Calm is certainly not a word used often to describe the energic Stalock, but he was on Sunday. Late in the first period and early in the second, as Vancouver was owning a large part of the momentum and puck possession, Stalock made several quality saves to keep his line clean.
He had a couple of really nice glove saves, but he kicked out few rebounds and played ... calm.
"I'm excited ... to get a chance to start in playoffs," Stalock said. " Anytime you can play in an important game, obviously, the most important game of the season so far. Played a good game, we came out and played exactly how we wanted to play intensity wise and stuck to the game plan."
That gameplan seems like a good recipe in a short, compact playoff series that the Wild has a chance to take firm control of with another similar effort on Tuesday night.
Expect the Canucks to throw everything they have.
"We were the team that initiated the physicality and just the smart play," Foligno said. "We had a great legs on the backcheck, we really annoyed their top players. I think that's what you need.
"We're definitely the team that had the best start, the better start and it's something that we stress coming into this first round. It's three games, first to three wins. That's what makes it more pressured and stressful. Getting that first one's big, but now it's on the game two."
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