Playing in their third game in four nights and on the second half of a back-to-back, it wouldn’t be surprising if the Dallas Stars had a rough start to this one. After all, that’s a lot of hockey and some heavy legs on the home team’s bench. Compare it to the Vegas Golden Knights who hadn’t played a game in four days prior to their matchup against the Stars in the American Airlines Center, it was the perfect recipe for disaster.
After 16 seconds, it sure seemed like that was the way things were headed.