The Texas Stars started off well enough. Against the Chicago Wolves this weekend, they scored three of the first five goals and took a 3-2 lead. The first line was clicking, with the combination of Roope Hintz, Denis Gurianov, and Michael Mersch scoring all three goals. Unfortunately, that lead wouldn’t last long, as Brandon Pirri scored less than three minutes after Mersch’s tally. Then Daniel Carr scored on the power play.
That kicked off a disappointing trend this weekend of not getting enough out of the third period. Against Chicago, despite 14 shots for the home team, Texas scored zero goals because Oscar Dansk, after allowing three goals on 19 shots, shut out 14.