They probably already burned the tape, but if you were to watch the game from Saturday night between the Dallas Stars and the Tampa Bay Lightning, you’d see a major contrast.
The defending Stanley Cup champions knew where the puck was going, and met it there. Dallas chased.
Sure, the energy level was missing in action. There were some miscues on the back end, and the netminding wasn’t up to the standard on which the team has come to depend.
The Stars fell back on physical, but with no purpose — and ultimately no result.