Another Central Division foe handed the Chicago Blackhawks another overtime loss on Saturday night, with the Dallas Stars winning 4-3 to snap a five-game losing skid.
The game could not have started much worse for the Blackhawks. Just 3:02 into it, Brett Connolly caught Dallas forward Tanner Kero — a former Hawk — with a scary, high hit. Kero was down on the ice for several minutes and left the game on a stretcher — although he was in better condition at the hospital, according to the Stars.
Connolly received a five-minute major and was ejected from the game while Dallas turned that power play into a pair of Joe Pavelski goals for a 2-0 lead heading into the first intermission.