Sitting comfortably with my girlfriend in section 326 Tuesday night, I watched as Antti Niemi saved the Stars time, after time, after time.
Forgetting the bonehead move he made with 5 seconds left in the second period that put Winnipeg on the board, he stopped several 2-on-1 chances, breakaways and point-blank chances surrendered by Dallas.
Tuesday was Niemi’s second home start - the first when he stonewalled Anaheim in the season opener on Oct. 13. What followed was a lackluster performance in Colorado and three Kari Lehtonen starts.
However, after Lehtonen went 0-1-1 in the first two games of the home stand against Los Angeles and Columbus, Niemi found himself back between the pipes.