I'm about to go to bed and won't be around a computer until tomorrow afternoon, so I'm getting this post up tonight.
The Stars won, but so did St. Louis. Fortunately, the Wild lost in a shootout to Colorado and the Oilers lost to Atlanta on a breakaway scored by former Oiler, Marty Reasoner. And the Rangers beat Nashville, 4-2.
As a result, Dallas reclaims the 8th and final playoff spot, but St. Louis and Anaheim both have a game in hand on Dallas each.
Updated standings after the jump.
| Pos | Team | W | L | OTL | GP | GR | Pts | PtPct | PrjPts | MaxPts | PtsRq'd | PtPctRq'd |
| 1 | Detroit | 44 | 15 | 9 | 68 | 14 | 97 | 0.713 | 117 | 125 | --- | --- |
| 2 | San Jose | 43 | 13 | 10 | 66 | 16 | 96 | 0.727 | 119 | 128 | --- | --- |
| 3 | Calgary | 40 | 22 | 6 | 68 | 14 | 86 | 0.632 | 104 | 114 | 1 | 0.029 |
| 4 | Chicago | 36 | 19 | 9 | 64 | 18 | 81 | 0.633 | 104 | 117 | 6 | 0.162 |
| 5 | Columbus | 35 | 27 | 6 | 68 | 14 | 76 | 0.559 | 92 | 104 | 11 | 0.387 |
| 6 | Vancouver | 34 | 23 | 8 | 65 | 17 | 76 | 0.585 | 96 | 110 | 11 | 0.318 |
| 7 | Edmonton | 32 | 27 | 8 | 67 | 15 | 72 | 0.537 | 88 | 102 | 15 | 0.494 |
| 8 | Dallas | 32 | 28 | 8 | 68 | 14 | 72 | 0.529 | 87 | 100 | 15 | 0.529 |
| 9 | Nashville | 33 | 30 | 5 | 68 | 14 | 71 | 0.522 | 86 | 99 | 16 | 0.565 |
| 10 | Minnesota | 32 | 28 | 7 | 67 | 15 | 71 | 0.530 | 87 | 101 | 16 | 0.527 |
| 11 | St. Louis | 31 | 28 | 8 | 67 | 15 | 70 | 0.522 | 86 | 100 | 17 | 0.561 |
| 12 | Anaheim | 31 | 30 | 6 | 67 | 15 | 68 | 0.507 | 83 | 98 | 19 | 0.627 |
| 13 | Los Angeles | 29 | 28 | 9 | 66 | 16 | 67 | 0.508 | 83 | 99 | 20 | 0.619 |