November 27, 2005 in League news

20 yrs ago · 1 min read

Dallas Fades at Home Against Rangers

Benjamin Yoskovitz

GM, Dallas Stars

Dallas Morning News
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November 27, 2005 - Perhaps the writing was on the wall. With the team riding a 4-game winning streak and returning home after a few games on the road, and an offense generating fewer shots than its opponents, it was bound to happen. The Stars entertained the New York Rangers and lost 3-2. The Stars were outshot 33-23 generating very little offense and very few scoring opportunities.

The team opened the scoring quickly, 43 seconds into the game, Steven Reinprecht scored his 7th of the year from Redden and Roberts. The game was largely dominated by the Rangers after that, although the Stars managed to tie it late in the 3rd with a goal from Lubomir Visnovsky, his 3rd from Roenick and Jagr.

The game was a sleeper for the most part - amazingly the Stars didn't take a single penalty. The Rangers played soft too, only giving up 4 powerplay opportunities, but the Stars could not score.

On a positive note, David Aebischer continued his strong play.

It's expected that Coach Murray will switch up the lines for their next game, two nights from now in Anaheim. "We've had a good run," said Coach Murray, "but we have to shake things up a little bit and get people out of their comfort zones. These guys need to be constantly challenged and they need to be generating more offense."