Dave Mishkin says the Bolts weren’t rusty coming off their bye week, but were undone but a few costly mistakes. [NHL.com]
Namely, the one by Valtteri Filppula that led to the Stars’ winning goal. Afterward, Jon Cooper states the painfully, comically, frustratingly obvious: The Lightning need to start getting two points instead of just one. [Tampa Bay Times]
Kristers Gudlevskis gave up four goals on 20 shots before being yanked as the Syracuse Crunch lost 6-1 to the St. John’s IceCaps. [Syracuse.com]
The League
Jamie Benn says Antoine Roussel has to buy lunch for the Stars again after he bought Saturday’s team meal and scored a hat trick that night.