The Stars and Flyers both set an incredibly fast pace straight out of the gate, a tone that characterized the entire game.
The Flyers pulled ahead with their forechecking and rebounding, drawing first blood with a rebound goal from Taylor Leier in the first period. The Stars continued trying to build up their momentum from there, but went into the second period still down one.
Radek Faksa opened up the Stars’ scoring within the first five minutes of the second period with another rebound-originated shot. The Stars continued to hold their own thanks to strong play from Antti Niemi, along with their ability to shut down offensive efforts from some of the Flyers’ biggest names.