The Calgary Flames’ season is over.
Matthew Tkachuk scored twice on Wednesday afternoon as his Flames team concluded its season with a 6-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks.
Dillon Dube, Andrew Mangiapane, Brett Ritchie, and Connor Mackey also tallied in the belated finale to the NHL’s regular season. Mere hours after the final horn sounded at the Scotiabank Saddledome, the Boston Bruins took a 2-1 series lead over the Washington Capitals at TD Garden.
In Calgary, Matthew Phillips’ NHL debut was undoubtedly the biggest story of the day. The diminutive winger led the Stockton Heat in scoring this past season as a 22-year-old for the majority of its duration.