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Originally Posted by shadowlord
Does anyone know what is the Flames' cumulative Dec. 31 record over the years? I feel like we're always celebrating a win on New Years Eve.
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The Flames franchise has an overall 18-9-3 record on New Year's Eve (the 3 are all ties, not OT losses). That includes a 4-0 record in Atlanta.
Oddly, the Flames didn't play on NYE for their first five seasons in Calgary. They played their first NYE home game in 1987.
They didn't play in 1989, but it has been essentially an annual tradition ever since 1990. The only years where the Flames haven't played at home on NYE since 1990 were the three lockout years (1994, 2004, 2012); 2011 because of the World Jrs; and 1999 because the NHL was worried about Y2K and played a limited schedule that night.
The Flames record at home on NYE is 14-7-3.
Their most-frequent opponent on NYE has been Montreal, who they've played 8 times (4-3-1), although not since 2002.
The Oilers are the second most-frequent NYE opponent. The Flames have played the Oilers 6 times on NYE, and have never lost (5-0-1).