With 18:12 left in the third, Martin Hanzal took a shot on goal. It would be the last puck the Stars put on the Carolina net all game, and somehow, it wouldn’t matter.
The Stars have won four games in a row, and the Hurricanes were the toughest team they faced in that stretch. As much as the team can take the points and move on, fans often have a hard time watching a 4-0 show of dominance turn into a nailbiter. Fans of the Dallas Stars over the last couple of years have an even more difficult time with this, as the associations are many and negative.