Slow starts plague Dallas

--Dallas is now 8-18-1 this season when allowing the first goal and just 2-20-0 when trailing after two periods. The Stars trailed 2-1 after 40 minutes of play in Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Kings.

--On Sunday against the Kings, the Stars outshot the Kings by nearly a two-to-one margin (28-16), but still fell 4-2. For the season, Dallas is just 12-10-1 when outshooting the opposition.

--The Stars had won three straight against the Los Angeles Kings before falling to them on Sunday in the sixth and final regular-season meeting between these two Pacific Division clubs. Dallas and Los Angeles split the season series, with each team winning three games.

--With Sunday's loss to the Kings, the Stars are now just 2-4-1 in their last seven games at home. Dallas is also just 3-6-1 when facing teams on the second night of a back-to-back.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"We didn't start good, that's for sure. We gave them a goal early and had to press from behind. We should have been ready to play from the beginning. We had a couple of guys not ready to go. Then we had to change our matchups a little bit and by the time you're in the game, you're one mistake from being out of it and that's what happened at the end." -- Stars head coach Glen Gulutzan, on Sunday's 4-2 home loss to the Los Angeles Kings.

Copyright (C) 2012 The Sports Xchange. All Rights Reserved.