Throughout the preseason, most fans want to see the big players come out unscathed so that the team isn’t in a hole to start the season. Once those games start to count, it’s still a concern, but especially in the first period of opening night.
That’s when Dallas Stars fans found themselves holding their breath after captain Jamie Benn went knee-to-knee with Christian Fischer. Benn was trying to make a move around the Arizona Coyotes forward, but Fischer didn’t move his stance and Benn ended up taking the knee of the more stationary player to his own, which sent him flying up and crashing to the ice right after.