The Stars will be looking for a third straight win, but they will be facing a desperate Rangers team that is coming off a 5-2 loss at Nashville for its fifth loss in the last six games and is now on the outside looking in at the Eastern Conference playoff race.
"We've got on the right side of things the last couple of games, but we are going to have a [ticked] off team coming in with New York," Bishop said. "They lost the last game, had a team meeting thing after the game, so they are going to be ready to go. We can't sit here and be happy with the last two games where we won by a bigger margin.
"We've got to get ready for a tough game. That's where you can see where you are, when you can put those games away, get ready for the next tough one and not rest on your highs."
The Stars (30-19-4) are in the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference heading into tonight's game. They are three points behind St. Louis for third place in the Central Division and have a four-point lead over the ninth-place team in the West playoff race.
"I told the guys this morning that opponent doesn't matter anymore. When you've got this few games left every game matters," said Stars coach Ken Hitchcock. "There is going to be big swings of momentum on playoffs here in the next couple of weeks, especially with all these division games coming up. These points matter as much as the ones on Thursday [against Chicago]."
