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Stars' Stanley Cup dreams could ride on this postseason X-factor

Maybe the most important numbers in Ben Bishop's resume are these: 21-13, 2.09, .927.

Those are his Stanley Cup playoff statistics, acquired in two seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Bishop has been in the NHL for eight seasons and accumulated 173 regular season wins. He currently sits ninth in the league at 25-17-3 this season, and has brought some stability to a Stars goaltending situation that has been shaky for several years.

But the reason the 31-year-old net-minder was able to sign a six-year contract with Dallas last summer is because of his playoff history.