The hope going into Sunday evening’s game was that the Dallas Stars would be able to capitalize on Saturday afternoon’s win. And after going up 3-0 in the second, it looked like that might be a thing they could do. Unfortunately for the Stars, score effects exist, and turtling has never been their strong suit.
First period
For much of the first, I was pretty sure this recap was going to sound like I’d gone to a boxing match and not a hockey game. In the first thirty seconds of the period, Ryan Johansen and Cody Eakin squared off for reasons unknown.