It was a very emotional start to the Dallas Stars/Calgary Flames matchup tonight as the Stars lifted Jere Lehtinen’s #26 to the rafters to rest beside Mike Modano, his center for the majority of the 14 seasons he played in Dallas. The current Stars roster skated out for warmups in Lehtinen’s Stanley Cup season jersey, and all had the signature yellow skate laces Lehtinen wore when he played.
Dallas channeled that emotion and good vibes with a pretty good first period of play. While the shots on goal ended nearly even after 20 minutes, the Stars (to the eyeball, at least) seemed to have the majority of the more deadly chances.