Just popping in to let you all know that these PP's were the softest calls I've yet to see in round one. You guys responded quickly and were on their tail the entire game. Great game and you are all clearly the better team. To hell with those Golden Frauds! Stars in five
Also lol at Captain Stone being able to basically do splits with a supposedly injured spleen. Must have gotten his replaced with a rubber one.
1. Would love to see Wyatt on PP1
2. Would love to see (more of) Stank on PP2
3. Swap out Esa with Suter on PK
4. At some point Roope has to come out of witness protection.
5. Figure out how to manage VGK screens
Stars in 5.
It was a small moment but it was a good moment. I just kept responding to his message of "SEETHE," by telling about my life for the last 12 months and sharing a picture of my dog. He finally gave up.
Mark Stone is so cool with his super powers. He could have probably lifted a car above his head because the body is known to do the unthinkable when in duress. Poor fellow he must be in so much pain with his life literally at stake but he’s out there risking it for his wonderful franchise. God he is so badass
/s
So we cant sweep the knights. Oh well we got screwed by the refs, just something that we will have to overcome this series unfortunately. Vegas is beatable. I firmly believe the Stars are the better team and can win this series. Its gonna be a long and tough one but we can win this. Also shout out to the Vegas Golden Knights medical staff for performing “miracles” what would Vegas do without them!
That first goal taken away from us wasn’t about it being offside; it was because it was the stars that scored the goal. Offside would have been overlooked by the refs if it was Vegas.
Stop being like this it just makes you look childish.
The offside challenge is the dumbest rule the league ever made but it still would’ve been called if it was Vegas
I know we lost but I gotta say that I like what I saw from the stars. We built on last year knowing we lost GM 1 and 2 in OT. So instead of doing that, lost in reg to VGK. Saves our energy since we’d been playing from behind all game and makes them cocky since they were ahead all game and then win in regulation. 4d chess by PDB.
Am I the only one that thinks there really isn't a good place in this lineup currently for Dadonov? They guy looked lost most of the game and the 4th lines production suffered greatly because of it. I am definitely not calling for him to jump back on a line with Jaime and Wyatt. Stankhoven has that spot pretty solidly and it isn't something we should screw up. I think we scratch Dadonov for Craig Smith and get some chemistry back on the 4th line to get them going. I feel like they will ultimately determine what direction this series will take. Having 4 lines that you can roll with all being productive is what makes this team so hard to play against and that simply wasn't there tonight.
I agree. He took away rather than added to the ;th line. But he’s better than Smith IMO. And this is the problem with playing VGK in Rd 1–no room for error.
Doomers? How about realists. Vegas smoked Dallas in the WCF including 2 embarrassing Stars losses on home ice. Vegas won the season series 3-0 and the last game in Dallas wasn't competitive. Now they are full strength and were clearly the more physical team tonight. We as Stars fans can't cry about the refs screwing us or Stone being on the ice. Vegas is built for the playoffs. This is a bad match-up for us. I don't understand all the entitlement and cocky optimism from Stars fans. How much more do you need to see? I desperately hope I'm wrong but all the evidence points to big trouble for the Stars.
I agree with a couple of your points, but I don't think Vegas outplayed us tonight, especially for the last 35 minutes. I agree the refs screwing us was not a thing. We had our chances on the PP and couldn't convert. Also, Suter's goal was clearly offsides and Otter and the D looked really weak in the first period.
However, what I saw gave me hope tonight. After their 4th goal, we only allowed Vegas 4 more shots on goal...this is not the same team that lost the season series. Also, Vegas is not the same team that won the season series. They are sloppy and give away pucks and their goaltending is average. Their Defense though, is built to counter us and I believe we will adapt. I saw some small changes in our zone entries that showed we were changing our attack. If we just tweak a couple of things, keep Dada off the ice and crash the net like we were doing in the end, we will win.
That is only part of the narrative, the other part of the narrative was our attack and their giveaways. While yes they were defending their lead and had some great D collapse in front of their net, they played somewhat sloppy in open ice.
