Calgary Flames claim victory over Stars in playoff series opener
Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is Thursday at the Saddledome before heading to American Airlines Center for Saturday’s Game 3 and Monday’s Game 4. Lindholm scored a power-play goal early in the first period.
Jacob Markstrom stopped all 16 shots he faced in front of a Saddledome sellout for his second career playoff shutout.Dallas starter Jake Oettinger turned away 25-of-26 shots for the loss in his NHL playoff debut.Calgary topped the Pacific Division, while the Stars entered the playoffs via the Western Conference’s first wild-card berth. Calgary led 1-0 after a dominant opening period. The Flames held the Stars to three shots, and the first didn’t happen until 11:05.‘Kind of a mental thing’: spotlight on superstitions as NHL playoffs begin Both clubs had to absorb the loss of key defencemen at the end of the first period when Calgary’s Rasmus Andersson and Dallas’s John Klingberg were served game misconducts for fighting at the buzzer.
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