The grunt work falls down the Stars lineup.
The task of slowing an opposing top line, stacked with their best players and greatest goal-scorers, isn't supposed to be a fun job. But for Radek Faksa and Blake Comeau, the first four games of the Stars' first-round series against Nashville have been rewarding.
Faksa and Comeau (and a third linemate that has mostly been Andrew Cogliano, but also Jason Dickinson) have taken on the Predators' top line of Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen and Viktor Arvidsson and limited them to a combined one goal and one assist.
In the regular season, Forsberg, Johansen and Arvidsson scored 76 goals and had 86 assists.