For the 30th time in their 47th seasons in the National Hockey League, the Calgary Flames franchise will be playing past the end of the regular season. The club has set their 31-man roster for the Phase 4 playoffs, beginning with the qualifying round against the Winnipeg Jets on Aug. 1.
The roster
Goaltenders [4]:
- #32 Jon Gillies
- #33 David Rittich
- #39 Cam Talbot
- #50 Artyom Zagidulin
Defensemen [10]:
- #4 Rasmus Andersson
- #5 Mark Giordano [captain]
- #7 TJ Brodie
- #8 Juuso Valimaki
- #20 Derek Forbort
- #26 Michael Stone
- #45 Alexander Yelesin
- #55 Noah Hanifin
- #56 Erik Gustafsson
- #58 Oliver Kylington
Forwards [17]:
- #10 Derek Ryan
- #11 Mikael Backlund [alternate captain]
- #13 Johnny Gaudreau
- #16 Tobias Rieder
- #17 Milan Lucic
- #19 Matthew Tkachuk [alternate captain]
- #23 Sean Monahan [alternate captain]
- #27 Austin Czarnik
- #28 Elias Lindholm
- #29 Dillon Dube
- #36 Zac Rinaldo
- #38 Byron Froese
- #53 Buddy Robinson
- #77 Mark Jankowski
- #88 Andrew Mangiapane
- #89 Alan Quine
- #93 Sam Bennett
For the curious, that’s eight right shots (five forwards, three defenders) and 19 left shots (12 forwards, seven defenders).