Schedule and 2014-15 Results
Regular Season Records: Vancouver 48-29-5=101pts, Calgary 45-30-7=97pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 15 April: Calgary wins at Vancouver, 2-goals-1
Game 2 on Friday, 17 April: Calgary loses at Vancouver, 4-goals-1
Game 3 on Sunday, 19 April: Vancouver loses at Calgary, 4-goals-2
Game 4 on Tuesday, 21 April: Vancouver loses at Calgary, 3-goals-1
Game 5 on Thursday, 23 April: Calgary loses at Vancouver, 2-goals-1
Game 6 on Saturday, 25 April: Vancouver loses at Calgary, 7-goals-4

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Calgary Flames hosted and bested the Vancouver Canucks 7-goals-4 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1261 victory. With the series 1261 win, the Calgary Flames improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 12-17 overall and 4-11 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1261 loss, the Vancouver Canucks see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 15-20 overall and 9-9 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Calgary Flames in series 1261 was WLWWLW: Series 1261 thus becomes the tenth NHL Preliminary-round series, the 20th NHL series (all rounds), and the 46th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Calgary trailed visiting Vancouver by three goals as late as 17:01 into the first period. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2014, inclusive, home teams down three goals as late as 17:01 into the first period had a game record of 2-46 (.042). The two winners: the Pittsburgh Penguins in series 615 (over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 1 of the 1992 NHL Finals); the Vancouver Canucks (ironically) in series 664 (over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 5 of their 1994 NHL Semifinals series).

After Game 5: The Vancouver Canucks hosted and bested the Calgary Flames 2-goals-1 to reduce the Calgary Flames best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1261 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Calgary Flames have a series record of 8-4 and a Game 6 record of 3-9. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Vancouver Canucks have a series record of 3-10 and a Game 6 record of 6-7.

After Game 4: The Calgary Flames hosted and topped the Vancouver Canucks 3-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1261 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Calgary Flames have a series record of 3-1 and a Game 5 record of 2-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Vancouver Canucks have a series record of 3-6 (with an active three-series losing streak) and a Game 5 record of 6-3.

After Game 3: The Calgary Flames hosted and doubled the Vancouver Canucks 4-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1261 lead of 2-games-1.

After Game 2: The Vancouver Canucks hosted and defeated the Calgary Flames 4-goals-1 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1261 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Vancouver Canucks have a series record of 10-12 and a Game 3 record of 10-12, while the Calgary Flames have a series record of 8-10 (with an active three-series losing streak) and a Game 3 record of 11-7 (with an active four-Game 3 winning streak).

After Game 1: The Calgary Flames visited and defeated the Vancouver Canucks 2-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1261 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Calgary Flames have a series record of 7-4 and a Game 2 record of 3-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Vancouver Canucks have a series record of 4-9 and a Game 2 record of 8-5.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2014-15 NHL regular season, the Vancouver Canucks finished four points ahead of the Calgary Flames. From 1939 through the 2014 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by four regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 11-13 (.458) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1261 is the 35th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Vancouver Canucks, and the 29th for the Calgary Flames. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Vancouver Canucks have an all-rounds series record of 15-19 (with an active three-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 9-8, and a Game 1 record of 21-13, while the Calgary Flames have an all-rounds series record of 11-17 (with an active five-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 3-11 (with an active four-series losing streak), and a Game 1 record of 11-17. Series 1261 is the fourth best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Vancouver Canucks and the Calgary Flames. Calgary has won two of the previous three best-of-7 NHL playoff series between the two teams.