Last night’s Dallas Stars game can be perfectly encapsulated by a single shift. I’m sure you know which one I’m talking about.
With roughly nine minutes left in the second period, Tyler Seguin, Jason Robertson, Denis Gurianov, John Klingberg, and Miro Heiskanen were stuck in their own zone on a long shift. And by long, we’re talking about three minutes plus each — every time the Stars tried to clear the puck, the Calgary Flams were there to stop it and retain possession. The one time Dallas did clear, they were unable to change due to the long ice, and the TBS broadcast openly suggested that they should have just iced the puck to get a momentary breather (which they did the next chance they got).