Flames set tone early, score three in third to defeat Stars in Game 4

DALLAS -- The Calgary Flames were looking to strike quickly against the Dallas Stars in Game 4 of the Western Conference First Round on Monday, with19 shots on goal in the first period.

They didn't connect through the first 20 minutes, but they also didn't get frustrated.
"We came in during the first and second periods]*
The Flames scored more goals in Game 4 than they did in the first three games combined (three).
Defenseman Rasmus Andersson scored on a 5-on-3 power play for a 1-0 lead 10:03 into the second period. Gaudreau scored what would be the game-winning goal on a penalty shot, his first goal of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, 7:47 into the third period.
For Gaudreau, the penalty shot conversion was sweet revenge after Game 3, when Stars goalie Jake Oettinger made a save on his breakaway attempt with 3:33 remaining and the Flames down 3-2.
"I was just thinking that I had a few good looks there throughout the night and [Oettinger] made some big saves on me, so I was a tad nervous there, to be honest with you," Gaudreau said with a laugh. "Felt like he had my number tonight. I had three or four really good opportunities tonight to put the puck in the net. It was nice just to find the net there, give us a two-goal lead, and we add one there in the third, a couple of more goals."

The Flames had 54 shots on goal, including 39 through the first two periods. Andersson said they played their brand of hockey.
"For the most part I thought it was our game," he said. "We had [54] shots on net, we had a lot of long shifts in their zone, and overall a good game, good 60 minutes."
One of those long shifts in the Stars zone came right after Andersson's goal. The Flames dominated and the five Stars who couldn't get off the ice logged lengthy shifts: forwards Denis Gurianov (2:41), Tyler Seguin (3:07) and Jason Robertson (4:20), and defensemen John Klingberg (4:30) and Miro Heiskanen (2:45).
"It's usually that one opportunity where you have it to get it out and you don't, that's the one that kind of burns you," Seguin said. "When they get wheeling around, we'd like to end plays, but you're gassed and they're changing. You've just kind of got to hold your lane and wait for the right opportunity and right break. In that series, at least tonight, we had a chance to get it out and we didn't."
Andersson said, "That goes back to what I said, on 5-on-5 we've been a really good team all year. After every goal, it doesn't matter if it's for or against, it's always huge shifts. We had a good shift there and that's what we can do 5-on-5. On 5-on-5, we're a really good team."
The Flames liked the opportunities they were getting the past two games. In Game 4 they got the finish, and now they've got home-ice advantage again.
"I mean, it's a tight series now," Gaudreau said. "It's nice to get that win, but I think the momentum is we're going home and playing in front of our fans. Now it's a three-game series. We have two at home, one on the road, so obviously a big win for us. But I mean, it's been a tight series and we have to do the same thing we did tonight on Wednesday."