But with a day off and a return to the Motor City, the Red Wings had a new look on Thursday. Faksa said he felt the opposition was a bit hacked off, to paraphrase a more common statement.
"It's a weird season and we're playing four times against Detroit," Faksa said. "We knew they would come hard, for sure, because we beat them twice at home, so we expected that. We did make some mistakes, but I think the game was not bad."
In a weird way, Faksa is right about that. Dallas finished with a 46-23 advantage in shots on goal and a 75-40 advantage in shot attempts. It even had more quality scoring chances than the Red Wings. Still, the Stars made mistake after mistake and kept handing Detroit great opportunities.
Filip Zadina stole an attempted clear from Andrej Sekera, and then made a slick feed to Jakub Vrana for a one-timer 10 minutes into the first period for a 1-0 lead.
Then, Detroit set up in the offensive zone, and Luke Glendening tipped in a Marc Staal shot for a 2-0 lead with 4:25 left in the first.