It’s starting to feel like deja vu. The Golden Knights head into Game 3 against the Dallas Stars for the second year in a row with a chance to put a stranglehold on the playoff series. The situations are a bit different.
Last season, the Knights took a 2-0 lead heading to Dallas in the Western Conference Final. This time, the Knights return home for the next two games — starting with Game 3 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena — with full momentum and a raucous home crowd on the way. “I think for us, being able to take two there off the start is huge,” left wing Brett Howden said.
“Now, we don’t want to look too far ahead. We just want to take it one day at a time. That’s all we thought of while we were down there.
” It’s not like either team has dominated in this series. The Knights have just made plays at the right time. They benefited from a three-goal first period in Game 1 and kept the Stars to one goal in the final 40 minutes.
Then the Knights relied on their defense after an aggressive start from Dallas in Game 2 and played a patient game that paid off in a 3-1 win . It’s almost similar to last postseason. The Knights escaped with the first two wins of the conference final with consecutive overtime victories that each ended in less than two minutes.
It was an even series despite the result, but the Knights found themselves up 3-0 after Game 3 at American Airlines Center before losing the next two and closing it out in Game 6. They find themselves with ano.
