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Heika: Stars learning lessons on the fly during postseason run

The chaos of the Stars’ final shift Thursday night embodies the madness of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Cody Eakin fell down and lost the puck in the process. That created a great scoring chance for St. Louis. However, Eakin hustled back to barely disrupt the shot of Jori Lehtera. Then, as the puck pushed up ice in transition, Eakin took a pass from Patrick Sharp and within a matter of 15 seconds went from potential goat to overtime hero when he picked a corner and won the game.

It was elation with education, as the Stars not only won, but learned a lesson in the process.