For two periods last night versus the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Dallas Stars seemed to be getting it together.
They limited the Penguins in the first period, taking a 0-0 game through 20 minutes. On the road, that’s not a bad start. Then Roope Hintz did Roope Hintz things as Jamie Benn hit him on a breakaway and he struck the puck home to open the scoring for Dallas. It was just the third time in the first nine games of the season in which Dallas had scored first. The middle frame would end 1-1 with scoring chances in the period even between the two teams too.