The Dallas Stars’ first ever mom’s trip ran through Arizona Monday night and then Nashville Thursday night. The team didn’t disappoint for the players’ and staff members’ mothers in Arizona, winning 5-4, but in Nashville, they came up just shy of a win for their sixth-straight.

It was a playoff-like atmosphere as yet again the two teams went into a nail-biting third period. A little over five days ago, the Nashville Predators and Stars squared off in which Dallas won the game in the third. This time, neither team could get the ending goal until an extra period hung above the score sheet, much like the first matchup back in November. Nashville took that game 5-4 and this overtime period, unfortunately, would look in their favor again, 3-2.

Although, it wasn’t the fast-paced, fast-actioned game we were expecting. Instead, it was a defensive battle that looked a little bit sloppy at times. The Predators got the puck past Anton Khudobin in what the Dallas Stars media team called “the flukiest of fluky goals.”

And they were spot on, as the first period would have been dead even if it wasn’t for the lucky goal to take the 1-0 lead.

Predators finally get one past Dobby and this is how they do it… pic.twitter.com/zekQw719L7 — Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) February 8, 2019

Yeah, so that happened.

And so heading into the second, the Stars were down 1-0 but felt like a dead even game as it was. Even through the second period, Dallas had some good looks but ultimately missed those opportunities capping another even period minus the score.

Into the third and yet again it became a game to hang you on the edge of your seat. Miro Heiskanen tallied his 10th goal of the season to knot the game up at one apiece four minutes into the final frame.

Heiskanen got what Daryl Reaugh called in the broadcast “a buxom, rotund, juicy rebound” for the equalizer.

Although, non-other than Viktor Arvidsson had to spoil the fun, garnering the lead back for Nashville. Arvidsson might be the only player hotter than Tyler Seguin so far in the new year.

Nashville couldn’t hold the lead for long, though, as Taylor Fedun had an answer a minute and five seconds later. With heavy traffic around the net, as there had been all game, Fedun got the puck around the defense and around Juuse Saros to tie the game up at two.

The defensemen are coming through in the third with goals from Heiskanen and Fedun. #GoStars pic.twitter.com/EtBxjGMGKJ — Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) February 8, 2019

Even with Nashville answering back, for the most part, Dallas was able to control the third period. Although with both teams playing good defense along with good goaltending, the buzzer rang and called for the extra period.

That extra period wouldn’t last too long as Arvidsson fed Ryan Johansen 43 seconds in to end it 3-2. The season series is now even; Nashville won the first one out in Dallas 5-4 in OT, then the Stars took the next two out in Nashville 2-0, 3-1, and then Nashville now took Thursday night’s matchup 3-2.

Dallas gets the point with the overtime loss and so the Stars continue to pull away from the Minnesota Wild in the standings hoping to control third place for a little while longer.

The Stars have played well against Nashville so far this season, which is a good sign. The Predators have been predicted by many to be Dallas’ first round matchup in the playoffs if things hold course. So the fact that the season series is tied against a top-five team in the league has shown to be quite promising. It demonstrates that Dallas can compete and if they happen to get paired up with Nashville, it might just be like every one of these seasons series games, a nailbiter.