The Dallas Stars got dominated by the Philadelphia Flyers in a 5-1 loss at the Wells Fargo Center last night. After one of their most complete wins of the season a few nights ago, the Flyers compete level was much higher. On today’s episode of Locked On Stars, Joey explains that the Stars simply did not have the energy and competitiveness to match the Flyers to win last night. It was a frustrating night for many Stars, the lone bright spot was a goal by Tyler Seguin off an assist by Matt Duchene. Jake Oettinger faced 43 shots including 14 in the first and 16 in the second. The Stars never really had the puck and when they did, most plays ended in turnovers and the Flyers coming the other way. Unfortunately, this effort came at the beginning of a road trip when the Stars were hoping to make a push before the All-Star break. Next up is the special teams play, the power play had two opportunities and only mustered two shots on goal. The Stars had a lot of trouble on their entries, and when you combine that with the Flyers NHL leading pk it was a bad night on the man advantage. The Flyers scored on one of their four power plays of the night, and the goal at the time made it a 3-1 game in the 3rd period and pretty much sealed the win for Philadelphia. The Stars really miss Miro Heiskanen on the power play who has quarterbacked both units for most of the season. He did not travel on the road trip but there are encouraging signs he will join them at some point in the next three games. To finish off the episode, Joey looks ahead at the back to back against New Jersey and the Islanders on Saturday and Sunday. He chooses a shooting star for the weekend and goes with Joe Pavelski, after a tough game in Philly looking for the veteran to right the ship.
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8 Comments
I’ve caught most of the Flyers games this year. This was probably the best effort I’ve seen out of them this year.
The energy level for the Stars may be tied with the game against the Cats in Florida. Regardless – perfect storm to take a beating.
There’s gonna be some stinkers in 82 games. This was one of them. The boys will bounce back this weekend
The Broad Street Bullies savage the Dallas Soylent Stars. The feckless ‘victory’ green have this superpower of looking like the most impotent athletic squad in the NHL—Every. Other. Night.
I’m almost suspecting soft coaching. A more “pony up or get scratched—HARD!” approach.
Scouting report on the Stars?
Force them deep, forecheck along the boards, and pinch the strong side Dman.
Until this team decides they can break a strong fore check: no cup for us!
It was a rough one for sure. I’d LOVE to see Pavs as the shooting star this weekend! 💫
It seems like they aren’t fully ready to win the Stanley Cup yet too inconsistent. I’ve seen them have dominating performances but very few.
This again supports my comments that we need to bring up the two top prospects to create some energy. Make a D trade and potentially trade Jamie Benn now. He is now invisible. CHURN THE ROSTER!!!!! Make Joe the Captain.
Pete DeBoer as the coach and Jake Oettinger as the starting goalie is a real tough duo to win with. I don't think we get the Cup until both of those things change
I expect a MUCH better game tonight against NJD. Will it be enough sans Miro? Dunno. Will it be Jake or Wedge in goal tonight? Dunno. Robertson is due for a breakout game, 4 pts, multiple goals. Not sure about the line combos at this point. Maybe slip back to the standard lines and change up mid-game if needed.