What a difference six days can make.
Last Friday, the Stars absorbed a brutal home defeat to the Minnesota Wild, 3-1, that concluded a week filled with three straight losses.
On Thursday night, the team concluded a three-game home-stand with its second consecutive victory.
And Jim Montgomery, for the first time since his team’s last loss, seemed highly encouraged by the two victories this past week. Thursday night’s 5-2 win over the Ducks, especially.
“If you look at a picture of what Stars hockey should look like, that’s tonight” Montgomery said. “We possessed the puck.