If you want to blame the Dallas Stars’ skeleton crew defense, you can. If you want to blame the bad penalties, go ahead. And if you want to blame the catfish that was tossed onto the ice by a Predators fan at the beginning of the third period, more power to you.
Whatever you want to single out as the primary factor in the Stars’ overtime loss to Nashville on Saturday afternoon is up to you. Sure, there were things they could have done better and there were many chances for them to secure a win if they just did certain things right.