For the third consecutive year, the Stars and Admirals would need five games to settle the series with Milwaukee having won the previous two years. To go even further back, the last time the Stars won a "winner take all" game was in the 2014 season when the Stars defeated the Toronto Marlies in the Western Conference Finals and eventually went on to win the Calder Cup that year.
You could say the Stars were looking to return the favor and exact some revenge on their Central Division foe and send them packing for a early summer break.