CALGARY, Alberta — After soaking in 48 hours of spurs exchanged in front of microphones and behind podiums, it took seconds for the Stars and Flames’ disgust for each other to come to the surface in an eventual 2-0 Stars win in Game 2 on Thursday night.
John Klingberg, he of the Game 1 postgame threat on Rasmus Andersson, was booed every time he touched the puck. Matthew Tkachuk engaged Klingberg 43 seconds into the game. Joel Kiviranta and Blake Coleman exchanged slashes and cross checks. Roope Hintz and Tyler Toffoli roughed each other.
Joe Pavelski took care of the scoring, potting his first goal of the playoffs with a first-period redirection of a Jason Robertson pass. Jake Oettinger was again great for the Stars, parrying away 29 Flames shots, including eight shots at 4-on-4, for his first playoff shutout in his second postseason start.
