This could have easily been a kind of “trap game” for the Dallas Stars.
Coming off a big 2-1 shootout win over the Chicago Blackhawks and playing their seventh game in 13 nights, it would be understandable if the team came out a little flat. After all, a 13-1-1 stretch and six straight wins is more than respectable. If the streak had ended there, it wouldn’t have been met with consternation or anger.
After all, the Vegas Golden Knights had won every contest at the American Airlines Center in their (short) franchise history.