For the Dallas Stars, Tuesday night against the New York Rangers was an evening of experimentation and learning.
First, the Stars gave Alexander Radulov a 60-minute minor for tardiness, testing both the organization’s commitment to team rules and discipline, and also the resolve of the players, who were missing one of their primary scoring threats. That was not an easy task for an offensively challenged group. The team did rise to the occasion, but a 1-0 result, including multiple lackluster power plays, showed just how much Radulov was missed amid the potentially disastrous nature of his self-inflicted absence.