DALLAS — In the dying moments of a third-period power play during the Stars’ 4-1 loss to Vancouver, the puck found Esa Lindell abandoned in front of the Canucks net.
Vancouver goaltender Thatcher Demko was stickless on the other side of the crease. Roope Hintz gave Lindell a perfect chance to change the game. Faced with a yawning cage interrupted by a flailing Demko and a checking Elias Pettersson, Lindell banged his shot off the post.
It was part of a flurry of shots on the power play, as Demko parried away the rest, an assortment of one-timers from the wings and chances at the net. The Stars couldn’t solve him.
