There’s nothing like a punch in the mouth followed by a kick to the gut, as my pappy always used to say. The Stars discovered this specious aphorism to be true in their second game of this road trip, as opportunistic scoring and a bend-but-only-kind-of-break defense could not surmount their self-imposed difficulties. And so it is that the Dallas Stars are now 5-5-0 to start the season.
This record is not good. This is an 82-point pace, and the Stars just finished up the easiest part of their schedule. When your team is above .500 with no overtime losses to muddy the picture, being above .