Kari Lehtonen came up huge when the Stars offense did not, and Dallas takes a 2-0 series lead with them to Minnesota for game 3.
And...exhale.
The Dallas Stars went up two games to none in their series against the Minnesota Wild with a 2-1 victory at American Airlines Center Saturday night thanks to a weird bounce, their captain, and the goaltending they needed in some tense final moments.
Lindy Ruff said he expected a different game from a desperate Wild team that failed to generate offense of any kind Thursday, and he got it, but 26 shots this time around and some pretty high-quality looks were not enough as they generated a single tally, the only one in 120 minutes of play so far this series.