The Dallas Stars are in the playoffs.
You didn’t really expect any other ending for this Dallas Stars season, did you? After starting off with a pretty “meh” October, the Stars:
- won nine of the next 10 games;
- had a COVID outbreak right after Christmas;
- played arguably their best game of the year, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 in a thrilling playoff-style game;
- set themselves up to be firmly in the first Wild Card position before a winless swing through Western Canada;
- blew a three goal lead to the Arizona Coyotes and hung on for dear life to get the point needed to qualify for the playoffs in game 81;
- scored the game winning goal on an EBUG at home to finish off the regular season; AND THEN!