The Stars (0-2-0) lost 4-2 in St. Louis Saturday. The Stars surrendered three goals in a five-minute span of the first period to fall behind 3-0 and could never catch up.
"We absolutely did ourselves in," said Stars coach Ken Hitchcock. "We had a great start to the game. The first 10 or 12 minutes was exactly what we wanted. But when there was sustained pressure in our zone we started to over pursue and made some mistakes."
Hitchcock doesn't like the 0-2-0 record, but he likes a lot of what he has seen as far as how his team has played through the first two games. The Stars have outshot their opponents 86-51 through two games and hold a 134-99 advantage in shot attempts.
"In a way, it is the start we wanted based on play or analytics. It's just the record isn't what we wanted," Hitchcock said. "We've just got to keep going. We're doing a lot of good things, and we've got to keep building on the good things, learn a little bit about the score and controlling the game clock. Man, there are a lot of things we are doing that I like."
C Martin Hanzal, who left Saturday's game with a lower-body injury, practiced Monday and is probable for Tuesday. D Dan Hamhuis (groin) did not practice Monday and is questionable for Tuesday.
The Stars play three of their next four games at home.
Injuries:C Martin Hanzal (lower body) is probable. D Dan Hamhuis (groin) is questionable.
