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Game 23 Afterwords: Overtime Is the Stars' Elysium

Dallas plays again tonight, and lots of us (including me) are traveling today, so I'll try to keep this brief.

Last night was the Ottawa game inside-out, in a way. The Stars actually gave up a lot more shots, but they won the high-quality chance battle (both at even strength and during the entirety of the game). And just as Ottawa did earlier this week, Dallas came out the victor after eschewing the possession game. Is there some high-level reverse psychology going on in the locker rooms of NHL teams that we just can't understand? Well, I don't know, but if you have solid goaltending, then focusing on the high-quality chances vs.