Robertson, along with Radek Faksa, was one of the last non-healthy scratch players on the ice. On May 12, the day the Stars got on a plane to fly to Seattle for Game 6, the team held an optional practice at the American Airlines Center. It’s been foreign territory for the back-to-back 40-goal scorer who potted 46 goals this past regular season.īehind the scenes, Robertson has been doing everything in his power to turn the tide and figure out the complicated puzzle that is the NHL playoffs. Prior to Friday, he had just two goals, both in the first round and both on the power play. Robertson has been fielding questions from the media and weathering outside noise for weeks. If getting the monkey off his back with that goal helps elevate his overall confidence, that will be great news for the Stars. Robertson is the type of player that has shown confidence throughout his career. I just want to look to build off of that.” I’m sure it’s a good relief for my linemates, me, everyone. I play on too good of a line to not get opportunities to find the puck. “I mean, I knew that eventually, something was going to happen. “Yeah, relief,” Robertson, who looked visibly relieved after the goal in his facial expression and body language, said. Robertson deflected Hintz’s shot into the net to give him his first five-on-five goal of this postseason. After a whiff on a clear attempt by Vegas, Hintz collected the puck and faded back for a hot second while Jason Robertson planted himself in front of Hill.

The Stars got a fortunate puck bounce when Alex Pietrangelo rimmed the puck around and it abruptly deflected right to the middle of the left circle. There is one very important detour to take on the doom and gloom of the first period. They were better in more areas than us for most of the night. They had a shorter series, were starting at home, we’re coming off a Game 7 so I knew the first 10 minutes would probably be a little unknown with what we were going to get. “They were more ready to play than we were. It was one of their worst man-advantage displays of the postseason that served to zap even more energy from their game rather than turn things around and give them momentum. The second power play was a good banner for the Stars’ overall play in the opening frame. But Adin Hill got over in time to deny the Stars’ rookie. The top unit moved the puck around decently on the first opportunity and the second unit got the best look when Evgenii Dadonov fed Wyatt Johnston. Well, the first power play did, at least. The Stars got two power play opportunities in the first period, which helped mitigate some of their awful play at five-on-five. “That’s one thing, for sure, we’ve got to be better in the next game and play like we did in the third.” “We weren’t ready today,” Stars forward Roope Hintz said. The Stars didn’t help their own case by being too casual with the puck and facing their old demons of turning loose odd-man rushes at Oettinger. The Golden Knights’ forecheck was strong and the Stars had no answer for it, other than Jake Oettinger.

The first period was largely forgettable, with Vegas jumping out and smothering Dallas in every area of the ice. The game itself was all over the place for the Stars. That’s something we’ve got to get fixed quickly but (yes), same start, similar starts to the games, too, which we’ve got to fix.” You can’t go 0-3, 0-4 in the playoffs in overtime in the playoffs. “That’s what we hope for but you’ve got to win some overtime games, too, in the playoffs. “The good news is, the other two ended the right way,” Stars head coach Pete DeBoer said. Aside from the venue - the Stars were at home at the American Airlines Center for the first two instances - the story reads the same. Three Game 1s, three overtimes and three losses on weird bounces.

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