Last night’s 4-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets was unfortunately nothing new for the Dallas Stars: it marks the sixth consecutive loss against the club that started back on October 27, 2016 (the Stars last beat the Jets two days prior to that - October 25, 2016).
Needless to say, head coach Ken Hitchcock was not pleased with the performance:
Hitch not happy with performance. Said Benn put team on his back, but overall disappointing start.
— Sean Shapiro (@seanshapiro) November 7, 2017
The loss stings a little bit more when you realize that the Stars have now won just a single game against the Central Division so far, which was against the Colorado Avalanche:
Here’s what the captain had to say about the tough loss:
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In case you didn’t catch the game, there was another Jamie lining up at wing: the Stars elected to play Jamie Oleksiak as a forward instead of recalling one from the AHL.