The Dallas Stars’ winning streak may have ended Thursday night at the hands of the Nashville Predators but they had a point streak that was still intact since the game went to overtime. However Saturday afternoon against the Arizona Coyotes, that streak was also put to rest as the Coyotes handled the Stars 3-2.

The Stars handled both the Predators and Coyotes a week ago, but both of those teams seemed to find the winning recipe this week.

The Coyotes had an all-around game, scoring a goal in every period to tally their three. On the other side of the tape, the Stars rallied back into the game down three by tallying a couple of goals but ultimately fell short.

Usually, the third period has been where the Stars have won games most recently, but trailing by three is no pretty sight for anyone.

Two goals, one in the first period and the other in the second, came off of the power play for Arizona. The Coyotes have the best penalty kill, although Saturday they showed that their power play isn’t one to mess with either.

Alex Goligoski and Alex Galchenyuk had the respective power-play goals, yet Galchenyuk wasn’t done scoring as he added another early on in the third. Dallas couldn’t get the puck out of their own zone, surprise surprise, and paid for it with snapshot by Galchenyuk.

Down 3-0, the rally came by way of Brett Ritchie and Alexander Radulov notched goals 27 seconds apart from each other. However, those goals would come with a little over three minutes to go.

Roope Hintz drove to the net and sent the puck to the middle where Brett Ritchie was able to find it and drill it in, cutting the deficit down to 1-3. Alexander Radulov shortly thereafter cut the deficit a little bit further as the winger was able to redirect John Klingberg’s shot for the goal past Darcy Kuemper.

Hintz drives to the net and Ritchie puts home the rebound. #GoStars pic.twitter.com/DFgABULFf5 — Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) February 9, 2019

The effort was enough to make things a little bit interesting but not enough to secure an extra frame in overtime as the Stars fall 2-3.

With the couple of losses, Dallas now only holds third place in the Central by two points as the Minnesota Wild are creeping up. The Stars will need to pull together some wins in order to not get notched down a peg in the division.

With Ben Bishop being placed on IR, as he looks for a possible return in a week or so, it will be interesting to see if Anton Khudobin can hold down the fort in his absence?

If the Stars keep taking losses on the road, it has the chance to kill their chances of any playoff hopes. Especially in the coming couple of weeks, Dallas will need to find the road recipe and get it brewing. Otherwise, significant losses will severely impact the standings for Dallas in the Central. Dallas is still having trouble playing on the road which they are going to have to fix as the next three are away, then three at home, and then four more on the road going forward. The Stars are 10-14-3 on the road which is the worst in the Central Division. Yikes.

Every other team in the division is either at .500 or above besides the Chicago Blackhawks and Stars.

Dallas will head to Florida on Monday to play the Panthers followed by a tough Tampa Bay Lightning team on Thursday.