Stars-Sabres thoughts

The Stars can’t continue to get outshot by a 2-1 margin every night and expect to win a lot of games. Marty Turco stood on his head and bailed them out Monday night against the Capitals, but no such luck Wednesday in Buffalo. Not there was a lot that Turco could do tonight. He played extremely well again, but the Sabres had some quality chances and cashed in. This had nothing to do with goaltending.

And this was a team that has struggled to score at times. It just goes to show what a mess the Stars are in the chances against category right now.

In the five games since the break, in which they have a 1-4-0 record, they’ve been outscored 25-11. They’ve been outshot 95-46 over the last two games.

Once again, the opposition seemed to click into a higher gear and the Stars, who played well in the first period as far as creating chances, couldn’t keep up. Give the Sabres credit. They were relentless at times, and they didn’t sit on the lead in the third.

Tyler Myers, their rookie defenseman, was superb. Ryan Miller was so-so, but his teammates bailed him out by limiting the Stars chances in the final 40 minutes.

This upcoming homestand is probably the season for the Stars. They need to get on a run or it’s going to be tough to be very hard to get into that final playoff spot. They’ve got to start gaining some ground. The number of games left is starting to dwindle. Making up even four or five points isn’t as easy at it seems, especially when you are chasing a couple of teams.

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