Game 1: The Inside Story

HERO: Jarome Iginla. Foiled on a breakaway, he tracked down his own rebound and scored his league-leading second shorthanded goal to give the Flames a 2-0 lead late in the second period.

GOAT: Cory Stillman. Just 17 seconds after the Lightning climbed within 3-1, he got a penalty for delivering an elbow to the head of Marcus Nilson, halting Tampa Bay's momentum.

TURNING POINT: Trailing 1-0 late in the second period, the Lightning were on the power play when Dave Andreychuk's pass hopped over the stick of Fredrik Modin. That sent Iginla in on a breakaway that ended in a shorthanded goal.

BY THE NUMBERS: The Flames have not allowed a first-period goal in an NHL-record nine consecutive playoff games. Tampa Bay has scored a power-play goal in seven straight games.

NOT IN THE BOXSCORE: Calgary improved to 5-0 in the playoffs when scoring a goal in the first 10 minutes of the game. At 40, Tampa Bay captain Dave Andreychuk became the oldest player to make his Stanley Cup Finals debut.

TRENDS: Teams winning Game One of the Finals have gone on to win the Stanley Cup 78.5 percent (51-of-65) of the time. The last team to win the Cup after losing Game One was the 2002 Detroit Red Wings.

THEY SAID IT: "This was pretty ugly. We could have used a tennis racquet." -- Lightning defenseman Dan Boyle.

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