Last night, the Dallas Stars played a 5-4 overtime game against a division rival that they should have won in regulation after being up 4-2 and oh wow this is really familiar.
But unlike the (first) Chicago Blackhawks game, last night’s tilt against the Colorado Avalanche was a bit different. For starters, it was against one of the best teams in the league, not the worst, meaning both that the Stars’ 4-2 lead was far more impressive and that the Avalanche’s comeback was far more to be expected. After all, though Colorado never led the game, it was always rather close, in what looked (at first) to be a true heavy tilt between two top teams.