After falling in overtime to the Boston Bruins last night, the Dallas Stars hoped to cap off their road trip with a bang against the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight. Instead, they got beaten handedly by a superior Columbus squad to finish the trip 3-2-1.
The Stars looked like a team that had played the night before, struggling to get into the offensive zone in the first period and getting badly outshot in the first two. Had it not been for two consecutive penalties to open up the final frame, the Stars probably would have never gotten on the board.