Homestands are supposed to be where you bank major caches of points. Texas's season-long eight-game homestand just became nine with the addition of the Toronto reschedule on March 2. In nine games, you would ideally aim for 13 or 14 points (0.750 points percentage).
So far, Texas has just 1. And only seven games left to make up the difference.
It gets no easier for the Stars as they welcome a team with diverging fortunes from their own. As Texas has dipped, losing their last four and having two points removed from their pile thanks to the Toronto game, Iowa has surged.