10 stats from the Calgary Flames 2024–25 season: Mackenzie Weegar’s dominance and team goal scoring woes

With the Calgary Flames’ 2024–25 season behind us, it’s time to take a look back at the season that was. In a year in which the Flames went from an expected bottom-feeder to the highest non-playoff team in NHL history, there were some standout performances and some rather disappointing ones. Let’s take a look at 10 standout stats that defined the Flames’ 2024–25 season.

All stats are courtesy of Natural Stat Trick and NHL.com.

1.  The Flames played the most minutes in the entire NHL

Yes, you read that correctly. The Flames played a grand total of 5001 all-situations minutes this season. That was the highest such total in the entire NHL. For context, the New York Rangers finished 32nd in the league with around 4949 minutes played. That’s 51 minutes less than the Flames, or nearly an entire game less.

When you look at the number of times the Flames went to extra time, it’s not a surprise they finished atop the league in total minutes played. The Flames went to overtime 24 times this season, tied for first in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks. In those 24 extra time games, seven of them went to a shootout, which was the second highest total in the league.

2. Running a bakery in 2024–25

The Flames were a turnover machine in 2024–25. They gave the puck away a grand total of 1261 times in 2024–25. That total sits them atop the Flames’ record books as the most turnovers given out in one single season since the stat was tracked in 2005–06. The next closest season is the 2018–19 season, in which they gave the puck away 208 times fewer.

3. Overtime was once again the Flames’ downfall

Speaking of extra time, the Flames’ overtime struggles continued this season, as the team lost a league-worst 14 games in overtime. It’s the second time in three years that the Flames have led the league in the stat, with both occurrences falling in seasons when the Flames finished ninth in the Western Conference.

The 14 overtime losses were also the third most in franchise history, trailing only the 2011–12 season, when they lost 16 games in overtime, and the 2022–23 season, when they lost 17. Gone are the days of Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan dominating in extra time. Across the past three seasons since 13 and 23 departed, the Flames have lost 36 times in overtime. That’s the third most in the NHL behind the San Jose Sharks and New York Islanders, 37 overtime losses.

4. Perfect when scoring four or more goals

The Flames finished the season a perfect 18–0–0 when scoring four or more goals in a game. In fact, they were the only team in the NHL to go undefeated in 2024–25 when scoring four or more. Every other team had at least one loss with four-plus goals, except the Flames. They also closed the season out with four straight wins with four or more goals. Now they just need to figure out how to score more than four just 18 times in an 82-game season.

5. Bottom of the league in four-plus goal games

Going undefeated in games with four or more goals is great if you can actually score four or more goals. The Flames managed the feat in just 18 of their 82 games, which was the second-lowest total in the NHL behind only the Sharks, who had 15 such cases. Heading into the final week of the season, the Flames and Sharks were actually tied for last with 15 four-plus goals apiece, until the Flames closed out their season with three straight four-plus goal games.

6. Rasmus Andersson sets franchise record for plus/minus

It was a tough season for Rasmus Andersson. In fact, it was a historically tough season for him. He finished the year with an ugly minus-38 on the season, good for third last in the NHL ahead of only Mason Lohrei and Tyler Bertuzzi. His play earned him a spot in the Calgary Flames history books, too, setting the all-time Flames record for worst plus/minus in a season. At -38, Andersson was nine goals against ahead of the next worst total of -29, which was set by Jonathan Huberdeau and Yegor Sharangovich.

Since the Flames’ inception in 1980, there have only been 18 instances where a player was -20 or worse in a season. Needless to say, Andersson’s -38 total will likely stand as the franchise record for a very, very long time.

7. MacKenzie Weegar was on an island on the Flames blueline

On a more positive note, MacKenzie Weegar was dynamite this season. Weegar paced all workhorse defencemen in shot suppression relative to his teammates. There were a total of 39 defencemen who logged at least 1400 minutes at 5v5 this season, with Weegar being one of them at 1471 minutes played. Among those 39 defencemen, Weegar ranked first among them all with a -8.39 CA/60 relative to his teammates. He also ranked third among 1400+ minute blueliners for xGA/60 relative to his teammates at -0.22.

8. Jake Bean’s historically poor production

Jake Bean found himself on the scoresheet just seven times all season in 2024–25, despite skating in 64 games on the year. His level of production relative to the number of games he played put him among the very worst Flames seasons since the lockout.

There have been 251 instances of a Flame playing in 60+ games in a season since 2005. In that span, there have only been three instances of a player producing less than Bean did in 2024–25. Brandon Bollig in 2014–15, Rhett Warrener’s six points in 2005–06, and Eric Godard’s two points in 2007–08. Of the three, only Warrener played more minutes per game than Bean’s 15 minutes a night in 2024–25. Both Bollig and Godard averaged under 10 minutes a game in their respective seasons.

9. Kevin Bahl and Rasmus Andersson were arguably the worst pairing in the NHL

We know Andersson struggled mightily this season. It wasn’t just an individual effort, though. Andersson’s pairing with Kevin Bahl was a trainwreck all year, and yet they continued to be stapled at the hip. There were just nine pairings in the NHL this season that played at least 950 minutes together at even strength. Among those nine pairings, Andersson and Bahl managed to post the worst xGF% of the group at 48.7%. Despite this, they stuck together for 1140 minutes, which was the third most used pairing in the league.

10. Nazem Kadri’s wrist shot was the best in the NHL

Nazem Kadri had a great season for the Flames, given the circumstances. His 35 goals were a career high, and the total also led the Flames. One of the reasons for Kadri’s success was his elite wrist shot. Kadri led the entire NHL in wrist shot goals in 2024–25 with 28. Yes, you read that right. Of his 35 goals, Kadri scored a whopping 28 of them via wrist shot, which was more than any other player in the league. On top of that, his 168 wrist shots were second in the NHL behind only Nathan MacKinnon’s 198.