Well, that was fun, wasn’t it?
In what was a blood-boiling, heart-stopping, gut-wrenching affair, the Anaheim Ducks took down the Calgary Flames 3-2 in the opening salvo of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
As is tradition for the 2016-17 Ducks, they turned what should have been a cakewalk — thanks to seven power play opportunities — into a real nail-biter.
You could fill a scholarly journal with all that went on in this one, but for the sake of conciseness, here’s the three biggest takeaways:
“Ryan Getzlaf Was A Beast”
Those were the words of NBCSN studio analyst Keith Jones after the game.