ANALYSIS: Stars Generate High Danger Shots, But It Comes At a High Cost

By David Castillo | Mar 15th 2020 | 15 min read |

There’s been no shortage of great non-hockey content here at DBD. But I’m not wired that way. Yea I love breweries. And yea, I love video games. I...

Usage for Gurianov, Hintz is Dull, Drab, Depressingly Dallas

By Taylor Baird | Mar 9th 2020 | 8 min read |

According to interim head coach Rick Bowness, Denis Gurianov would have gone fourth in their shootout loss to the St. Louis Blues on February 29. It d...

Systems analysis: ‘Attention to detail’ can’t just apply to defense if the Dallas Stars want to improve

By David Castillo | Mar 8th 2020 | 14 min read |

The Dallas Stars don’t score much. With a goals-for rate of 1.45 at even-strength (30th in the NHL), the breaks just aren’t there. Obviously, Dall...

Stars Improving Away from Dallas

By Robert McClay | Mar 28th 2019 | 4 min read |

When the Dallas Stars landed in Winnipeg for their meeting with the Central Division-leading Jets on Monday, March 25 at Bell MTS Place, much was on t...

Powerful Ineptitude: Taking a Look at the Stars’ Lackluster Power Play

By Tyler Mair | Mar 25th 2019 | 6 min read |

You’ve probably seen it, but this is what Dallas Stars head coach Jim Montgomery had to say following Saturday’s loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins: ...

Games 23 And 24 Scoring Chances: Playing Catch Up

By Josh Lile | Feb 18th 2019 | 17 min read |

Included in this report are the final two games in queue to get us brought up to current. The games to be covered are 11/26 against the Coyotes and 11...

How The Stars Rank Among Depth Scoring in the NHL

By Cody Marcom | Jan 2nd 2019 | 7 min read |

Let’s this article off with two quotes from the Dallas Stars’ front office. One from GM Jim Nill at the start of the season and one from CEO Jim L...

How The Stars Compare with Core Scoring Across the League

By Cody Marcom | Dec 29th 2018 | 6 min read |

Coming into the 2018-19 season, one of my biggest questions about the Dallas Stars’ roster was, “Are there enough goals in this lineup?” Anyone ...

Lindy Ruff's Dallas Stars Line Blender: A Look at the Hits and Misses of 2015-2016

By David Castillo | Mar 21st 2016 | 6 min read |

Group dynamics can be a highly counterintuitive process. Take this experiment from Berkeley’s Haas School of Business documented in Christopher ...

Tape to Tape: Dallas Stars Need to Handle Their Unforced Turnovers Better

By David Castillo | Jan 20th 2016 | 12 min read |

‘Tape to Tape’ is a weekly feature I hope to expand and improve upon as the year progresses. This is my first foray into the big bad wolf ...