Down 3-1 in the series, Dallas was in a tight spot.
Teams rarely come back from a 3-1 deficit. (Eight percent of the time is what Ron MacLean said back then.) But in a series that had seen Dallas losing all three of their, er, losses by one goal, a comeback didn’t seem out of this world. After all, what’s the great equalizer in the playoffs?
Goaltending.
And if ever a goalie put his team on his back in a pinch, this series seems to have been it.