It’s been almost 35 full months since the Dallas Stars last competed in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In less than 12 hours, however, they will break that drought.
On Wednesday night, the Stars will kick off 2019 postseason play with game one of their opening round series. They will square up with the Nashville Predators, a team that just secured its second consecutive Central division title on Saturday night.
The series is lining up to be intensely competitive and could very well go the distance of seven games. The regular season series provided back-and-forth action, plenty of bad blood, and left the door open for a potential rivalry to bud between two southern Central teams.