DALLAS — In the laser-spewing, light-flashing house on Victory Avenue, the most noticeable change in the Stars-Flames first-round series was the location.
In an eventual 4-2 Stars win in Game 3 on Saturday night — and win that gave Dallas a 2-1 series lead — the game unfolded like a checklist.
The previously unlikely but somehow common John Klingberg fight? Check. Matthew Tkachuk being an agitator for the Flames? Check. Michael Raffl morphing into a playoff pest during the first round? Jake Oettinger and Jacob Markstrom matching each other from 200 feet away? Check. Even the power plays remained dull.
