I think it started with Antti and then followed with our key guys up front,” Lindy Ruff said of the Dallas Stars’ win over the Ducks on Tuesday. “Our best players were our best players and it made a big difference for us.”
Jim Nill had been in the media recently talking about the need for the Stars’ big guns to return to form- Through two frames Tuesday, taking the weekend into consideration, the Stars had scored all of four goals in their last seven periods of play.
Then they exploded for five in the third after an abysmal 40-minute stretch of possession precipitating the need for Antti Niemi’s considerable heroics.