This space is typically used to set up matchups on the evening's NHL schedule that will have an impact on the playoff races, and there's been great fodder this season due to the number of teams still fighting for those spots (particularly in the East). But with an extraordinarily light slate tonight, let's take a look a bit further down the road for one of the teams in action.
The Dallas Stars are among the handful of clubs for which Stathletes projects a 99.9% chance of making the playoffs. Put another way, it would take an almost-unprecedented collapse for them to miss the postseason.