SERIES TIED UP

It's now a best-of-five series.
The Flames scored twice in the first six minutes of the game and led 3-1 at one point, but the Oilers scored the last four goals - including two in the third - to even up the second-round series at a game apiece with a 5-3 victory at the Scotiabank Saddledome Friday night.

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The Battle of Alberta now shifts north up the QEII for Games 3 and 4 Sunday and Tuesday.
Michael Stone, Brett Ritchie and Tyler Toffoli scored for the Flames, while Jacob Markstrom was excellent making 35 saves.
At the other end of the ice, Mike Smith had 37 saves.
It was a penalty-filled affair, with the Flames going 1-5 on the PP while the Oilers were 1-6.
Just 1:03 into the game, Matthew Tkachuk spun and fired a pass just inside the Flames blueline to Johnny Gaudreau in stride, who then turned Evan Bouchard inside-out on a 1-on-1 and rifled a wrister that Smith came up huge by flashing the leather.
In Game 1, Elias Lindholm opened the scoring just 26 ticks in with a wrister from that beat the Oilers 'tender glove side.
Stone, though, would beat Smith not long after at 3:02.
With Zach Hyman skating to the Oilers bench to get a new twig after breaking his stick, the Flames blueliner took a pass from Gaudreau and stepped into one of his big clappers, which was blocked by Jesse Puljujarvi. The rebound, though, scooted right back to him and his second blast found the back of the net, with Tkachuk also getting a helper.
Johnny Hockey's assist extended his playoff point streak to seven games.

The Flames made it 2-0 exactly three minutes later off a Trevor Lewis faceoff win in the Oilers zone, Smith saving a pointshot by Erik Gudbranson but Ritchie there to swat the rebound home.

That was two goals on seven shots for the homeside.
Edmonton got the first powerplay of the game at 6:44 and Markstrom made an absolute 10-bell save-of-the-year candidate when he got his left leg out to stop a doorstep tip by Kailer Yamamoto on a slap pass from Duncan Keith.
There was a melee after the save and Evander Kane earned an extra two minutes leading to some 4-on-4 action and then what would have been 1:44 of Flames man-up time.
The box started filling up after that, though, with more 4-on-4 and then more than a minute of Edmonton PP time.
Mikael Backlund had a dandy of a chance after Yamamoto spun and fell trying to exit the Oilers zone, the Flames centre grabbing the puck and skating in alone but losing the handle as he tried to deke Smith.
Edmonton got on the board with 6:22 left in the first after a long shift in Calgary's zone, Connor McDavid feeding it to Keith as he skated in from the point and found twine with a low shot.
The Oilers thought they tied it with three and change left in the frame after a scramble in the Flames crease, the red light coming on but the official waiving it off as he had lost sight of the puck. It was reviewed and the call stood.
Markstrom made a handful of big stops as Edmonton pressed to finish out the first.
The Oilers started the second with 1:09 of powerplay time and right as it ended, Edmonton was called for too many men.
Toffoli cashed in, scoring at 2:04 off a great feed from Lindholm. However, after two more offsetting minors, the Oilers looked to get one back some 30 seconds after, Markstrom making a save on McDavid but Leon Draisaitl backhanding the rebound in. Flames head coach Darryl Sutter challenged citing goaltending interference by the Oilers captain and after review, it was overturned keeping it 3-1.

McDavid, though, scored right after on the next possession, putting on the brakes and wrapping the puck around Markstrom at 3:05.
Stone was given a four-minute double minor for a high stick at 13:03, and 1:59 into it Bouchard blasted one by Markstrom to tie it up.
Blake Coleman's tip attempt of a Andrew Mangiapane pass off a rush was stopped by Smith near the end of the period, with Coleman then given a goalie interfence penalty after going up-and-over him, and Mangiapane and Tyson Barrie getting roughing minors, leading to another Oilers PP, 1:12 of it to start the third.
Markstrom was sharp out of the intermission, coming across to stop a Draisaitl cross-ice one-timer from McDavid as Calgary killed off the penalty.
The Flames went on the PP at 10:02 but Hyman scored on a shorthanded breakaway 12 seconds in to give the Oilers their first lead of the series.
Toffoli banged a puck in on the advantage but the ref waived it off right away.
Then it was Draisaitl getting a breakaway and putting one low farside to round out the scoring.

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BY THE NUMBERS:

Shots: CGY 40, EDM 40
Powerplay:CGY 1-5, EDM 1-6
Hits:CGY 40, EDM 27
Face-offs: CGY 67%, EDM 33%
\Scoring chances: CGY 22, EDM 20
\High-danger scoring chances:CGY 8, EDM 4
\According of Natural Stat Trick (5-on-5)*

THE SERIES:

Game 1- W 9-6
Game 2-L 5-3
Game 3- May 22, 6 p.m. - @ Oilers
Game 4 - May 24, 7:30 p.m. - @ Oilers
Game 5 - May 26, TBD - vs. Oilers
\Game 6 - May 28, TBD - @ Oilers
\Game 7 - May 30, TBD - vs. Oilers
*if necessary

THE LINEUP:

Lines and D pairs to start the game:
FORWARDS:
Johnny Gaudreau - Elias Lindholm - Matthew Tkachuk
Andrew Mangiapane - Mikael Backlund - Blake Coleman
Dillon Dube - Calle Jarnkrok - Tyler Toffoli
Milan Lucic - Trevor Lewis - Brett Ritchie
DEFENCE:
Noah Hanifin - Rasmus Andersson

Oliver Kylington - Michael Stone
Nikita Zadorov - Erik Gudbranson

GOALTENDER:
Jacob Markstrom - Starter
Dan Vladar

GAME 3 VIEWING PARTY:

The Flames are proud to host the C of Red Family Viewing Party on Sunday at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Watch the Battle of Alberta on the Energy Board with music courtesy of the Boogie Hill Faders. Free tickets will made available at 9 a.m. Saturday morning.
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