When the Game Got Away

The Vancouver Whalers won this game by a commanding 4-0 margin. Despite the score, the game was close after the first period, the score still at zeroes, and the shots just 9-7 in favour of the Whalers.

And then the Outlaws had a penalty meltdown in the second period. The Whalers outshot them 21-8 in the 2nd alone, and scored 3 times, twice on the powerplay, and the 3rd almost on the powerplay. A penalty just a minute in gave the Whalers their first goal, but it wasn't until midway through the period when Petrov took a penalty that it quickly got away. The Whalers didn't score on that powerplay, but even after it ended, they kept the pressure, and scored just 20 seconds after it ended. Another penalty led to another powerplay goal a few minutes later, and then the Outlaws would start the 3rd shorthanded thanks to another penalty towards the end of the 2nd. They could never recover from the discipline meltdown and the Whalers stomped through the rest of the game.