Entering the game, the Minnesota Wild had a 15% shooting percentage or something like that. That is high! They were also getting, like, .950 goaltending from Devan Dubnyk. That is also high! Given those numbers, the Stars fan figured that footsteps of statistical regression were a-comin’ down the hallway any minute now. It appears that the Stars fan will be a-waitin’ for a little while longer.
It’s hard not to look at a lot of these early games and imagine what they would look like with a couple of tweaks. For instance, tonight, if the Stars don’t surrender a shortie, and if either (or both!