3 takeaways from Knights' win: Defense shuts down Stars
Published in Hockey
DALLAS – The Golden Knights knew the Dallas Stars would push back Wednesday.
The Knights just pushed harder.
They weathered a physical start and shut down the Stars for a 3-1 win in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series at American Airlines Center on Wednesday.
The Knights are up 2-0 in the series. Game 3 is at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.
Right wing Jonathan Marchessault, defenseman Noah Hanifin and center Jack Eichel scored for the Knights. Goaltender Logan Thompson made 20 saves in his second playoff start.
Dallas was looking to respond to its 4-3 loss in Game 1. Stars center Matt Duchene said Wednesday morning his team needed to be more aggressive.
That resulted in Dallas looking to hit everything that moved. The Stars finished 31st in hits per game in the regular season with 17.8. They had 24 in the first period Wednesday.
The Knights came back with shots of their own. They had 25 hits after 20 minutes. They weren’t rattled when Dallas came out swinging.
The Stars did land the first significant blow when left wing Jason Robertson scored a power-play goal with 3:13 remaining in the first period.
The defending Stanley Cup champions weren’t rattled.
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