In the first game with ex-head coach Rick Bowness behind the opposing bench, the Dallas Stars’ offense was shut down in a 5-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets. The Stars relinquished top spot in the Central Division, and points were lost in this divisional matchup.
Generally, the Jets looked like the Stars of this early season and the Stars looked like the 2021-2022 edition. Where Dallas in their previous 12 games set the tone and scored early (and often), they looked sluggish and struggled to keep control of the puck. Their turnovers were crippling, breakdowns in the defensive zone lead to quality scoring chances against, and even on a night where Scott Wedgedwood played out of his mind to keep them in it and get something going, that wasn’t good enough.