When the Dallas Stars take on the Minnesota Wild tonight, both teams will have a .500 record and will have earned six points on the early season. The difference is in the records - the Stars sit 3-3-0, and are coming off a less-than-ideal two game road outing in which they lost both contests. The Wild, on the other hand, have found a way to lose better, gaining a 2-2-2 record.
Neither is exactly the start the clubs envisioned. In a division where every point can mean the difference between going to the playoffs or hitting the golf course early, they say you can’t win the division in the beginning of the season, but you can lose it.