The Dallas Stars played their home opener against the Eastern Conference’s own New York Islanders. Which meant they played a team they rarely see during a regular season – one with a fair handful of reliable goal-getters, at that. Plus it was a team coached by Patrick Roy, who is NHL-famous but not always in a good way.
In other words, this could have gone any number of ways. But if you had “2013 is back, baby” on your bingo card, you might have won a side bet or two.
Shall we take a look?…
First Period
The first big moment of the first period didn’t involve a goal or a big save or even a penalty.