–3–1 3 Recap 6 October 22 St. Louis 6–4 Calgary Johnson 18,076 1–4–1 3 Recap 7 October 24 Calgary 3–2 Chicago SO Elliott 21,348 2–4–1 5 Recap 8 October 25 Calgary 4–1 St. Louis Elliott 17,337 3–4–1 7 Recap 9 October 28 Ottawa 2–5 Calgary Elliott 18,132 4–4–1 9 Recap 10 October 30 Washington 3–1 Calgary Elliott 18,454 4–5–1 9 Recap
November: 6–9–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 5–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Calgary 1–5 Chicago Elliott 21,166 4–6–1 9 Recap 12 November 3 Calgary 3–2 San Jose Johnson 17,562 5–6–1 11 Recap 13 November 5 Calgary 0–5 Los Angeles Elliott 18,230 5–7–1 11 Recap 14 November 6 Calgary 1–4 Anaheim Johnson 16,218 5–8–1 11 Recap 15 November 10 Dallas 4–2 Calgary Elliott 18,795 5–9–1 11 Recap 16 November 12 NY Rangers 4–1 Calgary Elliott 18,421 5–10–1 11 Recap 17 November 15 Calgary 1–0 Minnesota Johnson 19,048 6–10–1 13 Recap 18 November 16 Arizona 1–2 Calgary OT Johnson 18,202 7–10–1 15 Recap 19 November 18 Chicago 3–2 Calgary Johnson 18,691 7–11–1 15 Recap 20 November 20 Calgary 3–2 Detroit Johnson 20,027 8–11–1 17 Recap 21 November 21 Calgary 2–4 Buffalo Elliott 17,526 8–12–1 17 Recap 22 November 23 Calgary 2–0 Columbus Johnson 13,140 9–12–1 19 Recap 23 November 25 Calgary 2–1 Boston Johnson 17,565 10–12–1 21 Recap 24 November 27 Calgary 3–5 Philadelphia Johnson 19,408 10–13–1 21 Recap 25 November 28 Calgary 1–2 NY Islanders Elliott 10–13–2 22 26 November 30 Toronto – Calgary ––
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 2 Minnesota – Calgary –– 28 December 4 Anaheim – Calgary –– 29 December 6 Calgary – Dallas –– 30 December 8 Calgary – Arizona –– 31 December 10 Winnipeg – Calgary –– 32 December 14 Tampa Bay – Calgary –– 33 December 16 Columbus – Calgary –– 34 December 19 Calgary – Arizona –– 35 December 20 Calgary – San Jose –– 36 December 23 Vancouver – Calgary –– 37 December 27 Calgary – Colorado –– 38 December 29 Anaheim – Calgary –– 39 December 31 Arizona – Calgary ––
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 4 Colorado – Calgary –– 41 January 6 Calgary – Vancouver –– 42 January 7 Vancouver – Calgary –– 43 January 9 Calgary – Winnipeg –– 44 January 11 San Jose – Calgary –– 45 January 13 New Jersey – Calgary –– 46 January 14 Calgary – Edmonton –– 47 January 17 Florida – Calgary –– 48 January 19 Nashville – Calgary –– 49 January 21 Edmonton – Calgary –– 50 January 23 Calgary – Toronto –– 51 January 24 Calgary – Montreal –– 52 January 26 Calgary – Ottawa –– January 28–31 All-Star Break in Los Angeles, California
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 Minnesota – Calgary –– 54 February 3 Calgary – New Jersey –– 55 February 5 Calgary – NY Rangers –– 56 February 7 Calgary – Pittsburgh –– 57 February 13 Arizona – Calgary –– 58 February 15 Philadelphia – Calgary –– 59 February 18 Calgary – Vancouver –– 60 February 21 Calgary – Nashville –– 61 February 23 Calgary – Tampa Bay –– 62 February 24 Calgary – Florida –– 63 February 26 Calgary – Carolina –– 64 February 28 Los Angeles – Calgary ––
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 3 Detroit – Calgary –– 66 March 5 NY Islanders – Calgary –– 67 March 9 Montreal – Calgary –– 68 March 11 Calgary – Winnipeg –– 69 March 13 Pittsburgh – Calgary –– 70 March 15 Boston – Calgary –– 71 March 17 Dallas – Calgary –– 72 March 19 Los Angeles – Calgary –– 73 March 21 Calgary – Washington –– 74 March 23 Calgary – Nashville –– 75 March 25 Calgary – St. Louis –– 76 March 27 Colorado – Calgary –– 77 March 29 Los Angeles – Calgary –– 78 March 31 San Jose – Calgary ––
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 2 Anaheim – Calgary –– 80 April 4 Calgary – Anaheim –– 81 April 6 Calgary – Los Angeles –– 82 April 8 Calgary – San Jose ––
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of October 31, 2016

