The Dallas Stars began their latest road trip with a goalie duel, which may have felt like an omen. And with James Reimer and his scary Joker grin at the Florida Panthers’ end, it may have felt like a bad one.
Then again, the Stars’ dads were riding along for their annual trip, and too may have felt like an omen, this one of the good kind. And we saw quite a bit of good Stars-bad Stars in this game. Let’s begin.
The Stars’ first power play turned into 4-on-4 less than 30 seconds in after a tripping call on Esa Lindell.