The first game home after a road trip is always a potential trap game. Playing against the Anaheim Ducks, one of the worst teams in the NHL this year, doesn’t change that equation.
With no John Klingberg in the Ducks lineup, there wasn’t any special event to roll through - just the mid-season grind of trying to beat a team that the Dallas Stars should beat if they are going to make the playoffs and take a run at the top of the Central Division.
First Period
Things didn’t start out that well for the Stars.