Dallas Stars: Top 10 Playoff Games Of The Past Five Years
By Josh Clark
7. Dallas Stars vs. St. Louis Blues, Game 1, April 29, 2016
After dominating the majority of the first round, the Dallas Stars advanced to the Western Conference semifinals to take on the St. Louis Blues.
While the Stars had downed the struggling Wild and had no trouble with it, the Blues had barely escaped the Chicago Blackhawks in a seven-game set. St. Louis almost coughed up the series after leading 3-1, but came up big in game seven to claim the series.
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Going into the second round, not many people expected the Stars to come out of it alive. The general presupposition was that St. Louis was bigger, stronger, and more skilled on defense. The typical prediction was that the Stars would last six or seven games.
But after game one, those predictions might have changed. That’s because the Stars climbed out of game one with a powerful and impressive 2-1 victory. It seemed as though the Blues had put everything they had into the game and still couldn’t come up with the win.
Brian Elliott had a stellar outing but was outdone by Kari Lehtonen. The Stars’ received quality depth scoring from Antoine Roussel and Radek Faksa and their defense held the line.
It was hard to argue against the Stars’ preparedness and effort in game one. Though the series wouldn’t pan out the way they wanted it to, Dallas definitely got off on the right foot in the Central Division championship.