It is a best-of-five series now, one that suddenly has some real feeling.
These are the playoffs, after all.
In desperate need of a bounce-back game after dropping the series opener, the Vancouver Canucks delivered just that in textbook fashion Friday night, defeating the Calgary Flames 4-1 at Rogers Arena to even their series at a game apiece.
It was a hard-hitting game from the start and things got downright nasty at the end, when with 1:17 left in the third period a couple of long fights got started.
It was almost as good as John Tortorella going after Bob Hartley last season.