Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, the Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames take the ice for Game 3 of their Western Conference Round 1 best-of-seven series as part of the Stanley Cup playoffs live from the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.
Vancouver looks to do its job on the road by winninng at least Game 3 or 4 while Calgary hopes to shore up home-ice and take a 2-1 series lead with another game at the Saddledome set for Tuesday.
The Flames topped the Canucks 2-1 on a late goal by Kris Russell in Game 1, but Vancouver bounced back by dropping Calgary 4-1 in Game 2.
This game can be live streamed for free here.
The Canucks had four different goal scorers in a brawl-filled game that was very physical and chippy on Friday. Daniel Sedin, Chris Higgins (power play), Ronalds Kenins and Radem Vrbata (empty net) each found the twine in the Game 2 victory.
Russell notched his second tally of the postseason for the Flames in the loss, which marked the lone tally for the Flames on Friday.
The Flames expect a tremendous atmosphere at Scotiabank Saddledome in the team's first home playoff game since 2009.
"It's going to be crazy," coach Bob Hartley told the team's website. "It already is crazy. It's going to be lots of fun. We got part of the job done in Vancouver to gain home-ice advantage (winning Game 1, 2-1). Now Game 3 and Game 4 are in Calgary. Let's take advantage of our situation."
The Canucks know they're entering a hostile environment, but will look to keep a cool mentality.
"We have to play the same on the road as we do at home," Canucks captain Henrik Sedin said per NHL.com. "It's been successful so far this year and we aren't going to change that."
In between the pipes, Vancouver turns to Eddie Lack, who was the first star of Game 2 after stopping 22 of the 23 shots he faced.
Hartley announced that Jonas Hiller will man the crease in Game 3 despite being pulled late for Karri Ramo on Friday. Hiller yielded three goals and turned aside 26 shots last time out.
The Canucks and Flames play in a swing game in their Round 1 best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoff series when the lights come up live tonight from the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.
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