Tonight the Dallas Stars visited the Sunshine State to take on the Florida Panthers in the first of three games in the next four days. This is the first game after Texas was blanketed in snow and ice and the Stars had four games (two each against the Nashville Predators and the Tampa Bay Lightning) postponed for energy conservation reasons.
So the Stars have enjoyed an eight-day rest while Florida had an entire four-game road trip during which they went 3-1-0.
Good news for the Stars — this allowed Roope Hintz time to heal and get back in the lineup.