Can Strength in Numbers Send the Dallas Stars to the Stanley Cup?

Twenty-five years after winning the franchise’s only Stanley Cup to date, the Dallas Stars have put themselves in excellent position to win another.As champions of the National Hockey League’s Western Conference, they can enjoy home-ice advantage in any best-of-seven playoff series through the first three rounds. If they then reach the Stanley Cup final, they would lose that advantage if they play the lone team in the league that finished with a better record, the New York Rangers.As the Stars prepare to face the Vegas Golden Knights in the opening round beginning Monday at the American Airlines Center, Dallas’s regular-season success has often been attributed to the depth of individual scoring on a team that finished third in the NHL in goals. Dallas boasts eight…

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