"We did a pretty good job for 40 minutes, but this game is 60 minutes," Benn said.
So why has that been so difficult for the Stars to embrace this season? Bowness said he felt his team closed out Game 2 very well and won Game 3. He said this was a different game. Still, he acknowledged that the Stars simply can't allow the Flames to take over a game like that.
"We were playing our game, we weren't giving up much, they weren't giving up much, it was a hard-fought 49 minutes," Bowness said. We stayed with them for 40 minutes, there's no question. But they went up here, and we just kind of stayed here. We just couldn't get going."
And now they have to find a way to win at home to keep going a little longer and force a possible Game 7.
"We're going to go home, we've always been a good home team this year," Robertson said. "It's unfortunate that we lose the game in the third period, but there are some positives to build off and we'll have to use those for next game."
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Mike Heikais a Senior Staff Writer for DallasStars.com and has covered the Stars since 1994. Follow him on Twitter @MikeHeika.