The Calgary Flames are battling their own history, as well as the Dallas Stars, in their Western Conference first-round series.
Heading into Saturday's Game 3 at Dallas, the Flames are well aware of the parallels between their recent playoff failures, especially after a 2-0 defeat to the Stars onThursday that has the best-of-seven series tied 1-1.
The Flames won their opening playoff game in the first round in both 2019