NHL Power Rankings: Eastern Conference Taking Control

No. 18: Dallas Stars
Previous: 19th
Season record: 8-7-5
Is Dallas going the route of some previous Florida Panthers teams, that have skated into the playoffs on a ton of overtime points?
That could be the best option for the Stars if their offense continues to be iffy and their goaltending continues to be … what it is.
The former of those two issues is more likely to change. Tyler Seguin is doing better than a point per game (22 in 20), while most everyone else is underperforming. No one has reached 10 goals yet, which is surprising for a mostly unchanged group that went off while shooting the puck last season.
Early injuries to the likes of Jason Spezza, Patrick Sharp and Jiri Hudler also haven’t helped. But this all goes back to goaltending for the Stars, as they did nothing to improve on the duo of Antti Niemi (.903/3.17) and Kari Lehtonen (.889/3.31) in the offseason.