The Dallas Stars season is underway, and a new season is a chance to form a bunch of new opinions about a team we’re otherwise familiar with. The Stars are off to a strong start with a record of 5-2-0, but beneath their overall record there have been highs (the penalty kill, Jake Oettinger) and lows (the power play).
Seven games is not much to go on in the way of meaningful trends. All the usual early-season disclaimers about small sample sizes absolutely apply here. So, keeping in mind that these stats may be closer to trivia than meaningful and borrowing a format from The Athletic‘s Dom Luszczyszyn, here are 9 stats that caught my eye in from the first seven games of the season.