For all the Stars’ woes this season, maybe the most prominent has been the lack of impact from the team’s best players.
While Dallas has been near the bottom of the league in goals against, the real worry was that the high octane offense wasn’t producing goals. Both Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza were on pace to score half of their goals from last season, and that meant a Stars team that led the NHL in scoring at 3.23 goals per game last season ranked 18th at 2.48 heading into Thursday’s game against Nashville.
But the Stars’ best players were definitely the best players on the ice, as Benn and Spezza each tallied three points and Dallas rode to a 5-2 win over the Predators.