One thing was certain heading into the tightly contested match-up between the eighth seeded Calgary Flames and ninth seeded Winnipeg Jets: Winnipeg had the marked advantage in goal.
Connor Hellebuyck was, by a large margin, the best goaltender in the league this season. He was the primary reason the Jets were even close to a playoff position at the stoppage. The guy pretty much died for the Jets sins this year.
It seemed a foregone conclusion that regardless of who Flames elected to start in goal it would be advantage Jets.
Enter Cameron Talbot.
Now, I’ll relax here a little bit.