Category: NHL Playoffs

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...

Round 1, Game 5 Preview: Minnesota Wild @ Dallas Stars

By Mark Zimmerman | Apr 25th 2023 | 5 min read |

So, it’s down to a three game series. A few tight games, and few blowouts – kind of what you’d expect. I’m not sure that too m...

Round 1, Game 3 Preview: Dallas Stars @ Minnesota Wild

By Mark Zimmerman | Apr 21st 2023 | 5 min read |

By Mark Zimmerman / @HitZIceSTAT The Minnesota Wild didn’t have an answer to the Dallas Stars transition game in game two of their first round p...

GAME DAY THREAD: Round 1, Game 2 – Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild (8:30 PM CT)

By Kathleen Tibbetts | Apr 20th 2023 | 1 min read |

GAME DAY: Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota WildLOCATION: American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX)PUCK DROP: 8:30 PM CTTV: Bally Sports Southwest, ESPN2RADIO: 9...

Stars' Weak Start Wastes Strong Finish

By Wesley Lawrence | Apr 19th 2023 | 4 min read |

“We have the best officials in the world. They called a five, they reviewed it, which is the right thing to do. If they reviewed it and they decided...

Afterwords: When Safety Comes Second

By Tyler Mair | Apr 18th 2023 | 9 min read |

Let’s start with a statement that should be a universal truth: the Matt Dumba hit on Joe Pavelski was late. Matt Dumba lays a late hit on Joe Pa...

Predicting the First Round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs

By Taylor Baird | Apr 17th 2023 | 11 min read |

By Taylor Baird / @taylordbaird The Defending Big D staff weigh in on who stays and who goes home in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Star...