With a chance to sweep their home stand, the Texas Stars laid an egg against the Wolves, dropping a 4-1 contest. Coach Laxdal impugned his team's effort from the drop of the puck.
"I didn't like our effort tonight. I thought we were stale right from the get go. I thought they had a great effort and they wanted it more than we did. There were guys that worked hard but there weren't enough good efforts tonight."
While Texas only gave up 24 shots, they were high quality. Laxdal noted that Texas "basically gave [Chicago] all four goals" due to turnovers or other defensive lapses.