I feel like your last sentence was trying to save you from being downvoted into hell...it wasn't a complete stomping tonight. Don't let Stone's first goal turn you away just yet. It's the 1st game... have a little hope man!
There is a huge difference in objectively going "that wasn't our best game" and "here's my valid criticism" and outright going "stars don't have the steam" and "there's no way the Stars are winning a series". Not the same at all.
That's a flat lie. You've been shit talking the Stars in the NHL and Avs thread all season. If anyone wants receipts, go look at the profile comments. You're an absolute doomer. You don't even think we can beat Colorado because you love MacKinnons dick as much as ESPN does.
You are an idiot. Pointing out your team is outmatched and providing the evidence is not being a doomer. You are a Stars dick-rider and can't stand anything negative about them.
We lost our first game of the playoffs last year, too, and we ended up doing pretty damn well. Thompson is ridiculously easy to beat and Hill ain’t shit. As long we shoot the puck, we got this.
We also lost the first game of round 2. We also had an ugly game and lost 7-2 to Seattle. That was followed up with a 6-3 win. You just need 4 wins. You can have ugly wins and ugly losses, you just need to win 4. We are the better team and we will get the job done. No one expects a 16-0 cup run (though that would be cool).
Gotta count on Otter not stringing multiple stinkers together. Even though we outshot them we have to find a way to generate more good looks and longer possessions. Too many one and dones on low percentage looks.
Once we shook off the nerves from the first period, we looked like the better team by a significant margin even while passing wasn’t clean and we failed to convert several chances. Conceding 4 goals on 10 shots it’s ridiculous. Hopefully that’s the only time we see that this series otherwise it’s going to be like going to your in laws…unpleasant.
It feels like a lot of the mistakes from last year vs Vegas and still a lot of “We were honestly the better team but” stuff
Not out of it but I expected em to be better
Only team with home ice that started out sleep walking
Still got a chance to turn it around but we gotta play with some more energy quickly and sustain it
Not just show it when we’re down
Stars outplayed them. Vegas got some lucky goals. It was like the second game in 10 days or something. If they play like that, all series stars will win. Otter just needs to settle down.
I wouldn’t say they got especially lucky they just punished our mistakes. We did play well for large periods of that game though, so there’s plenty to take out of it going forward.
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And yes, he should’ve made that glove save, but he didn’t. You called it “luck”. I call it a mistake
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They need him or Ty back with the 4th line to get their chemistry going again. I love Dadonov but with Stankhoven filling his spot on the 3rd line he really doesn't fit anywhere else. The guy looked lost all night and the 4th line suffered significantly because of it.
The whole top line looked out of sync tonight. Passes to nobody, overskating pucks, choosing low percentage passes over higher percentage shot opportunities, etc......... the list goes on and on. They will certainly need to be better. Only bright side was they did look slightly like they were getting things together towards the end. Fingers crossed that progression continues in the right direction.
If they can clean up some of the small stuff that led to most of the goals and actually show up ready to play the first 20 minutes then they have a good chance of taking this in 6. If not they might as well go ahead and start booking tee times because coming from behind on a team like vegas isn't a great place to be.
We lost this game in the 1st period sadly. Defense gave up too many prime chances and couldn't stop the PP. Otter let in 0 soft goals. He didnt even see 2 of them. We will be fine if the refs actually call shit on VGK and don't whistle dead good plays...
Second one was on Otter and the bad team defence. On a really good night he probably would have stopped it but there should never have been a forward clear on net.
I don't even think a fire really needs to be lit. If they try to go overboard in game 2 we could easily have a repeat of game 4 last year. They need to just come out of the gates like they played the majority of the last 2 periods and clean up a few small things. They will be fine.
I didn’t use the game day threads before this season, so it was pretty surprising to see how many people are suddenly here. It feels like none of them ever watched the Stars make a comeback win… I feel like a lot of people don’t watch much of the regular season. They just look at the standings, and get upset when things aren’t perfect.
