(Credit: Andy Nietupski/Texas Stars) With their playoff matchup set, the Texas Stars stare down five straight against the Manitoba Moose at home, starting inauspiciously tonight with an 8-3 loss to the visitors. Texas put themselves up 2-0 early in the game but ceded eight goals to put the game far out of reach. The Stars set an ignominious franchise record on the night with five power play goals against, their worst performance in that regard since January 28, 2023 against Colorado, where they allowed four. The contest also set the season mark for most combined penalty minutes at 74. "The temperature rose in the second and to be quite frank, I'm glad it did," said head coach Neil Graham. "It's better to see it happen now than on Tuesday (Game 1 of the playoffs). On one hand, I thought we did a great job sticking up for ourselves, pushing back. We're skilled team and fast team, and we stood up for ourselves. But, on the flip side, we also lost composure withi