The Dallas Stars fall to the St. Louis Blues by the final score of 2-1 last night out of Christmas break. Jason Robertson scored the lone goal for Dallas off a pass from Roope Hintz. Scott Wedgewood was phenomenal especially on the penalty kill, but Joel Hofer for St. Louis made 39 saves to hand Dallas a lost. The show opens with Joey’s main takeaways from the game which include the Stars were the better team for the majority of the contest, but once again fall into a two nothing hole. Eventually, it will catch up to you and it did last night even though they out-chanced the Blues 31-11 in the game. The game was open and not as physical as expected so both sides had good looks offensively and one goalie was just a bit better. The 2nd segment praises the incredible PK for the Stars that once again killed off an entire 2 minute 5 on 3 and double minor consecutively to keep them in the game heading into the 3rd period. Jani Hakanpaa and Esa Lindell have been outstanding as almost an exclusive duo on the penalty kill and went 4-for-4 yesterday. The final segment dissects a power play that has gone bone dry, they are now 0-for-16 and have not scored in five straight games. Their entries have been the main point of interest for Joey who speculates they’ve struggled to find open ice and generate off the rush as of late. They are getting shots through which is a silver lining, but are having trouble being connected as a unit most nights.
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We simply cannot afford anymore games like this division loss. We sagged to start the 2nd, got caught standing/watching the Blues, went down 2 and then spent a lot of our energy on the big PK. Other than that middle section of the 2nd period, we played well and absolutely got goalied. Hofer didn't see a ton of high-danger shots, but he made the stops he had to. I wish we would bring the physicality more. Benn kind of disappeared in recent games. I'm still perplexed as to why we seem to shoot the puck right at the goalie so often. I can't decide if we just aren't that good at shooting, or if there are circumstantial things i am missing. Gotta do better this weekend! Will we see Murray for a game or will Jake get back in on Sunday? Wedge can't go forever.