Defending Big D · May 16, 2022
Afterwords: The End and the Beginning
Photo by Gerry Thomas/NHLI via Getty ImagesAs I mentioned in my piece for Game 5, I wasn’t able to watch Game 6 until Sunday. In fact, I ended up watching it right before Game 7, using it as a “warm up” of sorts, a way to hype me up heading into the game.
I knew the final score — my efforts to remain unspoiled until I could watch it were in vein — but I didn’t know how it happened. And so I watched with marvel at the Dallas Stars seemingly take what I wrote about Game 5 to heart (you’re welcome), re-establishing their style of game against the Calgary Flames. They outshot Calgary for the first time all series, and when they entered the third period with a lead, they didn’t turtle!