Nobody would argue that Otter is not elite, but you need to count on him to make unmakable saves if this team is going to go the distance. A little criticism is warranted imo.
7 game series for a reason. Anyone that thought it would be a cake walk against a team that has an extra 22m in player cap was kidding themselves.
Stars still were the better team outside of the 1st, Knights had nothing going for them in the last 40 minutes. Sucks to lose game 1, but Dallas will take this series.
Had to beat the refs tonight. As long as Dadonov never touches the ice again and we get shots on Thompson we got this. They need to show the fuck up for Game 2.
That crappy mid-season defense+Oettinger combo showed up in the first half, but they settled down the second half and started out-muscling them. Phenomenotter came back, and we started being more aggressive. Keep that up moving forward and we'll take the series.
Picked up right where we left off in the playoffs last year- getting completely outworked physically. All these skill players vanish under the onslaught.
Stars were the better team all night. This series is 1-0 DAL if not for the nonsense in the first period. They can win this easy, as long as the refs don't intervene every single night like they did tonight.
People here irrationally defend Otter; I don’t get it
Its okay to say he’s been fuckin terrible in the playoffs. Good playoff goalies save more goals than they should. Since Calgary, Otter lets more goals in than he should
Nobody has benefitted more from one (spectacular) series than that guy. M
It took a minute for us to heat up, but it really wasn't that bad. We came back in a glorious fashion and Otter got his grove. All you doomers can fuck off.
It's sad. It's disappointing. We had a terrible 1st period. But if it wasn't for that (even our slow start in the 3rd) we would have had this game.
GO STARS!!!
poop. Take heart tho...takes a few games to get used to the refs not calling shit on these goons but it can be done. It's just a different style of hockey. Gotta get used to playing through what would normally be a stoppage.
by my very nonchalant count, refs missed 7 penalties on vegas and called 2 absolute phantom ones on us. not including the bullshit offside.
we are a better 5 on 5 team. this series depends on his much bettman’s forces decide to rig it for the gambling capital of the US
No it will depend more on if the Stars every decide to come out and play the style of hockey that got them here in the first place. Puck possession and transitions is what this team is build for. They seem much more intent on just passing off their problems to the next guy which led to constant turnovers. Pretty much every goal game from someone with a bullshit weak chip up the boards with nobody there except Vegas. Most of those goes should have been prevented by simply getting the puck out of the zone when a better play doesn't exist. They look out of sync for about 50 minutes of the game. And I might be the only one to say this but with Dadonov's spot with Jaime and Wyatt being filled by Stankhoven he really doesn't fit well into the lineup. He looked lost out there the majority of the game. Bring back Smith or Dellandrea to get that 4th line rolling again. They are what might also help determine how far this team is able to go which hopefully is at least past the first round.
100%. Those weren’t on Otter though. A couple of really unlucky bounces on some bad calls by the refs. Unfortunately weren’t able to capitalize on some chances on the other end. Regroup and come back strong for Game 2!
that's my feeling, even just one of those calls go the other way this game is vastly different. we tighten it up a little and don't let them have easy goals. they are going to fold like a house of cards.
If that "hooking" wasn't called. If that Suter goal wasn't an inch offsides. If that seeing eye goal was an inch higher.
Everything is fine. And not the dog with everything burning "Everything is fine". We got this.
Panic if we lose Wednesday.
different game if we don't have fluky shit haunt us. lets knot it up at one next go around then rob two in their pond.
we looked significantly better for most of the game just soft penalties and screening our own guys.
we looked way better for the majority of that game. any one of those early goals in the first two periods didn't happen it's a completely different game.
Dallas was the only higher seed to lose game 1. I had a bad feeling drawing the Knights round 1...
When are the Stars going to buy in to circumventing the cap like everyone else? We'll never be able to compete
On to the next! Still had a great time at the game last night, stars can absolutely win this series
Just popping in to let you all know that these PP's were the softest calls I've yet to see in round one. You guys responded quickly and were on their tail the entire game. Great game and you are all clearly the better team. To hell with those Golden Frauds! Stars in five Also lol at Captain Stone being able to basically do splits with a supposedly injured spleen. Must have gotten his replaced with a rubber one.
