Rapid Reaction: Dallas Stars 2, St. Louis Blues 1

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DALLAS — Don’t sleep on the Dallas Stars. The Stars continue to show that their regular-season success was no fluke, with an impressive 2-1 win in Game 1 over the St. Louis Blues.

How it happened: After the Blues looked to make a late-game push, including a goal from Kevin Shattenkirk that tied the score in the third, the Stars answered with a goal of their own.

Ales Hemsky drove the net, got a backhand shot on goal that was saved by Brian Elliott and Radek Faksa drove home the rebound for the winner. It secured a win the Stars absolutely deserved, controlling play pretty much from start to finish in this one.

The Stars and Blues started their series out with a thriller, as expected. Tom Pennington/Getty Images

As they did for most of …

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