LOS ANGELES -- In the euphoria of a 4-3 overtime win over Los Angeles on Thursday night, amid the sound waves generated by The Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Down on the Corner" soothing the Dallas dressing room, the Stars breathed.
They breathed because the standings offered little room to, and because their pile of injuries has suffocated their depth, and because Roope Hintz's game-winning goal 3:19 into overtime relieved some of the pressure surrounding another possible late-season collapse. But most of all, the Stars breathed because two points allowed them to.
"My heart rate is just a little up right now," Stars center Tyler Seguin said.