The Flames (44-21-7) needed the second-fewest games in their history to reach 40 wins and 90 points and have their sights set on winning the division for the second time in the past 23 seasons and first since 2005-06, when they won the Northwest Division. Calgary won the Clarence Campbell Conference in 1987-88, 1988-89 and 1989-90, and has a one-point lead on the San Jose Sharks for the top spot in the West with 10 games to play.
Several players have helped the Flames excel in 2018-19:
* Mark Giordano, who is third among NHL defensemen with 67 points (14 goals, 53 assists) is a contender for the Norris Trophy after becoming the fourth defenseman in NHL history with at least 60 points at age 35 or older, joining Nicklas Lidstrom (four times), Al MacInnis (twice) and Sergei Zubov (once).
* Forward Johnny Gaudreau, who is tied for fifth in the NHL with 91 points (34 goals, 57 assists) is the second Flames player since Jarome Iginla in 2007-08 to get 90 points and the seventh in Atlanta/Calgary history to do it in 70 or fewer games. He can become the ninth Flames player with at least 100 points and first since Theo Fleury in 1992-93, when he had 100 (34 goals, 66 assists).
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* The Flames have five players (Gaudreau, Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan, Matthew Tkachuk and Giordano) each with at least 60 points for the 11th time in their history and first since 1993-94.