CALGARY, Alberta — The Stars — held together by hopes, wishes and Jake Oettinger — finally succumbed. In a 3-2 overtime loss in Game 7 against the Flames, the...
CALGARY, Alberta — The Stars — held together by hopes, wishes and Jake Oettinger — finally succumbed.
Stars defenseman John Klingberg: “I honestly haven’t seen a better performance from a goalie, so he should be pretty proud of himself.” Its lineup was littered with playoff newcomers and lacked any punch to replace Hintz and his 37 regular-season goals. Throughout the season, the Stars rode their top line and little else. On Sunday, a third of it was missing.
“You go in to overtime with Jake, you know it’s going to take a perfect shot to beat him and it was a perfect shot,” Bowness said. “Johnny made a great shot right under the bar. You can’t do anything about that. But Jake Oettinger is a franchise goalie. The good news is he’ll keep getting better.”They had the postseason expectations of a division champion. They’d just completed the franchise’s best season since Calgary won the Cup in 1989.
“None of you people thought we’d be here in Game 7,” Bowness said before the game. “Not too many people gave us a chance in this series at all, which doesn’t matter to us because that’s all just noise. Before the season, a first-round exit would be viewed unfavorably — and it still is, given the Stars have consistently spent to the salary cap. They were supposed to be healthy again, recipients of returns from injury by Tyler Seguin, Alexander Radulov and Ben Bishop. But Seguin was inconsistent, Radulov was a shell of the top-line player he was, and Bishop’s career ended.
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