Full disclaimer: the Dallas Stars have actually won 4 out of 7 of their overtime bouts by my count (2-2 excluding the shoutout), so it’s not as if the Stars are bad after 60 minutes. But they’ve also lost two in a row, and I already wrote the headline, so “overtime struggles” is the narrative we’re going with.
Here’s Hitchcock’s incredibly lengthy post game interview:
Of course it’s not like the game was all doom and gloom. Here’s Jamie Benn’s awesome powerplay deflection, for instance:
A smooth release from Klingberg and Benn gets a piece of it for his 14th goal of the season.