The eye test certainly didn’t match up with the advanced metrics in Thursday nights Dallas Stars loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, at least at even strength. Both Moneypuck and Natural Stat Trick had Dallas winning the expected goal battle, which given the shot discrepancies might make you question the models.
Special teams, it seems, was the big problem - and even though the Dallas power play looked better than their recent Keystone Cops adventures, it was the Toronto power play that scored. And in doing so, it looked inevitable that they would score.