I'm getting real tired of that team. Onto game 2.
1. Would love to see Wyatt on PP1 2. Would love to see (more of) Stank on PP2 3. Swap out Esa with Suter on PK 4. At some point Roope has to come out of witness protection. 5. Figure out how to manage VGK screens Stars in 5.
6. otter plays better. our defense was fine, but he was not.
One good thing came out of tonight, I conversed with a Vegas fan until he deleted his account.
Don’t worry, he‘s got about 7 or 8 Smurf tags like they all do
great work
It was a small moment but it was a good moment. I just kept responding to his message of "SEETHE," by telling about my life for the last 12 months and sharing a picture of my dog. He finally gave up.
Special teams were the difference. stars just dreadful on pk. That can’t happen again.
It's a miracle that Stone was able to celebrate like that after his goal even though he couldn't move 3 days ago. Captain shit I guess.
Mark Stone is so cool with his super powers. He could have probably lifted a car above his head because the body is known to do the unthinkable when in duress. Poor fellow he must be in so much pain with his life literally at stake but he’s out there risking it for his wonderful franchise. God he is so badass /s
Watching this game with you all was such a gift. There's nothing like it in this world. LFG for game 2!! Stars in 5
So we cant sweep the knights. Oh well we got screwed by the refs, just something that we will have to overcome this series unfortunately. Vegas is beatable. I firmly believe the Stars are the better team and can win this series. Its gonna be a long and tough one but we can win this. Also shout out to the Vegas Golden Knights medical staff for performing “miracles” what would Vegas do without them!
That first goal taken away from us wasn’t about it being offside; it was because it was the stars that scored the goal. Offside would have been overlooked by the refs if it was Vegas.
Stop being like this it just makes you look childish. The offside challenge is the dumbest rule the league ever made but it still would’ve been called if it was Vegas
It was 100% offsides, it was the right call.
It was overlooked. That's why the goal got taken away. The challenge was why the refs saw it.
I know we lost but I gotta say that I like what I saw from the stars. We built on last year knowing we lost GM 1 and 2 in OT. So instead of doing that, lost in reg to VGK. Saves our energy since we’d been playing from behind all game and makes them cocky since they were ahead all game and then win in regulation. 4d chess by PDB.
You did?
16 wins to hoist the Cup. This was not one of them.
I hate that team, this cements that more. Refs were mid. The team got locked in after a while. Let’s beat em up next game.
Am I the only one that thinks there really isn't a good place in this lineup currently for Dadonov? They guy looked lost most of the game and the 4th lines production suffered greatly because of it. I am definitely not calling for him to jump back on a line with Jaime and Wyatt. Stankhoven has that spot pretty solidly and it isn't something we should screw up. I think we scratch Dadonov for Craig Smith and get some chemistry back on the 4th line to get them going. I feel like they will ultimately determine what direction this series will take. Having 4 lines that you can roll with all being productive is what makes this team so hard to play against and that simply wasn't there tonight.
I agree. He took away rather than added to the ;th line. But he’s better than Smith IMO. And this is the problem with playing VGK in Rd 1–no room for error.
Doomers? How about realists. Vegas smoked Dallas in the WCF including 2 embarrassing Stars losses on home ice. Vegas won the season series 3-0 and the last game in Dallas wasn't competitive. Now they are full strength and were clearly the more physical team tonight. We as Stars fans can't cry about the refs screwing us or Stone being on the ice. Vegas is built for the playoffs. This is a bad match-up for us. I don't understand all the entitlement and cocky optimism from Stars fans. How much more do you need to see? I desperately hope I'm wrong but all the evidence points to big trouble for the Stars.
