The Dallas Stars recovered from a 2-0 deficit to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets. While the final score is nice, and they don’t award style points in the standings, there were still disturbing trends in this one that Dallas needs to address — and quick — because better teams will make that comeback harder to accomplish.
Poor Start (Again)
Whoo boy, that was not a start that head coach Pete DeBoer would have liked to see from his team. The Stars continued a troubling trend to start the 2023-24 season by looking basically lifeless for much of the first half of the first period.