The Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights open up the Western Conference Final of the Stanley Cup playoffs on Friday (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN).
Both sides are hoping that the final result is decided in regulation, or at least one overtime, and not the four extra periods that the opening game of the Eastern Conference Final saw on Thursday.
Vegas carries home-ice advantage in the series, but that did not matter much in its regular-season battles with the Stars.
Dallas won all three matchups with Vegas, including two contests inside T-Mobile Arena.
Two of those games went to shootouts, so the Golden Knights weren't blown out, but they did struggle to beat the Dallas netminder.