The first period was by far the most intense in the regular 60 minutes. The Lightning struck first, and in fact scored the first two goals of the game uninterrupted. The first came from Victor Hedman, and the second was a power play goal from Tyler Johnson.
However, Antoine Roussel answered for both of these goals himself, in true Rooster fashion, in the span of six minutes to set the first intermission score at 2-2.
The Stars gave up yet another power play goal in the second, another to Victor Hedman, to put Tampa up 3-2.