Jamie Benn is back, and the Dallas Stars are looking like a contender.
The Captain scored twice and was on the ice for two more of the Stars’ six goals against the Vancouver Canucks last night. He took over the game in the kind of performance that made him one of hockey’s elite and an object of fan worship, writes Sean Shapiro:
It was a vintage “Sochi Benn” game in which the Stars captain combined physicality and skill. It’s the combination that made him a very rich man, and it’s the combo that left the Canucks without an answer.