The first period of action begins with some good end to end action. The Calgary Flames new look back-end featured Juuso Valimaki making his first appearance in the post season. The old reliable pairing of TJ Brodie and Mark Giordano we’re back together as well in an effort to slow down the top line of the Colorado Avalanche.
The rough stuff from the previous game seemed dormant for the first few minutes until Colorado’s Alex Kerfoot and Calgary’s Elias Lindholm caused a scrum and began to really go after each other.