If you went to bed after the first period of last night’s game, you would be excused for thinking the Calgary Flames blew out the Dallas Stars by 4+ goals. The Stars were completely overwhelmed by the top Pacific seed, and were lucky to only surrender a single goal:
“I thought they came out flying,” Stars forward Michael Raffl said. “The building was electric. It was an awesome atmosphere to be in. They took it to us, especially the first 10 minutes.”
But to the Stars’ credit, they were able to buckle down starting in the second period.