The Sharks need to be awake and on time for a high noon shootout Saturday against the Dallas Stars, the league’s most surprising and dangerous team early on.
The Stars made a number of modest offseason moves following a non-playoff season, but they didn’t budge from their run-and-gun, we’ll-outscore-you philosophy, which flies in the face of most teams’ defense-first approach.
Dallas has won eight of 10 out of the gate to lead the ultra-competitive Central Division. The Stars opened eyes early by sweeping a four-game road trip to Tampa Bay, Florida, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, giving Dallas a season sweep of the Pens coupled with a 3-0 home win on opening night.