Jamie Benn calls out his teammates after an ugly home loss to the Jets

Jamie Benn did not hold back after the Stars were routed 8-3 by the Jets on Thursday night.

Dallas gave up eight goals at home, and Jake Oettinger was in the crease for 41:00 with six goals against on 27 shots. Casey DeSmith played the other 18:40, allowing two more.

Robert Tiffin posted Benn's postgame message, and the veteran winger used the word "unacceptable" to describe the night.

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Benn also told reporters that "you have to look in the mirror." Nobody in that Stars locker room is going to argue with him.

Winnipeg made it look easy. Mark Scheifele had two goals and an assist, including the power-play goal that stood as the game-winner, while Kyle Connor and Gabriel Vilardi each finished with three points. Dawson Mercer added two goals, and Stuart Skinner stopped 30 of 33 in the win.

The Stars did put up three goals, and the offense wasn't the problem. David Perron fired six shots on goal, Roope Hintz had a goal and an assist, and Arttu Hyry scored too.

The problem was everything behind them. Thomas Harley (26:27) and Nils Lundkvist (24:19) logged the heaviest minutes of the night, each picked up two assists, and each still finished a -2.

Benn himself played 13:48 without a point, a -1 and two penalty minutes. At 37, he sits at 999 career points, one shy of 1,000, and has seven points in 17 games this season.

Can the Stars answer Benn's message against the Sabres?

They get a quick chance. Dallas hosts Buffalo on Saturday, and a call-out from a veteran only means something if the next game looks different.

The fixes are specific. Eight goals against means the defensive structure and the goaltending both failed, and a team that scored three should not lose by five.

Benn's words are the right ones, and it's better that they come from inside the room than from outside it. But the Stars have to play a clean 60 minutes against the Sabres before anyone believes this was a one-night problem.

If the tone holds, Benn's next point also becomes the 1,000th of his career, which could arrive as soon as Saturday.

This article was written with the help of artificial intelligence, based on public reports and official sources.

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