Dallas Stars Shine in Dominant Game 5 Playoff Victory

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00:00It was the home team in the Stars getting the job done.

00:04What impressed you most about Dallas' performance in the dominant Game 5 win

00:08to be one victory away from an opening round playoff series victory?

00:14Well, I mean, you could say it's the eye test or the surface level analysis right here,

00:19but I think for Dallas it's as simple as they came up with some pep in their step

00:24and they came out to an early lead and they didn't hold back as the game went on.

00:29Like they did most of the damage in the first two periods of that game.

00:33But so much of this series, the Avs had been leading for the entirety of games

00:37or out shooting them for large stretches.

00:40Like I think back to Game 3 when Dallas won in Colorado,

00:45the Avs were out playing the Stars for the early portion of that game.

00:49Dallas hung around.

00:51Dallas has just been hanging around, taking punches.

00:53They're missing a couple of guys in this series, Jason Robertson and Miro Haskinen,

00:57probably two of their best three or four players on the roster.

01:01So major props to what Dallas is doing, weathering the storm.

01:05They could still get one or two of those guys back later in the series.

01:09The focus shifts now to the Avs trying to take care of business in Game 6.

01:13But my goodness, for a team that has struggled sub-500 over the past couple of postseasons

01:19on home ice, Dallas finally stepped up to the plate and delivered in a big way last night.

01:25And it was good to see for everybody that looked at them as a top contender early in the season

01:31and also at the trade deadline after they acquired Mikko Rantanen.