The Blue Jackets returned home from a successful road trip to entertain the Dallas Stars — the club that the Blue Jackets shut out 3 - 0 to start that trip. An intimate crowd of 10,141 was there to greet them, depleted by the conflict with Game 6 of the World Series. Those that remained to the end were rewarded with one of the most dramatic finishes in Blue Jackets history.
Anyone not in a coma for the past two weeks knew that Dallas was going to come out firing in this one. Coach Lindy Ruff was upset at his team's "flatter than flat" performance in Dallas, and there was no question that Seguin, Spezza & Co.