It’s almost poetic that the Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues were two of the final six teams remaining in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After all, look at where the two clubs were at when they faced each other on Jan. 12, 2019.
It was a typical Saturday night divisional rivalry game, but carried a somewhat stale storyline. The Stars were just a handful of games above .500 and had lost two of their past three contests, while the Blues were hovering near the bottom of the NHL standings. Dallas was still trying to shake off the spotlight that Jim Lites’ comments had cast on the organization and mold themselves into a legitimate playoff threat, while St.