At the beginning of the season, both the Dallas Stars and Pittsburgh Penguins managed records that weren’t in alignment with expectations – or talent of either team’s rosters. Struggling to live up to those expectations for different reasons (one, the hopes of winning another consecutive Stanley Cup and the other to take a deep run after making moves to address the roster’s weaknesses to make a deep run), the Stars and Pens used those first games to forge their identities and really turn things around on the ice.
Both teams found themselves on hot streaks of their own heading into tonight’s contest.