Post-Game: Flames best Canucks in first of fruitless four
- But the Flames looked pretty good on Thursday night, aside from a clunky second period, in 4-1 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks.
- Shots were 9-9 and scoring chances 7-2 Flames in the first period.
- The second period featured a Canucks push, several Markstrom saves, zero goals, and Andersson and Nesterov getting stuck on the ice for three minutes.
- Shots were 14-10 Canucks and scoring chances 13-9 Canucks in the second period.
- Tkachuk scored on a late power play after his shot ramped off a Canucks’ defender’s stick and in to make it 4-1 Flames.
- Shots were 9-2 Flames and scoring chances 7-0 Flames in the third period.
- The Flames gave up a bunch of shots and chances, but Markstrom was rock-solid and the club did a decent enough job minimizing additional chances.
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