Worrying signs from Games 1 and 2 manifested en masse to cost Dallas Game 3 and a chance to push Minnesota to the brink of elimination. What happened, and how can it be corrected? What will the Stars need to address to get back on the winning track?
They were never going to go 16 and 0. Let's get that out of the way, right now. Last night's loss was no more a crushing invalidation of the Stars' Stanley Cup aspirations than a pair of wins to open the series were confirmation of ultimate victory.