Despite positives in the first and second period, employing a staunch defense — going 4-4 on the penalty kill and Kole Lind punching a power play goal to open the second period to even the score — that momentum subsided in the final period of play for the Texas Stars.
The Milwaukee Admirals’ combination of speed and overbearing defense was too much for the Stars. Evening the score at the end of the second, the Admirals exploded in the final twenty minutes of regulation, ringing off five goals to go up 6-2.
Garnering some late-game magic, Lind completed his second hat-trick of the season late in the final period to give Texas a fighting chance.