New York. The Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild are preparing for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
They “clinched” last night – the Stars by defeating Nashville and the Wild by taking a point against Vegas.
– We’ve taken our first step, says Minnesota coach Dean Evason.
It took teams in the Central Division a while to accumulate enough points to be able to start planning for the Finals even officially, but now they are starting to falter.
The Dallas Stars cruised to a comfortable 5-1 victory over the Nashville Predators at home at the American Airlines Center overnight, killing two birds with one stone.
They regained first place in the divisional table and yes, they “clinched”.
– It’s something you should do before you talk about anything else. So we see it as if we care about business now, says superstar Jason Robertson, who has one goal, three assists and now reaches 100 points for the first time in his NHL career.
in st. The score was 4-4 between the Wild and Vegas in full time and then the guests won in a penalty shootout, but one point was enough for the Swedish colony of Minnesota to also be ready for a new playoff adventure.
– We played a good game, almost at fault when they were chasing the equalizer at the end, says coach Dean Evason.
– Now we have taken our first step. From now on we don’t think about anything other than getting 2 drops every night. We will go through the qualifiers the right way.
John Klinberg scored another Powerplay goal, while Joel Eriksson-Ek and Marcus Johansson were responsible for joint play for another signed Matt Bolde.
Meanwhile, William Carlson had two assists for the Golden Knights.
The Seattle Kraken wasn’t quite ready for the playoffs just yet, but after a resounding 8-1 victory last night in a chaotic and furious home game against Arizona, the Seattle Kraken got a coveted 5-point gap to Calgary just below the line — with one less game played. .
Alex Weinberg and Adam Larson each contributed assists in crushing Arizona.