Lack helps Canucks top Flames 4-1, even series

Vancouver Canucks goalie Eddie Lack, of Sweden, tangles with Calgary Flames' Brandon Bollig as Jannik Hansen (36), of Denmark, and linesman Darren Gibbs try to break them apart during the second period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series, Friday, April 17, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP) Vancouver Canucks goalie Eddie Lack, of Sweden, tangles with Calgary Flames' Brandon Bollig as Jannik Hansen (36), of Denmark, and linesman Darren Gibbs try to break them apart during the second period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series, Friday, April 17, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)

By Associated Press April 18, 2015 4 min read

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Tempers flared and fists flew – and the tone might have been set for the rest of the first-round playoff series between the Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames.

Eddie Lack made 22 saves and the Canucks defeated the Flames 4-1 on Friday night to even their first-round playoff series at a game apiece.

Daniel Sedin, Chris Higgins, Ronalds Kenins and Radim Vrbata – into an empty net – scored for the Canucks , who snapped a seven-game losing streak at home in the playoffs dating to the 2011 Stanley Cup final.

But afterward, most of the talk revolved around a brawl late in the third period that resulted in 132 minutes in penalties, including six game misconducts – three of which went to Calgary’s Deryk Engelland.

“It was pretty intense tonight,” Canucks rookie Bo Horvat said. “The hard hitting, the stuff at the end, it was like old-time hockey and it was fun to be a part of.”