The Dallas Stars were shutout for the first time this season as the Los Angeles Kings defeated them 4-0 at Staples Center Thursday night.
While the score makes the game look worse than it was in some ways thanks to two empty net goals, in other ways it was exactly what Dallas deserved in this one. Playing in the second half of a back-to-back, and with something like half the roster effected by a non-COVID-19 illness going around the locker room (as is common during flu season in the NHL), the Stars had no skating legs.