Stars in familiar spot after losing Game 1 in OT to Knights

The Dallas Stars are feeling a sense of deja vu.
For the third straight series this postseason, the Stars find themselves in a 1-0 hole. And for the third straight series, they dropped the opener in overtime.

This time it was Brett Howden of the Golden Knights who scored the winner at 1:35 of overtime to hand the Stars a 4-3 defeat in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final on Friday at T-Mobile Arena.
Game 2 is noon Sunday at T-Mobile Arena.
“You always love to get that first game, but that’s just the way it is,” Stars forward Jason Robertson said. “I know we have confidence in us to respond. It’s a little bit different on the road now. We have the same group. We can generate our own energy. I know a lot of players on our team think that they can do better, and we’re going to try to do that and bring our ‘A’ game next game.”

The Stars fell to 0-3 in overtime during the playoffs, with each of their losses coming at the start of the series.
They lost 3-2 in double overtime at home to Minnesota in the first round, then bounced back for a 7-3 win in Game 2 and went on to win the series in six games.