The Dallas Stars battled the St. Louis Blues in the Central Division standings all season long before edging them by two points for the title, earning them home ice in this second-round playoff series.
Game 1 is Friday at Dallas, with the home team sitting as a small -120 betting favorite at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.
The Stars split two home meetings with the Blues during the regular season, dropping four of five overall, with three of them played in St. Louis. Four of the five games were low-scoring affairs that finished under the total, according to the Odds Shark NHL Database.
The winner scored three goals or fewer in four of the games, while the loser totaled one or fewer three times.
The big question for Dallas is, who will be the team’s starting goaltender after Kari Lehtonen and Antti Niemi both played in the first round? Lehtonen was in net for Games 1, 2, 3 and 6 but did not play particularly well in his last two starts, surrendering four goals in each of them.
Fortunately for him, the Stars were still able to win the series clincher 5-4 on the road against the Minnesota Wild in Game 6 last Sunday ...
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