3 Things: Stars vs. Blues

The Dallas Stars look to bounce back from its first loss of the season last night against the Vegas Golden Knights. The Blues have had the last two days off after opening the season against the Pittsburgh Penguins with a win. 

Here are three things to look for in tonight's game:

1.) Bouce Back- Stars

The Stars are looking to bounce back from a loss in its home opener last night where goaltender Ben Bishop was pulled in favor of Kari Lehtonen. Dallas will need to get better goaltending from Lehtonen, who is 13-6-3 with a 2.18 goals against average and .921 save percentage against St. Louis in his career. The Stars are going to need to stay out of the penalty box because they took seven penalties last night. The team defense needs to be better and get some sustained offensive pressure. Dallas did get 46 shots on goal last night, but Marc-Andre Fleury managed to only let one of those shots get by him.

2.) Fast Start- Blues

The Blues need to get off to a fast start especially since the Stars played last night and then had to travel to St. Louis afterwards. Dallas will be looking to get off to a good start since they lost last night and don't want to lose back-to-back games. St. Louis needs to get in on the forecheck and win puck battles along the boards. The Blues need to use the crowd to get off to the fast start, and get the first goal. St. Louis needs to get traffic to the front of the net to possibly get some deflections or just to make Lehtonen work to try and track the puck.

3.) Avoid the Penalty Box- Stars & Blues

Dallas found themselves taking way too many penalties last night, but Vegas just couldn't capitalize on the man advantage. If they repeat the parade to the penalty box then it could be trouble since St. Louis has a decent power play. The Blues will also want to avoid taking too many penalties because of all the talent that the Stars have on its power play unit. Both teams better hope that if there is a parade to the penalty box tonight that their goalies can come up large while down a man.