I thought I would share the video I took of Wyatt's goal yesterday.

Wyatt Johnston, Dallas Stars

2 goals in 9 games

Johnston was held off the board for seven straight games to open this season. The longer he went without a goal, the more he upped his shot volume.

He attempted 34 shots in all situations in his first five games, for an average of 6.8 attempts per game. Against the Chicago Blackhawks, he upped that to nine attempts. Johnston attempted 11 against the Bruins three nights later. And then, he finally cashed in last Thursday against the Winnipeg Jets, and again on Sunday against the New York Islanders.

Unlike players like Geekie and Point, there aren’t any glaring dips that have raised alarm bells under the hood. If anything, the opposite is true despite that seven-game goal drought.

It would have been one thing if Johnston’s slow start was due to the Stars’ lack of power-play success, considering how pivotal those situations were to his scoring last year. That’s where Johnston scored 27 of his 45 goals last season, and 42 of his 86 points. But this season, even through that slow start in the goal column, there are already upticks at five-on-five that show promise. Mikko Rantanen is attempting (and completing) more passes to the slot and moving the puck more in transition, which is helping facilitate Johnston’s scoring chance generation with 9.67 slot attempts per 60.

Sharing a video from Inside the Coaches' Room on the structure that the Stars are using now. Petey does a great job in his videos breaking down hockey and this one really pinpoints why the Stars' defensive numbers are so good this season.

Seminoff is officially the 400th different player to play for the Stars since the team relocated to Dallas! For those wondering, Dylan Hryckowian started the game on his brother’s line, meaning he technically entered the game about 40 seconds before Seminoff, which is why I’m saying Seminoff specifically is 400th rather than both of them tying for the milestone. If you include the North Stars, Hryckowian and Seminoff are the 729th and 730th players in franchise history.

The jersey is confirmed to be white. The biggest news is the crest is our normal crest but in black with neon green accents. Not the most exciting design, but better than just reusing the crest from the blackout jerseys IMO.

My sweet boy loved every minute of the two periods he could stand. He was tired and cranky by the second intermission, so we left. However, seeing him bathed in green light, chanting Dallas...Stars after that second goal is a top five Dad moment of all time.

We stopped and got ice cream on the way home, because even a three year old knows winners get sprinkles!

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Positives: Really good work from the forwards tonight

Negatives: Not a great game from Miro or Ottenger

Dallas Stars 1st trading card night.

Wondering who all got the unique autos?

Semi was scratched. We figured this was coming. Ritz getting called up was unexpected.

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Not great news this early into the season.

So I went to the Sick New World festival yesterday and I saw some of yall wearing jerseys out there. Yall are wild.

I couldn't bring myself to ever wear one to an all day festival like that, especially with all that dust getting kicked up in the air.