Stars' Miro Heiskanen addresses defensive issues before NHL playoffs
Miro Heiskanen points to defensive issues and zone exits as areas the Stars need to clean up heading into a key stretch.
Stars' Miro Heiskanen addresses defensive issues before NHL playoffs originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen spoke, among other things, about the team's defensive issues after losing 2-3 to the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday.
Heiskanen, 26, pointed out that for him, the solution to getting the offense going is to defend better. Although he also acknowledged that the Golden Knights were simply better than them. "What do you think has made it difficult to get the offense going the last couple of games?
" he was asked after the game. He responded , "I mean, they're good teams and, you know, I think we just have to defend a little better and try to get out of the zone a little quicker. " "And, you know, go play offense after that, but I mean, it's a, you know, good teams playing against us, and then it's a tight game, and there's not much room, but just have to find it somehow.
I think it's defending a little better, getting out of our zone, and getting to the other side. " Stars host Devils on Tuesday before four-game road trip Heiskanen admitted that Vegas was the better team in certain periods, though he noted that Dallas started the game well. "Yeah, I mean, they played well.