Tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET, the Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks skate against each other for Game 2 of their Round 1 best-of-seven Stanley Cup Playoff series live from the Honda Center in Anaheim. The game can be live streamed for free here. Dallas fans can hear all of the action on SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket while Anaheim fans can do the same on KLAA 830.
Dallas looks to battle back into this series and even things up before it swings back to Texas while Anaheim looks to expand on its Game 1 victory and bring a 2-0 series lead into Dallas.
The Ducks took the first game 4-3 and will hope to have captain Ryan Getzlaf ready to go after he took a puck to the face in Game 1 on Wednesday but appears fine to suit up in Game 2.
"Obviously, it was a big sigh," Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau said of the Getzlaf injury not being too serious via NHL.com. "It's your leader. It's your captain. When [Pittsburgh Penguins] Sidney Crosby went down with his broken jaw, I'm sure all the Penguins were going, 'Oh, my goodness.' We got lucky on that one, and hopefully it doesn't happen again."
Dallas had nine players dressed Wednesday that had no prior playoff experience, but the team nearly clawed its way back from a 4-0 hole, scoring three goals to pull within one before ultimately falling in Game 1.
"We've got a lot of guys that have experienced one playoff game [who] maybe didn't react quite the way I wanted," coach Lindy Ruff said per NHL.com "I had a good meeting this morning and tried to set them in the right direction for [Friday]."
The Stars will look for Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin to lead them again as they have all year. Both players scored on Wednesday and Benn earned an assist on Colton Sceviour's goal as the team almost clawed its way back from an early deficit.
The Ducks had four different goal-scorers in Game 1 as Getzlaf, Kyle Palmieri, Mathieu Perreault and Matt Belesky each found the back of the net.
In net, Anaheim will likely turn to Frederik Andersen, who at 24-years-old became the youngest player to start in net for the Ducks in the postseason and finished with 32 saves while yielding three goals in the win. He'll be opposed by Kari Lehtonen, who notched 31 saves and allowed four goals in Game 1.
The series between the Stars and Ducks continues with Game 2 when the teams take the ice at the Honda Center tonight in Anaheim
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