Mark your calendars: 2020-21 Flames schedule finalized
By Ryan Pike
3 years agoThe National Hockey League finally locked down their schedule this week, with start times and everything!
Here’s when the Flames play so you can clear your schedules and find time to build a fort in your living rooms.
The schedule (in table form)
| Game | Date | Opponent | Start (MT) | TV |
| 1 | Thu., Jan. 14 | @ Winnipeg | 6:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 2 | Sat., Jan. 16 | Vancouver | 8:00 p.m. | SN/CBC |
| 3 | Mon., Jan. 18 | Vancouver | 7:00 p.m. | SN1 |
| 4 | Sun., Jan. 24 | Toronto | 2:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 5 | Tue., Jan. 26 | Toronto | 7:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 6 | Thu., Jan. 28 | @ Montreal | 5:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 7 | Sat., Jan. 30 | @ Montreal | 5:00 p.m. | CBC/City/Omni |
| 8 | Mon., Feb. 1 | @ Winnipeg | 6:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 9 | Tue., Feb. 2 | @ Winnipeg | 6:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 10 | Thu., Feb. 4 | @ Winnipeg | 6:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 11 | Sat., Feb. 6 | Edmonton | 8:00 p.m. | SN/CBC |
| 12 | Tue. Feb. 9 | Winnipeg | 8:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 13 | Thu., Feb. 11 | @ Vancouver | 8:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 14 | Sat., Feb. 13 | @ Vancouver | 8:00 p.m. | SN/CBC |
| 15 | Mon., Feb. 15 | @ Vancouver | 8:00 p.m. | SN1 |
| 16 | Wed., Feb. 17 | Vancouver | 8:00 p.m. | SN1 |
| 17 | Fri., Feb. 19 | Edmonton | 7:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 18 | Sat., Feb. 20 | @ Edmonton | 8:00 p.m. | SN/CBC |
| 19 | Mon., Feb. 22 | @ Toronto | 5:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 20 | Wed., Feb. 24 | @ Toronto | 5:00 p.m. | SN |
| 21 | Thu., Feb. 25 | @ Ottawa | 5:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 22 | Sat., Feb. 27 | @ Ottawa | 11:00 a.m. | SN West |
| 23 | Mon., Mar. 1 | @ Ottawa | 5:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 24 | Thu., Mar. 4 | Ottawa | 7:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 25 | Sat., Mar. 6 | @ Edmonton | 8:00 p.m. | SN/CBC |
| 26 | Sun., Mar. 7 | Ottawa | 7:30 p.m. | SN West |
| 27 | Thu., Mar. 11 | Montreal | 7:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 28 | Sat., Mar. 13 | Montreal | 5:00 p.m. | SN West/City |
| 29 | Mon., Mar. 15 | Edmonton | 7:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 30 | Wed., Mar. 17 | Edmonton | 8:00 p.m. | SN |
| 31 | Fri., Mar. 19 | @ Toronto | 5:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 32 | Sat., Mar. 20 | @ Toronto | 5:00 p.m. | SN |
| 33 | Mon., Mar. 22 | @ Ottawa | 5:00 p.m. | SN Flames |
| 34 | Wed., Mar. 24 | @ Ottawa | 3:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 35 | Fri., Mar. 26 | Winnipeg | 8:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 36 | Sat., Mar. 27 | Winnipeg | 8:00 p.m. | SN/CBC |
| 37 | Mon., Mar. 29 | Winnipeg | 8:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 38 | Wed., Mar. 31 | @ Vancouver | 8:30 p.m. | SN West |
| 39 | Fri., Apr. 2 | @ Edmonton | 7:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 40 | Sun., Apr. 4 | Toronto | 7:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 41 | Mon., Apr. 5 | Toronto | 7:30 p.m. | SN West/Flames |
| 42 | Thu., Apr. 8 | Vancouver | 7:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 43 | Sat., Apr. 10 | Vancouver | 8:00 p.m. | SN/CBC |
| 44 | Tue., Apr. 13 | @ Toronto | 5:30 p.m. | SN West |
| 45 | Wed., Apr. 14 | @ Montreal | 5:00 p.m. | SN |
| 46 | Fri., Apr. 16 | @ Montreal | 5:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 47 | Mon., Apr. 19 | Ottawa | 7:00 p.m. | SN Flames |
| 48 | Tue., Apr. 20 | Ottawa | 7:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 49 | Thu., Apr. 22 | Montreal | 7:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 50 | Sat., Apr. 24 | Montreal | 5:00 p.m. | SN West/City |
| 51 | Mon., Apr. 26 | Montreal | 8:00 p.m. | SN Flames |
| 52 | Thu., Apr. 29 | @ Edmonton | 7:00 p.m. | SN West |
| 53 | Sat., May 1 | @ Edmonton | 8:00 p.m. | SN/CBC |
| 54 | Wed., May 5 | Winnipeg | 7:30 p.m. | SN West |
| 55 | Fri., May 7 | Edmonton | 6:30 p.m. | SN West |
| 56 | Sat., May 8 | @ Vancouver | 8:00 p.m. | SN/CBC |
A few notes on the schedule
We’re told a television schedule is coming any day now.
Valentine’s Day is (a) a Sunday and (b) an off-day for the Flames.
We’ve bolded the three weird start times:
- 2:00 p.m. at home against Toronto on Jan. 24 (a Sunday)
- 11:00 a.m. in Ottawa on Feb. 27. (a Saturday)
- 3:00 p.m. in Ottawa on Mar. 24 (a Wednesday)
Speaking of start times, there are eight 8:00 p.m. (or later) starts on school/work nights. Aside from those games, the late starts are primarily on Saturdays and the remainder of the games fit snugly between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m.
The 56-game schedule breaks down neatly into eight seven-game segments.
The quarter-marks of the schedule are every 14 games, which breaks down to Feb. 13, Mar. 13, Apr. 8 and May 8.
The trade deadline is Apr. 12. The Flames are off that day and have 13 games remaining following the deadline.
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