Credited with the third star at the end of this meeting, Lian Bichsel scored the 2-1 in the 38th minute with a wrist shot from the blue line. The puck made its way through a forest of players, and was deflected out of the reach of Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren by defenseman Rasmus Sandin.
Already a scorer four days earlier for his baptism of fire in the NHL in a match lost 4-1 against Roman Josi’s Predators, the 20-year-old “rookie” was entitled to more than 16 minutes of play against Washington. He finished this game, the big man of which was Stars striker Roope Hintz (2 goals), with a record of +1.
Dallas, which ended a series of 10 away victories for the Capitals, is in 3rd place in the Central Division with 38 points won in 30 matches. The Stars took two steps ahead of the Colorado Avalanche, who lost 3-1 at the same time on the ice of Pius Suter’s Canucks.
Vancouver’s Zurich center was credited with an assist on Kiefer Sherwood’s opening goal in the 17th minute. Sherwood almost single-handedly beat the Avalanche as he scored a hat-trick, scoring 2-0 in the 27th in a numerical penalty and 3-0 in the 58th with an empty net.
