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Heika: Stars handled a lucky bounce with poise, didn't let it go to waste in Game 2 win

The Dallas Morning News

Dallas Stars left wing Antoine Roussel (21) celebrates his second period goal against Minnesota Wild defenseman Marco Scandella (6) in the second period during Game 2 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Saturday, April 16, 2016. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)

The Stars were handed a gift from the hockey gods Saturday night, but the biggest story is that they protected it like the Hope diamond instead of letting it drop to the ice and shatter in a million pieces.

Maybe the flukiest goal in NHL history went in from behind the net off the skate of Antoine Roussel 3:54 into the second period.