Digging into Details: Stars Collapse in Game 1

Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty ImagesThe Dallas Stars played their first meaningful hockey game in just over four months, and it’s safe to say that it could have gone better.

After grinding, working, and ultimately building a two-goal lead going into the third period, the Stars just utterly collapsed in the final frame. The Vegas Golden Knights scored four unanswered goals — three within three minutes of each other — to sink the Stars by the score of 5-3.

This loss undoubtedly has to sting for a Stars team that has lost eight consecutive games going back before the pause to February and March — not to pile on too much on a team that was in absolute control of this game until the puck dropped for…