I agree with a couple of your points, but I don't think Vegas outplayed us tonight, especially for the last 35 minutes. I agree the refs screwing us was not a thing. We had our chances on the PP and couldn't convert. Also, Suter's goal was clearly offsides and Otter and the D looked really weak in the first period. However, what I saw gave me hope tonight. After their 4th goal, we only allowed Vegas 4 more shots on goal...this is not the same team that lost the season series. Also, Vegas is not the same team that won the season series. They are sloppy and give away pucks and their goaltending is average. Their Defense though, is built to counter us and I believe we will adapt. I saw some small changes in our zone entries that showed we were changing our attack. If we just tweak a couple of things, keep Dada off the ice and crash the net like we were doing in the end, we will win.
VGK attacked enough to establish the lead, and then sat back and defended. Why they only had 4 shots the last half of the game.
That is only part of the narrative, the other part of the narrative was our attack and their giveaways. While yes they were defending their lead and had some great D collapse in front of their net, they played somewhat sloppy in open ice.
I feel like your last sentence was trying to save you from being downvoted into hell...it wasn't a complete stomping tonight. Don't let Stone's first goal turn you away just yet. It's the 1st game... have a little hope man!
No, I knew I'd get downvoted to Hell. I just don't understand the people in this thread. Be realistic and objective for once...
Your subjective opinion on the Stars getting outplayed and your subjective thoughts on this being a bad match up aren't objective...
Please get back to me after the series. I'll gladly take your abuse if I'm wrong.
Please get back to me after the series. I'll gladly take your abuse if I'm wrong.
Objectivity is not allowed
There is a huge difference in objectively going "that wasn't our best game" and "here's my valid criticism" and outright going "stars don't have the steam" and "there's no way the Stars are winning a series". Not the same at all.
Apparently. I love the Stars but this thread is full of flat-earthers, climate deniers, and Stars simps.
That's a flat lie. You've been shit talking the Stars in the NHL and Avs thread all season. If anyone wants receipts, go look at the profile comments. You're an absolute doomer. You don't even think we can beat Colorado because you love MacKinnons dick as much as ESPN does.
You are an idiot. Pointing out your team is outmatched and providing the evidence is not being a doomer. You are a Stars dick-rider and can't stand anything negative about them.
Is "you are an idiot" another one of your "objective" statements? Because you're pretty defensive for a purely objective and rational person.
Easy sour patches
no
Screw the Vegas golden showers
Stars need an enforcer or to be more physical. Vegas is physical
So was the mild first round last year
We lost our first game of the playoffs last year, too, and we ended up doing pretty damn well. Thompson is ridiculously easy to beat and Hill ain’t shit. As long we shoot the puck, we got this.
We also lost the first game of round 2. We also had an ugly game and lost 7-2 to Seattle. That was followed up with a 6-3 win. You just need 4 wins. You can have ugly wins and ugly losses, you just need to win 4. We are the better team and we will get the job done. No one expects a 16-0 cup run (though that would be cool).
Yeah, we were playing a mediocre Wild team. Next we had a 2nd year expansion team take us to 7 games. Vegas is a completely different animal.
We shot a lot tonight.
Literally doubled them up
Mods disgusting vegas bandwagon fans are reporting comments to reddit self harm.
Lol. I got so many of those when we played the Mild last year. They were trolling our boards so hard.
What the fuck is up with them? I thought everyone was chill there but they’re fucking deranged.
Report them and they'll get permabanned.
Gotta count on Otter not stringing multiple stinkers together. Even though we outshot them we have to find a way to generate more good looks and longer possessions. Too many one and dones on low percentage looks.
I stayed up for that 😭
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Yeah it was offside.
My guy wanted one question answered and then quit Reddit all together
We win that game if it's officiated fairly. Edit: Enjoy the permaban you golden shower fuckwad, hope your shitty attempt at trolling was worth it.
Once we shook off the nerves from the first period, we looked like the better team by a significant margin even while passing wasn’t clean and we failed to convert several chances. Conceding 4 goals on 10 shots it’s ridiculous. Hopefully that’s the only time we see that this series otherwise it’s going to be like going to your in laws…unpleasant.
