After 57 minutes, it looked like the Dallas Stars were going to do it. They would remain undefeated while giving the Vegas Golden Knights, who eliminated them in last year’s Western Conference Finals, their first loss of the season.
Throughout the game, Vegas looked every bit like the reigning Stanley Cup Champions. They seemed to dictate the flow of things in the first period, and although they never led the score, that feeling remained throughout the second and third. As the game clock was winding down, it felt like Dallas was going to secure a win they might not necessarily have deserved, in large part due to a Joe Pavelski shot off a faceoff that ricocheted in early in the third.