Winning is always good enough.
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One might have been expecting some rust from both teams after a long layoff, but the Dallas Stars and Buffalo Sabres managed to accomplish something more interesting: a fast-paced game between two middling teams that somehow resulted in only one goal.
The Dahlin vs. Heiskanen bill might have been oversold, but that’s not to say both players didn’t show you a thing or two. Rasmus Dahlin decided to open by showing the Stars a bit of why Miro Heiskanen is often touted as the more “complete” defenseman of the two, giving a puck away on his first shift that led to Roope Hintz’s wonderful chance.