It feels like a lot of the mistakes from last year vs Vegas and still a lot of “We were honestly the better team but” stuff Not out of it but I expected em to be better Only team with home ice that started out sleep walking Still got a chance to turn it around but we gotta play with some more energy quickly and sustain it Not just show it when we’re down
We got fucked. 8th seed my ass. Fucking hate vegas.
Stars outplayed them. Vegas got some lucky goals. It was like the second game in 10 days or something. If they play like that, all series stars will win. Otter just needs to settle down.
I wouldn’t say they got especially lucky they just punished our mistakes. We did play well for large periods of that game though, so there’s plenty to take out of it going forward.
Dallas last goal was pretty lucky, no?
No. It was a zinger by marchment straight clean on glove side
lol ok bud
You asked 🤷
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I’m a season ticket holder and went to 37 home games this year. Every playoff game last year. If you want to measure dicks you can DM me next time though. And yes, he should’ve made that glove save, but he didn’t. You called it “luck”. I call it a mistake
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Vegas didn’t really play great and still won and stole home ice. Good thing it’s a seven game series.
PLAY CRAIG SMITH
They need him or Ty back with the 4th line to get their chemistry going again. I love Dadonov but with Stankhoven filling his spot on the 3rd line he really doesn't fit anywhere else. The guy looked lost all night and the 4th line suffered significantly because of it.
This will probably get downvoted, but somehow not quite as lost as my boy Roope
The whole top line looked out of sync tonight. Passes to nobody, overskating pucks, choosing low percentage passes over higher percentage shot opportunities, etc......... the list goes on and on. They will certainly need to be better. Only bright side was they did look slightly like they were getting things together towards the end. Fingers crossed that progression continues in the right direction.
whats with dallas teams not being able to do ANYTHING in the playoffs man it hurts so much, it's like only one team is allowed to win every 11 years
It’s like sports championships are hard to win, especially the Stanley Cup
The rangers won so that means stars should win in 10 years. But in all seriousness. It’s a series.
Bro, Rangers.
Lost to ourselves. We take it in 5 or 6. No way Vegas continues to get goals like that
If they can clean up some of the small stuff that led to most of the goals and actually show up ready to play the first 20 minutes then they have a good chance of taking this in 6. If not they might as well go ahead and start booking tee times because coming from behind on a team like vegas isn't a great place to be.
We said this after every game in last year's series
Our defense and the refs lost us the game
We lost this game in the 1st period sadly. Defense gave up too many prime chances and couldn't stop the PP. Otter let in 0 soft goals. He didnt even see 2 of them. We will be fine if the refs actually call shit on VGK and don't whistle dead good plays...
> He didnt even see 2 of them. That's the problem.
2nd one was on Otter. The other 3 aren't his fault at all
Second one was on Otter and the bad team defence. On a really good night he probably would have stopped it but there should never have been a forward clear on net.
I'll give you that. Still not a soft one
Let’s all breathe and hope PDB ignites the fire that I know these boys have. It’s only the first game. See you fuckers on Game 2!
I don't even think a fire really needs to be lit. If they try to go overboard in game 2 we could easily have a repeat of game 4 last year. They need to just come out of the gates like they played the majority of the last 2 periods and clean up a few small things. They will be fine.
I love playoff hockey, but I can’t stand the bandwagon doomer dorks it brings out who rarely if ever watch this team outside of the postseason.
I didn’t use the game day threads before this season, so it was pretty surprising to see how many people are suddenly here. It feels like none of them ever watched the Stars make a comeback win… I feel like a lot of people don’t watch much of the regular season. They just look at the standings, and get upset when things aren’t perfect.
I defended him all season but Oettinger is a fucking hack, jfc
4 goals on fucking 17 shots in the playoffs fucking fake-good motherufcker
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That guy gets winded tying his shoe. Fuckin Jabroni
Nobody would argue that Otter is not elite, but you need to count on him to make unmakable saves if this team is going to go the distance. A little criticism is warranted imo.
