The Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars kicked off their Best-of-7 Western Conference Quarterfinal series with the Flames emerging victorious by a 3-2 score. Calgary got two goals from Dillon Dube and a game winner from Rasmus Andersson in the victory. You can read our whole game recap here.
It was a strong performance in Game 1, and here are three of the biggest reasons why the Flames now lead the series.
For the most part I had tried to avoid centering these reasons on any one specific player during the Jets series.