The Dallas Stars don’t have many games playing this system in which the outcome is known fairly early into the third period. That’s what happens when you play a lot of one-goal games and have a tendency to lock down leads instead of adding to them in tight contests.
Tonight’s game was one of those rare moments where the outcome wasn’t really in doubt. With the personnel they were missing, that’s even more of a positive. Roope Hintz missed the game with his usual lower-body injury he’s been playing through; playing in back-to-back games when the team is playing four games in seven nights for six plus weeks straight makes that a no-brainer if the team wants to have him in the lineup more often than not.