The Blue Jackets have struggled to do that of late, and they certainly failed to do that tonight against the Stars. Through two periods, it was 5-1, Stars. In the third period, the Blue Jackets came out firing. Mikhail Grigorenko and Dean Kukan added goals, but it wouldn't be enough to overcome the massive hole that they dug themselves in the first 40 minutes as the Stars won, 6-3. "They forechecked us pretty hard tonight. They were in our face...and we couldn't seem to break the puck out clean," said defenseman Seth Jones after the loss. "We weren't very crisp. People forget that [the Stars] went to the Stanley Cup Final last year. They're a good hockey club." The Blue Jackets were outworked by the Stars tonight, as Jones acknowledged. Shots on goal during the first two periods were 21-10, Dallas. High-danger scoring chances were 7-2 in favor of the Stars, per Natural Stat Trick. "I thought we struggled with the pace early on. They looked a little bit quicker than us," said head coach John Tortorella. Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealCanadianZ Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CanadianZombie223/videos