Hitch In The Road

Well shut-outs are pretty easy to recap, so this will be just a slight step above. Stars lose 2-1, but if you take out essentially the last minute it was 1-0. Steve Mason brought his A game, most likely trying to impress interim coach Claude Noel. Marty Turco was back in net (Crawford is sticking with his "riding the hot hand" plan) and, despite the loss, had a great game. The one goal he did allow was due to a pretty bad screen, and the other goal was when he was on the bench with the extra attacker. From a Dallas point of view, the empty netter stung since there were two Stars on Umberger, and despite taking him down, he still scored from on the ground. Brad Richards scored at the very end, but it was too little too late. Is it too much to ask for a road win? We're now 1-10-2 in the last 13 games away from the AAC. We get another shot at Tippett's Coyotes on Saturday, should be interesting to see who's in net.

One last thought...who besides me can't stand the fact that the Capitals have won 12 games in a row, yet we can't get more than back to back wins?