Good news, everyone! Anton Khudobin is back on his game, and he demonstrated it by stopping 49 shots – that’s forty-nine, with the 40 and the 9 – while facing a career-high 51 shots during the Dallas Stars’ latest outing with the Florida Panthers.
And yet the Stars lost, for the sixth time in a row, thanks to a shambolic second period in which they gave away their early lead and the eventual game-winner for good measure. Stars staff writer Mike Heika boils it down to a few key issues in his postgame piece:
“Our young players were overwhelmed and our veterans didn’t make a difference,” said Stars coach Rick Bowness.