First, go read Brad’s recap. It’s great, and it captures the experience of the game really well, particularly with his note about press box giggling.
Now then, here is how the boys looked heading into overtime:
Well, yeah. That pretty much says it all. The Stars did, technically, win the game. But they did so in, had this game come early in the year, what can only be described as an extremely hapless fashion.
Jason Spezza and Devin Shore turned a 2-on-0 into a stopped Spezza shot (and rebound) by some goalie named Jeremy.