The Nashville Predators return home for a (stop me if you’ve heard this before) game against the Dallas Stars that will have a big impact on the playoff race—not just in the four-point swing between the two teams battling it out for seeding, but perhaps in GM and front office perspectives on the season as we approach the trade deadline.
The Stars have won four straight games since their shootout loss to the Preds, even though they were without Miro Heiskanen (illness) for Sunday’s 6-3 win against the Minnesota Wild.
Joe Pavelski still leads the team with 59 points and 37 assists, but Jason Robertson has been white-hot lately—he’s on a two-game hat trick streak—and has taken a solid team goal-scoring lead with 29, as well as 54 points.