I’m going to make you look at the fancy stats in the first tweet, so either skip that one or prepare yourselves now. I like winning, I like winning a lot, but I’d like to keep winning, so examining the ways in which maybe we could have NOT won this game are also probably a worthwhile pursuit.
1. I mean, this was early
But it’s also not like the Stars every fully gained control of this game in the shots or possession department, despite the score. They fully gained control of the score. But you know the feeling you get when you’re watching the Stars play scrambly, desperate hockey in the final five minutes of a game, even when they’re up 4?