The Dallas Stars playing the Chicago Blackhawks at home, the night before Thanksgiving, in 2022, had all the stink of a trap game. It seemed inevitable that this woebegone version of the Hawks would curdle the holiday gravy of the ascendant Stars, especially with Jason Dickinson lining up against his former team. Because it’s the Central Division, and it’s the law, or something.
But if you’ve ever actually seen a Stars game, you know better than to tune out before the very end. And with two goals from the nigh-invincible Jason Robertson, and five goals in the third period, they destroyed the narrative yet again.