Things aren’t rosy by any stretch, but you’ll always take a playoff spot at this point in the season.
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Jamie Benn has been the driving force behind the Stars’ last three goals. While that’s a bit of an unfortunate indictment of the Stars’ scoring as a whole, it’s at least a sign that the captain is leading them through the dark days of autumn. The fresh fall of rest arrives this weekend, when the Stars finally get to go home and stay there for more than a night. That they can do so on a bit of an upswing is, appropriately, somewhere between Something To Be Thankful For and an outright Christmas Miracle.