Two weeks from now, the NHL regular season will be over. Sixteen teams across the league will be getting ready for the Stanley Cup playoffs, while the rest will be cleaning out their lockers and watching the playoffs from home. And barring another late-season collapse, the Dallas Stars will finally be a part of the first group again.
Dallas currently sits in the first Wild Card spot in the Western Conference with 82 points, and are up four points on the Arizona Coyotes, who are currently in ninth place. That may not seem like much of a cushion, but with only eight games remaining, the Stars realistically only need to be about .