Moral victories as hollow as losses.
In Dallas, Anton Khudobin made 31 saves and the Stars defeated the visiting Chicago Blackhawks, 2-1, on Sunday night.
It was a well-played game for the Hawks, but a loss nonetheless.
“That was much more like Dallas Stars hockey tonight,” Stars coach Rick Bowness said. “The 2-1 mentality, not giving them a whole lot, and taking their power play chances out.”
Dominik Kubalik was the lone goal scorer for Chicago.
“They’re a good team,” the Blackhawks’ Brandon Saad said. “They do all of the little things right and they compete hard. We thought we were with them for most of the game.
“They got a couple of bounces in front of the net and they capitalized, but we had our fair share of chances, too. I thought it was a pretty hard-fought game.”
Joe Pavelski and Tyler Seguin scored for the Stars.
“It was another solid game,” Bowness said of his goalie. “That’s what you get when he goes in the net. He’s going to compete and he’s going to battle every shot every minute out there. There are a lot of teams in the League that would love to have the [goalie] duo that we have where you can throw your so-called backup goalie out and play like that. We’re in a wonderful position.”
Chicago is 3-7-2 in their last 12 games.
“It’s looked better,” Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton said. “You need to see the pucks go in the net and I think we’ve been better at getting set up. I think [Alex DeBrincat] has made a difference going back there as net front but also on the breakout to help us get set up.
“We have to continue because it’s a big part of the game.”
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Corey Crawford made 31 saves in the loss.
“We came up short, but we played a really good hockey game,” Crawford said. “I thought our power play was moving it around and we got some good looks. We battled hard.”
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