The Stars begin the season 2-0 with a 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators.
1. In the time you spent reading this sentence, the Dallas Stars probably scored another power-play goal on the Predators.
Dallas’ special teams have been on fire to begin the season. The power play, in particular, is sizzling at a historic level. Through the first two games of the season, the Stars have scored eight power-play goals, the first time in franchise history Dallas has scored power-play goals at that pace in a two-game span, let alone to start a season. The team previously scored seven power-play goals in two games four times but never since relocating to Dallas. The last time they had seven power-play goals in a two-game stretch was in 1989 as the Minnesota North Stars. The last time an NHL team scored at least eight power-play goals in two games to begin the season was 1995 when the Pittsburgh Penguins did so. On Sunday, it got to a point where the question wasn’t if…
