For one of the first times all season, I feel like the Dallas Stars have put together a good stretch and are playing some good hockey. Dallas won two in a row before Sunday’s 1-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. And at 1-0, it could have just as easily gone to the Stars instead of Carolina.
Tonight the Stars start a crucial two-game series with the Chicago Blackhawks. Both teams are currently on the outside of the playoff race. Dallas sits in sixth place with Chicago at fifth. The Blackhawks are three points ahead of Dallas but the Stars have three games in hand over Chicago.