National Hockey League

FINAL
Dallas Stars 0
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Calgary Flames 2
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Match Report

Another shorty for Flames in 2-0 win over Stars for 2-1 lead

Mikael Backlund scored Calgary's second short-handed goal in as many nights, Cam Talbot stopped 35 shots in his second shutout this postseason and the Flames beat the Dallas Stars 2-0 on Friday night to take a 2-1 series lead in their Western...

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Team Stats

DAL CGY
9
Blocked Shots
22
31
Hits
37
8
Takeaways
7
35
Shots
23
0
Power Play Goals
0
4
Power Play Opportunities
2
0.0
Power Play Percentage
0.0
0
Short Handed Goals
1
0
Shootout Goals
0
26
Faceoffs Won
28
48.1
Faceoff Win Percent
51.9
7
Giveaways
7
2
Total Penalties
4
4
Penalty Minutes
8

Top Performers

DAL

  • Anton Khudobin G GA 2 · SA 23 · SOS 0
  • Roope Hintz C BS 2 · HT 3 · TK 0
  • Joe Pavelski C BS 1 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • Tyler Seguin C BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0

CGY

  • Cam Talbot G GA 0 · SA 35 · SOS 0
  • Mikael Backlund C BS 1 · HT 6 · TK 1
  • Elias Lindholm C BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0
  • Sean Monahan C BS 2 · HT 3 · TK 1

Head to Head

CGY wins series 2-1

Injuries

Calgary Flames

  • Connor Zary Out
  • Brennan Othmann Out
  • Devin Cooley Injured Reserve
  • Jonathan Huberdeau Injured Reserve
  • Samuel Honzek Injured Reserve

Dallas Stars

  • Kyle Capobianco Out
  • Esa Lindell Injured Reserve
  • Radek Faksa Out
  • Oskar Back Injured Reserve
  • Matt Duchene Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Missed 18:55 0-2
    Esa Lindell 3rd
  2. Missed 17:41 0-2
    Miro Heiskanen 3rd
  3. Penalty 13:36
    Mikael Backlund 3rd
  4. Goal 10:36 0-2
    TJ Brodie 3rd
  5. Missed 9:01 0-1
    John Klingberg 3rd
  6. Missed 6:24 0-1
    Andrew Cogliano 3rd
  7. Missed 6:10 0-1
    Blake Comeau 3rd
  8. Penalty 2:57
    Joe Pavelski 3rd
  9. Missed 19:57 0-1
    Tyler Seguin 2nd
  10. Penalty 19:21
    TJ Brodie 2nd
  11. Missed 19:03 0-1
    Blake Comeau 2nd
  12. Missed 16:40 0-1
    Alexander Radulov 2nd
  13. Missed 13:21 0-1
    Denis Gurianov 2nd
  14. Missed 13:04 0-1
    Joe Pavelski 2nd
  15. Missed 13:02 0-1
    Corey Perry 2nd
  16. Missed 10:54 0-1
    Andrej Sekera 2nd
  17. Missed 10:39 0-1
    Mattias Janmark 2nd
  18. Missed 10:25 0-1
    Denis Gurianov 2nd
  19. Missed 10:05 0-1
    Derek Forbort 2nd
  20. Goal 5:58 0-1
    Mikael Backlund 2nd
  21. Penalty 5:07
    Zac Rinaldo 2nd
  22. Missed 5:06 0-0
    Radek Faksa 2nd
  23. Missed 3:20 0-0
    Andrej Sekera 2nd
  24. Missed 0:17 0-0
    Tobias Rieder 2nd
  25. Missed 17:49 0-0
    Milan Lucic 1st
  26. Missed 15:49 0-0
    Elias Lindholm 1st
  27. Penalty 15:44
    Jason Dickinson 1st
  28. Missed 14:59 0-0
    Sean Monahan 1st
  29. Penalty 8:15
    Milan Lucic 1st
  30. Missed 6:08 0-0
    Andrew Cogliano 1st
  31. Missed 2:12 0-0
    Esa Lindell 1st
  32. Missed 2:04 0-0
    Tyler Seguin 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 0-2
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 0-2
    3rd
  3. Face Off 19:56 0-2
    Milan Lucic 3rd
  4. Stoppage 19:56 0-2
    3rd
  5. Blocked 19:08 0-2
    Radek Faksa 3rd
  6. Missed 18:55 0-2
    Esa Lindell 3rd
  7. Face Off 18:48 0-2
    Radek Faksa 3rd
  8. Stoppage 18:48 0-2
    3rd
  9. Blocked 17:51 0-2
    Miro Heiskanen 3rd
  10. Missed 17:41 0-2
    Miro Heiskanen 3rd
  11. Blocked 17:30 0-2
    Corey Perry 3rd
  12. Giveaway 16:59 0-2
    Derek Forbort 3rd
  13. Blocked 16:56 0-2
    John Klingberg 3rd
  14. Face Off 16:50 0-2
    Mikael Backlund 3rd
  15. Stoppage 16:50 0-2
    3rd
  16. Shot 16:50 0-2
    Taylor Fedun 3rd
  17. Blocked 16:30 0-2
    Andrew Cogliano 3rd
  18. Hit 16:22 0-2
    Sam Bennett 3rd
  19. Shot 16:11 0-2
    Tyler Seguin 3rd
  20. Takeaway 16:08 0-2
    Jamie Oleksiak 3rd
  21. Shot 15:20 0-2
    Roope Hintz 3rd
  22. Shot 15:13 0-2
    Corey Perry 3rd
  23. Hit 15:06 0-2
    Derek Forbort 3rd
  24. Shot 15:05 0-2
    Roope Hintz 3rd
  25. Blocked 14:57 0-2
    Corey Perry 3rd
  26. Face Off 14:39 0-2
    Denis Gurianov 3rd
  27. Stoppage 14:39 0-2
    3rd
  28. Takeaway 14:14 0-2
    Mark Giordano 3rd
  29. Shot 14:02 0-2
    Alexander Radulov 3rd
  30. Blocked 13:46 0-2
    Joe Pavelski 3rd
  31. Face Off 13:36 0-2
    Elias Lindholm 3rd
  32. Penalty 13:36
    Mikael Backlund 3rd
  33. Shot 13:32 0-2
    Mikael Backlund 3rd
  34. Hit 13:18 0-2
    Joe Pavelski 3rd
  35. Blocked 13:08 0-2
    Mattias Janmark 3rd
  36. Shot 12:59 0-2
    John Klingberg 3rd
  37. Blocked 12:35 0-2
    Alan Quine 3rd
  38. Hit 12:27 0-2
    John Klingberg 3rd
  39. Face Off 12:08 0-2
    Joe Pavelski 3rd
  40. Stoppage 12:08 0-2
    3rd

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