Both teams had spectacular Game 7 comebacks while missing a star forward and top defenseman. That makes this series a tough call.

The Stars, the No. 2 seed from the Central Division, would have home ice-advantage in the best-of-7 series against the Blues, the second wild card from the West, but would begin on the road against the Jets, the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference. That series is tied with Game 7 on Sunday (7 p.m. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS, TBS, MAX, FDSNMW).

For the Dallas Stars, there’s one particular record they’d like to smash. As the Stars prepare for the Winnipeg Jets in the second round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the fellas from Dallas face an uncomfortable truth: they haven’t won the opening game of a playoff series in their last eight tries.