The St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars will face off in the Western Conference Second Round for the second time in four seasons. Game 1 of the best-of-7 series is at Enterprise Center on Thursday (9:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVAS).
The Stars hope to avenge their seven-game loss to the Blues in 2016. Dallas, which outscored St. Louis 13-7 in four games this season, was 19-11-3 after 2019 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend.
St. Louis was 24-6-4 to finish the regular season, including an 11-game winning streak from Jan. 23-Feb. 19.
"It's going to be a tough challenge, just like [the] Nashville [Predators]," Stars captain Jamie Benn said, referring to their first-round opponent. "Obviously, St. Louis has probably been one of the best teams, if not the best, since January. They've been on a great run, so it's going to be another hard-fought battle."