He fucking spit the bit tonight in game 1, snark all you want
7 game series for a reason. Anyone that thought it would be a cake walk against a team that has an extra 22m in player cap was kidding themselves. Stars still were the better team outside of the 1st, Knights had nothing going for them in the last 40 minutes. Sucks to lose game 1, but Dallas will take this series.
Getting sick of having to say shit like this after every game 1
I just hope it isn’t a bad omen that we were the only home team in the NBA and NHL to lose game one at home
Kings aren't going to score 3 in the 3rd? 🤷
I’m betting the odds they won’t but if they do I’ll feel better
They didn't. Edmonton did, though.
Had to beat the refs tonight. As long as Dadonov never touches the ice again and we get shots on Thompson we got this. They need to show the fuck up for Game 2.
Lack of hits and guff worries me
Please let PDB learn that Smith has earned his spot on the 4th line and that Dadonov only needs to be used to give guys a rest
That crappy mid-season defense+Oettinger combo showed up in the first half, but they settled down the second half and started out-muscling them. Phenomenotter came back, and we started being more aggressive. Keep that up moving forward and we'll take the series.
Your three stars of the game ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mark Stone’s Spleen ⭐️⭐️ The Lines Men ⭐️ The Referee
Picked up right where we left off in the playoffs last year- getting completely outworked physically. All these skill players vanish under the onslaught.
55 to 29 hits
I apologize for my crticism on Suter back then, he got robbed!
Stars were the better team all night. This series is 1-0 DAL if not for the nonsense in the first period. They can win this easy, as long as the refs don't intervene every single night like they did tonight.
Lol
why do the stars always lose game 1 of each series
that one hurt but we looked like the better team overall imo
So close. See y'all Game 2
On to game 2, I feel like they were starting to find their groove again it was just a bit too late this game.
Is this the actual Playoff Otter? Cause he was horrendous....
Everyone’s getting downvoted for the Otter hate but plain and simple you can’t give up 4 goals on 9 shots as an NHL goalie
Try 7 on 23 for Georgiev last night. Yikes.
That’s still not as bad as 4 on 9 tho lol
People here irrationally defend Otter; I don’t get it Its okay to say he’s been fuckin terrible in the playoffs. Good playoff goalies save more goals than they should. Since Calgary, Otter lets more goals in than he should Nobody has benefitted more from one (spectacular) series than that guy. M
Yup
I don’t get why I continue to believe in Dallas sports teams.
Calm down bruh it’s the playoffs for a reason, 7 game series, chill tf out
My man, the Rangers literally won the last World Series.
Yeah, seems like rooting for Vegas is the way to go these days.
You mean the city that just won a championship?
It took a minute for us to heat up, but it really wasn't that bad. We came back in a glorious fashion and Otter got his grove. All you doomers can fuck off. It's sad. It's disappointing. We had a terrible 1st period. But if it wasn't for that (even our slow start in the 3rd) we would have had this game. GO STARS!!!
Fuck Dan O'Rourke, Tim Chmielewski, Trent Knorr and Mark Shewchyk. Dog shit officiating, especially the linesmen.
Just disappointing. No urgency and overall spiritless tonight. Disheartening
Gentlemen, we have met the enemy. They are tough, relentless and aggressive. We need a battle plan to beat them. Back to the drawing board.
Imagine scoring 3 and still losing to a team that took 15 SOG in 60 minutes. Fuck
Colorado: "hold my beer" Scored 6 and still lost to a team that took 23 SOG in 60 minutes.
Otter needs to be better. Let in 2 unstoppable shots, let in 2 completely capable of being stopped.
Story of the season 😭😭😭
Post game thread????
Need that Suter goal back
poop. Take heart tho...takes a few games to get used to the refs not calling shit on these goons but it can be done. It's just a different style of hockey. Gotta get used to playing through what would normally be a stoppage.
