 The franchise reached two milestones during the season : In November , Curtis Glencross scored the 10,000th goal in franchise history dating back to the founding of the Atlanta Flames in 1972 , and in January , the Flames played their 3,000th game . Calgary hosted the 2011 Heritage Classic , an outdoor game against the Montreal Canadiens . The Flames won the game 4 – 0 as goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff became the first goaltender to record a shutout in an NHL outdoor game . 
