The Western Canada road trip always feels a bit like Get Healthy time for Dallas. Usually, that is because those three teams have been, like most Canadian teams, not very good. This year, it is because the Stars have little choice. They need to start winning games, and these three teams will be as mediocre as any in the West, no matter what Edmonton’s early surge might say.
Folks have been pining for a goalie to steal a game for Dallas already, and that...did not happen tonight. Kari Lehtonen couldn’t quite squeeze the arm on a near slapshot, and the Flames would soon tie the game on another goal that wasn’t on him.