FRISCO - The Stars face a dilemma with their play in the first period.
They go into Saturday's game at Minnesota as the NHL's lowest-scoring team in the opening period with only 18 goals. The Stars trail league leader Tampa Bay by 29 goals.
When the Stars try to correct that by sending more pucks and players toward the net, bad things happen.
Consider the 5-2 loss to lowly Chicago on Thursday. The Stars gave up a flurry of odd-man rushes and trailed 2-0 after the first. It marked the second time in the last three games that the Stars have had a multi-goal deficit after the first.