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Johnny Gaudreau	10	2	5	7	−5	0
Michael Frolik	10	4	2	6	0	4
Troy Brouwer	10	3	3	6	0	6
Sam Bennett	10	3	3	6	1	20
Dougie Hamilton	10	2	4	6	1	12
Mikael Backlund	10	1	5	6	0	2
Micheal Ferland	10	2	3	5	1	0
Mark Giordano	10	1	4	5	0	16
Sean Monahan	10	4	0	4	–5	4
Kris Versteeg	10	2	2	4	4	2
Dennis Wideman	7	2	2	4	4	2
Jyrki Jokipakka	8	1	3	4	2	4
Matthew Tkachuk	8	1	3	4	3	8
Matt Stajan	10	0	4	4	4	4
Alex Chiasson	10	1	2	3	4	8
Deryk Engelland	10	1	1	2	5	9
T. J. Brodie	10	0	2	2	−5	2
Lance Bouma	10	0	1	1	0	2
Brett Kulak	3	0	1	1	2	2
Nicklas Grossmann	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Freddie Hamilton	2	0	0	0	1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Brian Elliott	11	11	779:44	3	9	1	43	3.41	373	.884	0	0	0	0
Chad Johnson	12	12	725:24	7	4	1	27	2.24	348	.922	2	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another organization before joining Flames. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

Roster

Updated July 1, 2025

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
4		Rasmus Andersson (A)	D	R	28	2015	Malmo, Sweden
11		Mikael Backlund (C)	C	L	36	2007	Vasteras, Sweden
7		Kevin Bahl	D	L	25	2024	New Westminster, British Columbia
24		Jake Bean	D	L	27	2024	Calgary, Alberta
20		Blake Coleman (A)	C	L	33	2021	Plano, Texas
27		Matt Coronato	RW	R	22	2021	Huntington, New York
86		Joel Farabee	LW	L	25	2025	Cicero, New York
16		Morgan Frost	C	L	26	2025	Aurora, Ontario
44		Joel Hanley	D	L	34	2024	Keswick, Ontario
10		Jonathan Huberdeau (A)	LW	L	32	2022	Saint-Jerome, Quebec
91		Nazem Kadri (A)	C	L	35	2022	London, Ontario
58		Justin Kirkland	C	L	29	2024	Winnipeg, Manitoba
70		Ryan Lomberg	LW	L	30	2024	Richmond Hill, Ontario
62		Daniil Miromanov	D	R	28	2024	Moscow, Russia
94		Brayden Pachal	D	R	26	2024	Estevan, Saskatchewan
89		Zayne Parekh	D	R	19	2024	Nobleton, Ontario
76		Martin Pospisil	C	L	25	2018	Zvolen, Slovakia
50		Ivan Prosvetov	G	L	26	2025	Moscow, Russia
17		Yegor Sharangovich	C/LW	L	27	2023	Minsk, Belarus
36		Aydar Suniev	LW	L	20	2023	Kazan, Russia
52		MacKenzie Weegar (A)	D	R	31	2022	Nepean, Ontario
32		Dustin Wolf	G	L	24	2019	Gilroy, California
47		Connor Zary	C	L	24	2020	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Awards and honours

Milestones

Player	Milestone	Reached	Ref
Matthew Tkachuk	1st NHL game	October 12, 2016
Brett Kulak	1st NHL point (assist)	October 18, 2016
Matthew Tkachuk	1st NHL goal	October 18, 2016
Garnet Hathaway	1st NHL goal	November 20, 2016

Draft picks

See also: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Below are the Calgary Flames' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	6	Matthew Tkachuk	LW	United States	London Knights (Ontario Hockey League)
2	54[a]	Tyler Parsons	G	United States	London Knights (OHL)
2	56[b]	Dillon Dube	C	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3	66	Adam Fox	D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
4	96	Linus Lindstrom	C	Sweden	Skelleftea AIK (SHL)
5	126	Mitchell Mattson	C	United States	Grand Rapids Thunderhawks (US-MN HS)
6	156	Eetu Tuulola	RW	Finland	HPK (Liiga)
6	166[c]	Matthew Phillips	C	Canada	Victoria Royals (WHL)
7	186	Stepan Falkovsky	D	Belarus	Ottawa 67's (OHL)

• The Calgary Flames’ second-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Brian Elliott to Calgary in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in 2018 and this pick.
• ^[a] The Florida Panthers' second-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 fourth-round pick in 2018 and this pick.
• ^[b] The Dallas Stars' second-round pick went the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent Kris Russell to Dallas in exchange for Jyrki Jokipakka, Brett Pollock and this pick (being conditional at thime of the trade). The condition – Calgary will receive a second-round pick in 2016 if Dallas fails to qualify for the 2016 Western Conference Final – was converted on May 11, 2016.
• ^[c] The Minnesota Wild's sixth-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent David Jones to Minnesota in exchange for Niklas Backstrom and this pick.