For one period, it looked as if the Dallas Stars might repeat their ever-so-satisfying November defeat of the Boston Bruins, in which Tyler Seguin scored what may be the sweetest hat trick of his career.
An exquisite snipe by Ales Hemsky opened the scoring, and Kari Lehtonen allowed only one goal from the streaking Brad Marchand, who's making a serious run at the Rocket Richard Trophy right now.
Then the second period opened, and it all went pear-shaped pretty quickly.
It was an interesting lesson for the Stars, who were roasted in Arizona Thursday and promised a better defensive effort on Saturday.