A look at the Canucks and Flames advanced stats after game one. All graphs and statistics courtesy of war-on-ice.com
This was a frustrating one.
Whether you were looking at it through the lens of the eye-test or studying advanced stats, the Canucks and Flames were practically neck and neck for the entire game. With only a few minutes left to play in the third period, the game seemed destined for overtime. But in the last minute of the game, the Canucks were trapped in their own zone with Luca Sbisa and Kevin Bieksa on the ice, along with a fourth line made up of two rookies.