One Goal in 11:29 vs two in 1:09

by Brandon Bibb on Mar 18, 2009 11:48 AM CDT in Dallas Stars News

I really don't think it's a great idea to be giving Dallas a lot of power plays tonight or we'll most likely lose.

Quoth Sean Zandberg from Nucks Misconduct. Unfortunately for us, he was incorrect.

BTW, nice job on the Mike Modano photoshop. Digressing, I can boil down last night's game to two stats.

11:29 to 1:09.

The first number represents the amount of power play time Dallas received last night. They scored one goal in that amount of time.

Meanwhile, Vancouver enjoyed 1:09 of power time last night. And they enjoyed it to the tune of two goals. Not to mention, they were still only outshot in the game by one shot (26-25) despite being shorthanded so much

And that, my friends, is where the game was lost last night.

Now why is that? Well from checking the stat sheet last night (which also shows they changed the first goal from Robidas to Neal), the Stars lost over 2/3 of the draws they took last night. Including 17 out of the 21 offensive zone draws they had.

That's the answer that the numbers have for us as to why the Stars power play has been so powerless as of late. But there's also an X's and O's reason behind it as well.

An angle that Brandon will look at later today.

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Modano

What’s up with him? Even without the fact that he has A goal in the past two months, he looked HORRID on the power play last night. Crucial PP with less than 5 minutes left in the game and he had two passes with nothing on them across the offensive zone which were easily snuffed and cleared. As much as it would piss him off, maybe he simply needs a day off? Maybe switch him off the C (where he was horrible with the draw last night) to the LW and let Morrison try his luck?

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by hillcrest on Mar 18, 2009 12:07 PM CDT reply actions

Well

Morrison was 0 for 3 in offensive zone draws. As a team, they were pretty bad last night. In fact, Steve Begin had the most success in the faceoff circle last night.

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by Brandon Bibb on Mar 18, 2009 12:10 PM CDT reply actions

Injuries?

Admittedly, I am not super knowledgeable about hockey. However, I love it and the Stars. My question is, is part of the bad play of late due partially to the fact that the Stars have had so many injuries and just don’t have the gas they need? They came on really strong to get back into the playoff race, then loose a couple of guys and now seem to be just barely hanging in there.

by Big50 on Mar 18, 2009 2:14 PM CDT reply actions