It doesn’t take a statistician to see that the Dallas Stars have gotten off to a much better start than the Chicago Blackhawks in 2024-25. The Stars are a top-three team in the Central Division who have yet to lose two games in a row. Meanwhile, the Blackhawks languish near the bottom of the #MDK and are running two places behind the team that used to be the Arizona Coyotes.
But if the scary season has taught us anything, it’s that you never know when it’s your turn to run afoul of the axe murderer. The Blackhawks have suffered less from lack of opportunity than from sloppy execution so far this season.