The Stars took the Avs to the woodshed and moved a step closer to clinching the regular season Western Conference crown.
There was plenty to play for from a Stars' perspective Thursday night against the Colorado Avalanche. With several ways to start checking off "clinched" boxes, all of them started with a win by Dallas.
Well, they got that.
As not to bury the lede, the Blackhawks and Blues game went to overtime shocker* with the Blues completing the comeback at the United Center. Because of this result, it means the Stars will have to earn the same or more points than St.