The Flames played a pretty solid game in Game 1, gradually getting better throughout the game in most respects. Heck, the Corsi battle was even!
One area where they struggled, though, was the face-off circle.
HERE'S A TABLE.
| Sean Monahan | Mikael Backlund | Matt Stajan | Markus Granlund | |
| Henrik Sedin | 5 taken 5-0 VAN | 7 taken 7-0 VAN | 4 taken 3-1 VAN | 1 taken 1-0 VAN |
| Nick Bonino | 2 taken 2-0 CGY | 2 taken 2-0 CGY | 5 taken 3-2 CGY | n/a |
| Bo Horvat | 3 taken 2-1 VAN | 3 taken 3-0 CGY | 1 taken 1-0 CGY | 2 taken 2-0 CGY |
| Brad Richardson | 2 taken 2-0 VAN | 2 taken 1-1 tie | 4 taken 3-1 CGY | 2 taken 2-0 VAN Of 16 possible match-ups, one never happened, one was a tie and seven were won by Vancouver. |