After failing to close out their first round series with the Dallas Stars in Wednesday’s Game 6, the Calgary Flames did so on Friday in Game 7… in dramatic fashion. They defeated the Stars by a 3-2 score in overtime, off a game-winning goal from Johnny Gaudreau, to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Here are five takeaways from Game 7.
Let’s talk about Matthew Tkachuk
Tkachuk wasn’t bad in the first six games of this series, but he wasn’t a difference-maker. Especially not as much as you would hope to see from the team’s highest-paid player and an alternate captain.