Every game,
explained.

Vancouver's special teams outproduced Anaheim's at every level — power play efficiency, a shorthanded goal, and an overtime penalty-kill failure collectively decided this game. A 24-win road team beat a playoff-side because the margin between the pipes and on the man-advantage was too wide for Anaheim to survive.

Rossi's OT power-play goal at 4:50 was decisive because Anaheim's penalty in overtime handed Vancouver a conversion they didn't need to earn at even strength — a 3rd Pacific team surrendering the game on a preventable infraction when one mistake ended it immediately. Vancouver's 40% power play meant any penalty in sudden death was effectively a game-ending concession.

Vancouver converted 2-of-5 on the power play including the overtime winner, while also generating a shorthanded goal — a net special-teams swing of three goals that Anaheim's even-strength play could not absorb.