The Dallas Stars defeated the Boston Bruins in a gritty and offensively stagnant 1-0 overtime game back on Nov. 16, 2018. And shortly after the game, Stars goaltender Ben Bishop (who had posted the shutout) summed up the win in a handful of words:
“Sometimes, they’re not all Picassos; they’re always a little bit different,” Bishop told Mark Stepneski of DallasStars.com.
That quote has lingered in the back of my mind for the past few months as the Dallas Stars have played out their 2018-19 regular season campaign, and rightly so. After all, there have been plenty of Stars’ performances in the last three months that wouldn’t be considered “works of art.