Calgary Flames’ Milan Lucic (17) shoves Dallas Stars’ Jamie Benn (14) against the net during a scrum in the second period in Game 5 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Edmonton, Alberta. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

On the NHL Stanley Cup podcast with Joe:

#1 How much would you say the Dallas Stars have the Calgary Flames back to the wall after Tuesday’s win in Edmonton 2-1 to take game five and a 3-2 series lead.

#2 Let’s start with the first period scoring with Jamie Benn scoring his second goal of the playoffs for Dallas at 10:13 and the Flames Micheal Backlund scored late in the first period to knot it all up 1-1 at 19:14

#3 There was no scoring in the second period shout out to both goaltenders for stopping all shots the Flames net minder Cam Talbot and the Stars goalie Anton Khudobin

#4 The third period early Dallas’ at 1:12 John Klingberg scored what would be the game winning goal for the 2-1 win.

#5 So the stage is set for Thursday night at Rogers Centre the Flames and Stars a must win for the Flames

Joe Lami joins us for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast each Wednesday night at http://www.sportsradioservice.com