There’s no great way to spin these two games, or this road trip so far. Let’s just boil it all down to start, shall we?
- Casey DeSmith, Real NHL Goalie shuts down the Stars, and Jamie Oleksiak scores the game-winning goal in Pittsburgh.
- Antti Niemi, yes that one, the same guy, shuts down the Stars behind Jordie Benn and what’s left of the Montreal Canadiens. This win includes Montreal putting an exclamation mark on the thing by killing off the Stars’ desperate two-man advantage at the end of regulation
- Kari Lehtonen reminds us that he is mortal early, but the Stars storm back against a notoriously unsteady Maple Leafs defense to take a two-goal lead into the third period.