Friday morning playoff update

Friday, March 12, 2010-2:22:am
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Thursday night was not a good one for the Stars. Both Calgary and Detroit won, moving them seven and six points ahead of the Stars, respectively. Nashville lost (8-5 in a wild game against San Jose), so they are seven points ahead of the Stars as well.

St. Louis won too, which moved them one point ahead of the Stars and into 10th place in the West.

The Stars need to win Friday just to keep pace and then hope they can make up ground as their six-game homestand moves along. Their margin for error is starting to get pretty slim. Very slim. Making up points isn't easy, especially when you have to eclipse a couple of teams to get in the way the Stars do. They'd have to knock off two of Nashville, Calgary and Detroit to make it to the top eight, and then there's St. Louis to worry about as well. That's why getting on a roll on this homestand is so crucial.

Here's a look at the current picture.

Rk Team GP W L OTL PTS Thursday/Friday
7 Nashville 67 36 26 5 77 L 8-5 at San Jose/at Anaheim
8 Calgary 67 34 24 9 77 W 2-0 vs. Ottawa/idle
9 Detroit 67 32 23 12 76 W 5-1 vs. Minnesota/idle
10 St. Louis 66 31 26 9 71 W 2-1 (SO) at NY Islanders/idle
11 Dallas 66 29 25 12 70 idle/vs. Los Angeles
12 Minnesota 66 31 29 6 68 L 5-1 at Detroit/at Buffalo
13 Anaheim 66 30 28 8 68 idle/vs. Nashville

Ya gotta figure that this club must go at least 12-4 and maybe 13-3 to have a sniff at the last playoff spot.  That is going to be really difficult.  If they’re going to get there, one has to believe the Stars need to get 10 points from this homestand.  With the strength of the clubs coming into town, that will be a tall task indeed!

Posted by Drew  on  03/12  at  01:12 PM

It’s especially tough when the teams they are chasing keep winning.

Posted by Mark Stepneski  on  03/13  at  11:07 AM
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