#8...In Dallas..."Lose Your Face, Lose Your Name"

BRUTAL...for the last 6 seasons. Minnesota hasn't won in Dallas (whether it was the old Reunion Arena, or the now new-fangled American Airlines Arena) since March of 2003. And funny, it seems like every game there is alot like last nights; Dallas scores early, then proceeds to punch the Wild in the mouth (last night it was Steve Ott, but its been Joel Lundqvist (sp?), Brendan Morrow, etc.) with a consistent physical presence. Oh yeah, they also clog up the neutral zone.
But Dallas' part aside, Minnesota sucked last night. The tone was set 13 seconds in, and even when Marc-Andre Bergeron's ridiculous one-timer goal on the power play, it was still Dallas' game. I caught some of the game on the radio, and in the short sampling I heard these words repeated OFTEN- "Wild" and "turnover" and "Bergeron", many times all in the same sentence. So this component, along with the smash-mouth style the Stars play, means a frustrating watch/listen, and the first regulation loss this year.