Coming into tonight’s game against the New York Islanders, the Stars had given up 10 goals in the last two games, 15 in the last three. I’ve got a feeling than anything under three in this game is what the kids call a “moral victory.”
And what do you know, we stopped at three. Moral victory is ours!
First period
So the first four minutes of the first period gave the impression (to this Stars fan, at least) that the first period was going to be rather different than it ended up being. The Stars were up 5-1 on shots on goal at one point on the strength of a power play opportunity and spent a good bit of time down in the Islanders zone.