“We were just committed to Dallas Stars hockey,” Jamie Benn said after Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals.
A 1-0 win for the team from Texas is about as Dallas Stars hockey-y that you’ll see.
Without Marc-Andre Fleury in net, this game could have easily been 3-0 or 4-0. Dallas was very committed to limiting the quality of the shots against — something that was a hallmark of Stars hockey in the regular season — but they did still press the offensive zone strategically when they were able to take advantage.
“It shows that Dallas can play the game any which way,” NBC analyst Patrick Sharp said after the game.