Texas Stars 38-24-8-6, 90 pts, 0.592 #2 Pacific Division | at | Ontario Reign 36-25-4-3, 79 pts, 0.581 #3 Pacific Division |
April 22nd at 5:00 PM
Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CA
Series tied 1-1
Series tied 1-1
After Friday's 5-1 loss, Curtis McKenzie best summed up Texas's desired attitude for tonight's game: "That’s the beauty of playoffs. When you leave the rink, it’s a new day. Obviously a little pissed off tonight but it’s off to the next game."
(Credit: Andy Nietupski/Texas Stars) |
If the Stars come back strong today with a speed game that pushes the Ontario Reign back on their heels, it makes their lives that much easier. The Stars were in a deeper hole that they may have appeared to be after the Reign scored first on Friday. At 27-3-1-2, the Reign held the regular season's best record when scoring first. Scoring the first goal may be all Texas needs to dictate the terms of the game. Ontario was 9-22-3-1 when giving up the first goal.
Texas may be without the services of Jason Dickinson, who got checked hard into the boards at the Texas bench and came off the ice holding his lower back. "Dickie’s got a lower body injury," said Laxdal. "He’s probably day-to-day. Hopefully we’ll see him on Sunday."
Stars injury/call up report:
Dickinson, Fyten (questionable)
Website: ontarioreign.com
Twitter: @ontarioreign
Coverage: Reign coverage via Jewels from the Crown
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