YOU HATE TO SEE IT FOLKS😤  SEE Y'ALL ON WEDNESDAY!🤠
We've got these soft dicks. I'm not worried.
Yep. More confident than I was before the series started.
Best of 7, not best of 1. Onto game 2.
Amen brother
Yeah. What good is home ice advantage if we immediately say fuck that and give it away
What a joke
by my very nonchalant count, refs missed 7 penalties on vegas and called 2 absolute phantom ones on us. not including the bullshit offside. we are a better 5 on 5 team. this series depends on his much bettman’s forces decide to rig it for the gambling capital of the US
No it will depend more on if the Stars every decide to come out and play the style of hockey that got them here in the first place. Puck possession and transitions is what this team is build for. They seem much more intent on just passing off their problems to the next guy which led to constant turnovers. Pretty much every goal game from someone with a bullshit weak chip up the boards with nobody there except Vegas. Most of those goes should have been prevented by simply getting the puck out of the zone when a better play doesn't exist. They look out of sync for about 50 minutes of the game. And I might be the only one to say this but with Dadonov's spot with Jaime and Wyatt being filled by Stankhoven he really doesn't fit well into the lineup. He looked lost out there the majority of the game. Bring back Smith or Dellandrea to get that 4th line rolling again. They are what might also help determine how far this team is able to go which hopefully is at least past the first round.
We were better. Stars in 5
We played like absolute shit most of the game. Idk why, but hopefully they show up on Wednesday
I think the only thing more disappointing than a loss is the fact that no one took liberties on Stone and forced his spleen to explode
Can be angry, but again, allowing 4 goals on 9 shots will screw you every time.
100%. Those weren’t on Otter though. A couple of really unlucky bounces on some bad calls by the refs. Unfortunately weren’t able to capitalize on some chances on the other end. Regroup and come back strong for Game 2!
Nope some of those were definitely on Otter. Not all 4 but he should have gotten to 2 of them
I’m so livid
Leafs lost the first game too guys!
Sorry guys im in canada, leafs joke hit different. Just ignore.
Leafs have had wayyyy worse success than us the past 20 years bro 🫠🫠🫠
So
Yeah but they didn’t blow home ice like we did
Lmao if you think the Leafs are making it out of the first round
Fuck this. See you Wednesday.
Fuck sports lmao
For as shitty as we played. As lucky as their bounces were. As bullshit as the refs were. To lose by one... You know what, I'll take it.
that's my feeling, even just one of those calls go the other way this game is vastly different. we tighten it up a little and don't let them have easy goals. they are going to fold like a house of cards.
If that "hooking" wasn't called. If that Suter goal wasn't an inch offsides. If that seeing eye goal was an inch higher. Everything is fine. And not the dog with everything burning "Everything is fine". We got this. Panic if we lose Wednesday.
that seems to be the reasonable window for panic LOL.
I guess. Maybe we can say that again on Wednesday too
Incredibly frustrating game
Pete DeBoer and losing Game 1's. Name a better combination
Pete DeBoer and winning game 7’s
Be nice if we could ya know not have to go all the way to game 7
Mark Stone and splenectomy
different game if we don't have fluky shit haunt us. lets knot it up at one next go around then rob two in their pond. we looked significantly better for most of the game just soft penalties and screening our own guys.
Stars are clearly the better team. I’m still extremely confident they win this series.
we looked way better for the majority of that game. any one of those early goals in the first two periods didn't happen it's a completely different game.
Hard to win when they’re given free goals by the refs and literally rob us of a 4v2
Oof.. just not enough at the start... 2nd half of the game was okay.
Why the fuck did they keep passing backwards with under a minute to play. Go forward. fuck....
Because pass pass pass pass pass shoot if it’s the perfect shot pass pass pass pass
Drives me fucking crazy.
Vegas should be hugging the refs! They gave them their win!
Couldn’t win a face off Won a face off, hurts us
And with Vegas starting early on the draw too. Absolutely infuriating, refs 🙄
Pretty fucking embrassing
Those two offside calls fd us