On Thursday night, the Calgary Flames became the second team to win a best-of-five qualifying-round series and advance to the conference quarterfinals of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Flames split the first two games of their series against the Winnipeg Jets before taking control, winning Games 3 and 4 by a combined score of 10-2. In Thursday's clinching victory, they blanked the Jets 4-0 as goaltender Cam Talbot made 31 saves en route to the lone shutout of the series.
The only one of the other seven qualifying-round series that has ended is in the Eastern Conference, where the No.