The first period was the most evenly matched, with neither team playing to full potential. Devin Shore scored first in the second period off a mid-air rebound that required some good hand-eye coordination and some determination. Klingberg and McKenzie received the helpers.
The Blackhawks were very quick to retaliate, and got their equalizer from Marian Hossa less than a minute later. It was a long shot that trickled past Kari Lehtonen in the most dreadful of ways. The Blackhawks took off past the Stars then, and Artem Anisimov made it 2-1 in the second.