It is one of the most frustrating questions struggling teams ask themselves: How much is the goaltending at fault?
Antti Niemi couldn't be blamed for the two late goals against in a 3-2 overtime loss to Columbus Tuesday, and yet he also didn't rise up and steal the game the way Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky did. Kari Lehtonen has been very good at times this season, but he's also been out-dueled by Bobrovsky and Minnesota's Devan Dubnyk.
Both goalies have had their moments of greatness, but after nine games the Stars rank 24th in goals against average at 3.