The Dallas Stars played one of the NHL’s archetypal new-look teams and couldn’t out-speed them. The 2-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning may not have been as bad as the score, but it highlights how much the Stars have to do to regain their own place among the league’s high scorers.
Stars senior staff write Mike Heika suggests that the Stars just aren’t meshing gears well enough to close the deal on scoring opportunities:
Yes, they created scoring opportunities. Yes, they counter-attacked and had the super-fast Lightning on their heels at times.