The Dallas Stars are back from the dead.
After a crushing series of injuries and poor start to the campaign, the Stars improved their record to 9-8-2 on the strength of a 3-1 win over the Flames in Calgary.
Joe Pavelski struck twice for the Stars.
“We’ve had a good little stretch, but we’re not out of the woods by any means,” Pavelski said. “We’re one game (above .500). Our team’s got higher standards than that. We’ve put in some good work to get into this position and give ourselves an opportunity to keep climbing a little bit. Good effort. Good hockey lately.”
Dallas is 8-1-1 in their last 10.
“That’s another pretty big, heavy team over there that plays that heavy style and didn’t give us much,” Matthew Tkachuk said after the loss.
Ben Bishop made 24 saves in the win.
“Even though we got off to a tough start, we were playing some decent hockey. We were finding ways to lose games,” Bishop said. “We were only losing by one goal. We were playing some good teams too. I think it just took one win and then a couple wins to kind of get this group back on track. We have a great team in here, experienced guys. Kind of a tough start, but obviously we’ve turned it around.”
Sean Monahan scored the lone goal for Calgary.
Justin Dowling kicked in his first NHL goal in the win.
“I mean, it took a long time, but it’s nice that it happened here,” Dowling said. “I think it was meant to be, actually. It’s great. Last year, I only got to play a period. I got hurt. I was feeling pretty good going into that game last year. Having the opportunity to come back and play again this year and getting my first one here means a lot.”
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Cam Talbot made 29 saves in the loss.
“Tight game the whole game. That second goal hurt a little bit when they got it, then we got one right back, and it’s still a one-goal game. We gave a little bit of a push in the third, but not enough,” Tkachuk said.
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