Texas secured second place in the Pacific Division at the Christmas break with another overtime victory in Bakersfield this evening. The Stars are now 7-1 in OT this season. Brian Flynn continued to quietly contribute to the offense with two goals, including the game winner. Mike McKenna got his first start since December 1st and won with 29 stops.
Texas opened the scoring on a deflection goal that Matt Mangene, playing at defense, got credit for. Iiro Pakarinen evened things up on the power play to start the second. The Stars scored two more of their own on the power play, first Flynn then Denis Gurianov to vault ahead 3-1.