Violence! Hits! Facewashes! Fight?! Third man in? Trash talk! Ejections! Woo! I love playoff hockey!
There was a lot a physicality leading up to the late-game rampage. Michael Ferland was running guys, including Eddie Lack. Dan Hamhuis knocked down Johnny Gaudreau as the puck left the Canucks' zone minutes earlier, which the Flames didn't like. Out of that mini skirmish only Hammer got a penalty for interference (which the Flames capitalized on the PP to make it 3-1.) Hamhuis would again play a role in the late-game festivities of violence.