If you wanted another high-scoring game from the Dallas Stars and Toronto Maple Leafs, you probably came away disappointed. Especially if you’re a Stars fan, and you watched the offense get shut down again and again by yet another backup goalie standing on his head when the Victory Green gets to town.
Let’s just get started and talk about it.
Jordie Benn and Dan Hamhuis lost Tyler Bozak in the first minutes and allowed a breakaway that Antti Niemi bailed out. Niemi looked sharp and occasionally heroic throughout the frame, keeping the team within one in spite of some pretty hairy moments.