After their latest stretch of games, the Dallas Stars find themselves in the thick of the wild card hunt in the Western Conference. Dallas is 6-3-1 in their last 10 games and sit one point out of the second wild card behind the Vegas Golden Knights.
Thanks to the slide the Minnesota Wild are on, the Stars are only four points behind them for third place in the Central Division standings. The Wild are 3-7 in their last 10 and have lost four games in a row.
None of that matters tonight though.