GDT Game 2: 5/1/16 | 2:00PM CST | @ Stars | NBC/Y98

[cardsfan04]

Brouwer needed to bury that. Oh well, though Those don't hurt as much with a 2-goal lead.

[Portland Blues]

I am in attendance at this one. I've never seen stars fans so hostile.

Hopefully they're even crankier at the end of the game.

[Robb_K]

Blues have to kill off another penalty.

[Robb_K]

Good kill! Only 1 shot!

[Portland Blues]

Stop taking dumb penalties!

[Robb_K]

Super kill!!!

[Portland Blues]

The new Dallas goalie has made some big saves here in the 2nd.

[Portland Blues]

Fabbri's been all over the place so far.

[Robb_K]

Good 2nd for The Blues, but they had several chances to expand the lead, and failed.

[Portland Blues]

I think I've gotten as many shots on net as Jaybo this season.

[Portland Blues]

Well that's unfortunate...

[Portland Blues]

Seems like interference and holding just aren't being called today.

[Robb_K]

Lucky to be bailed out by that high-sticking penalty. The Blues need to get that goal back quickly and get control of the game. They can't sit back trying to defend.

[Portland Blues]

Good time for a commercial break - we're running around like puppies out there.

[Portland Blues]

12 minutes into the 3rd and we have 1 shot on goal...

[Robb_K]

The Blues are dropping their defencemen back on every entry into the offensive zone (which is almost invariably a dump-in. So, they never have any sustained time in the O-zone. That results in The Stars playing in their zone most of the time. They'll lose the lead like this.

[cardsfan04]

I'd feel a lot better with another Blues goal. Maybe Dallas will make a mistake pressing too hard and we'll get an odd man rush that we bury.

[Krigloch the Furious]

Stupid ass conservative play all 3rd period


Sent from my R2 unit

[Portland Blues]

Just knew Dallas would tie it after we decided to play nothing but defense for 18 minutes of the 3rd.

[Robb_K]

You can't sit back for 9 whole minutes and have a skilled, fast-skating opponent continuously attack your goal.

It's a bad strategy against ANY NHL team. But it's suicide against The Stars. The team should have had a mutiny and not followed Hitch's instructions.