By some measures, the Dallas Stars did things right. They stayed calm even as they went down by two goals and took the game to a shootout. Their best players were their best players. Jason Robertson, Jamie Benn and John Klingberg all got on the scoreboard.
They lost to the Winnipeg Jets anyway. And they share a dubious distinction with the last-place Arizona Coyotes as one of only two NHL teams without a single regulation win so far.
One problem is the sheer inconsistency of the team’s effort. The Dallas Morning News’ Matthew DeFranks finds a pattern in the season so far – one in which “the way the Stars have played have not matched the results”:
They didn’t deserve to beat the Kings, but [Braden] Holtby made sure they did.