This rivalry is notable in that both teams have played each other in three overtime game sevens in the playoffs, second only in the NHL to the St. Louis Blues and Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars.

Flames coach Bob Hartley started his fourth line that included tough guys Brian McGrattan and Kevin Westgarth.

It lasted several minutes before the referees got it under control with eight players being ejected including Canucks forward Kellan Lain who was playing in his first NHL game.

During the first intermission, Tortorella angrily confronted the Flames in the hallway and continued to berate them as they went to their dressing room before players and staff from both teams broke it up.

Later that year, enforcers Micheal Ferland (Flames) and Derek Dorsett (Canucks) fought immediately after the opening faceoff of the 2015–16 season.

[20] A few years later, in the opener of the 2018–19 season, Calgary's Travis Hamonic fought Vancouver's Erik Gudbranson after the latter made an open-ice hit on Flames rookie Dillon Dube, who was playing in his NHL debut.