Category: NHL Playoffs

Round 2, Game 7 Preview: Seattle Kraken @ Dallas Stars

By Mark Zimmerman | May 15th 2023 | 3 min read |

At the point that a series makes it to seven games, the plotlines have already been set. Teams aren’t going to pull a rabbit out of the hat. Sur...

Round 2, Game 6 Preview: Dallas Stars @ Seattle Kraken

By Mark Zimmerman | May 13th 2023 | 4 min read |

By Mark Zimmerman / @HitZIceSTAT Getting up early in the game is the recipe for success for the Dallas Stars. It’s not like the team runs away w...

Round 2, Game 5 Preview: Seattle Kraken @ Dallas Stars

By Mark Zimmerman | May 11th 2023 | 4 min read |

By Mark Zimmerman / @HitZIceSTAT Miro Heiskanen made a triumphant return to the Dallas Stars lineup for game four, at least if you pay attention to Th...

Round 2, Game 4 Preview: Dallas Stars @ Seattle Kraken

By Mark Zimmerman | May 9th 2023 | 4 min read |

By Mark Zimmerman / @HitZIceSTAT A team losing its best player in the middle of a game seems to have an impact on how well that team performs for the ...

Round 2, Game 3 Preview: Dallas Stars @ Seattle Kraken

By Mark Zimmerman | May 7th 2023 | 4 min read |

By Mark Zimmerman / @HitZIceSTAT Talk about a wave of different emotions, how about that game two? After the “sky is falling” experience o...

May The Fourth Be With You (It Was Certainly With the Stars)

By Ann Atkinson | May 5th 2023 | 5 min read |

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Round 2, Game 2 Preview: Seattle Kraken @ Dallas Stars

By Mark Zimmerman | May 4th 2023 | 3 min read |

By Mark Zimmerman / @HitZIceSTAT There is a difference between playing fast and rushing. After a physical slog against the Minnesota Wild, it should c...

Afterwords: Gone in 52 Seconds

By Tyler Mair | May 3rd 2023 | 7 min read |

By Tyler Mair / @mairican Last night, the story wrote itself. Joe Pavelski had missed almost the entire first round series after getting taken out by ...

Round 2, Game 1 Preview: Seattle Kraken @ Dallas Stars

By Mark Zimmerman | May 2nd 2023 | 4 min read |

By Mark Zimmerman / @HitZIceSTAT Each playoff series is its own story. In the opening round, the Minnesota Wild offerered themselves up as a brutish F...

Round 1, Game 6 Preview: Dallas Stars @ Minnesota Wild

By Mark Zimmerman | Apr 28th 2023 | 4 min read |

By Mark Zimmerman / @HitZIceSTAT Elimination games are rough. What does it take to get over the hump against a team that is playing for its playoff li...