Well, it's been a tough season. The Dallas Stars are tied for the seventh playoff spot in the West five games in, but fourth place in the Central Division isn't too bad, I guess. After all, Dallas had a tough go of it early on, opening against the Pittsburgh Penguins before heading off to that ghoul-infested Pepsi Center in the mountainous wilderness only to follow that match up with games against the up-and-coming Edmonton Oilers and the red-hot Tampa Bay Lightning.
To top it all off, the Stars didn't even get a break in the schedule come game five, traveling to the Florida Panthers' den in Sunrise where they were up against a team (and goalie) that just wasn't allowing goals.