In the first round, the Calgary Flames played a low-scoring, tight-checking, trench war of a hockey series against the Dallas Stars. The games were entertaining, but admittedly could’ve featured more offensive highlights. Well, that wasn’t an issue in Game 1 of their series with the Edmonton Oilers.
In a track meet of a hockey game, the Flames held on for an 9-6 victory over the Oilers to take a 1-0 lead in this series.
The rundown
The Flames got off to a hot start, if you’ll forgive the pun. 26 seconds into the opening period, Rasmus Andersson entered the Oilers zone and sent a bouncing pass towards Elias Lindholm in the high slot.