The Stars have won an NHL-high 12 games this season (regular season and postseason combined) when they have trailed going into the third period. They've done it three times in the postseason, including in each of their past two series-ending wins.
Why? How?
"Belief, our depth and the stuff we've gone through as a group over the years," Seguin said. "This year, there's just been so much stuff that has happened to us."
Their coach, Jim Montgomery, was fired out of the blue Dec. 10, when the Stars were 17-11-3 through 31 games, for unprofessional conduct. He was replaced by Bowness, who for now still has the interim tag on his title.
The Stars struggled to score for most of the season, averaging 2.58 goals per game, 26th in the NHL.
They lost their last six games (0-4-2) in the regular season before the coronavirus pandemic stopped the world, forcing the NHL to pause the season March 12.
The Stars got back together in July and went to Edmonton.
They lost their first two games in the bubble in the round-robin portion of the Stanley Cup Qualifiers, including 5-3 to the Golden Knights on Aug. 3, when they ironically had a 3-1 lead going into the third period and couldn't hold it.
Then goalie Ben Bishop got hurt, and Anton Khudobin had to step in as the new No. 1.
"I mean, it's been a crazy year right from the start," Benn said, "but we've stuck together as a group and played some fun hockey."
Like falling behind 3-0 in Game 6 against the Calgary Flames in the first round only to rally for a 7-3 win.
Like being down 2-0 against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 2 of the second round and coming back for a 5-2 win.
Like losing Games 5 and 6 to the Avalanche and allowing a goal to fall behind 4-3 with 3:40 remaining in the third period of Game 7, only to have Kiviranta score 10 seconds later and then win it in overtime, completing the unlikeliest of hat tricks.
Or like being outshot 166-118 by Vegas in the conference final only to go 4-1, winning each game by one goal, two in overtime, to improve to 10-1-0 in one-goal games and 5-0 in games decided after regulation in the postseason.
"We brought in some great veteran players, great leaders into our team this year, [Corey] Perry, [Joe] Pavelski, [Andrej] Sekera. It really helps in the room," Benn said. "We have a resilient group. We enjoy the challenge. Once again, found ourselves down one going into the third, our goalie keeps us in it, and we find a way to get it done."