The playoffs at this stage of the game are a war. Physically taxing, with time and space hard to come by. Nothing is given, everything must be earned. The Dallas Stars learned the hard way in Game 2 that their effort level wasn’t enough. It can be forgiven if anyone watching began to wonder if the Knights were about to assert themselves in this series.
The Stars were a club desperately in need of a response.
In a game that had the feel of a must-win for a Stars club not wanting to stare down a 2-1 hole going into the weekend, the Stars came out pushing.