The Dallas Stars are surging up the Western Conference, and should target Brock Nelson to help replace Tyler Seguin in the lineup.

Guerin didn't mince words in describing Minnesota's recent play during an intermission in Sunday's win over the Blackhawks.

The Central has been the most competitive division all season, with Winnipeg leading the way for most of the season as not just the best team in the division, but the best in the league. Minnesota has been hot despite dealing with numerous injuries, and Colorado is ever-dangerous right on the heels of the Stars.

The Colorado Avalanche couldn't find their offense and dropped an important divisional game to the Minnesota Wild, losing 3-1.

Dallas and Vegas have met in two straight postseasons and have established quite a rivalry since Peter DeBoer took over the Stars and Bruce Cassidy replaced as coach of the Knights

Though the Colorado Avalanche have already played a game (and lost to the Boston Bruins) since the NHL was rocked, they are still clearly recovering in the wake of the massive trade that saw forward Mikko Rantanen shipped to the Carolina Hurricanes.

Wyatt Johnston scored 20 seconds into overtime to complete a natural hat trick and rally the Dallas Stars to a 4-3 victory Tuesday night over the Vegas Golden Knights. It was Johnston’s second career hat trick as the Stars erased a 3-1 second-period deficit and won for the fourth time in five games.

The Dallas Stars and Golden Knights have been two of the West's top teams for years, and it may be the Conference Final we deserve.

The Vegas Golden Knights had multiple opportunities to tie their game against the Dallas Stars late in the third period but were stonewalled by the Dallas' defense, losing to the Stars,

If you buy into the hype, it seems like the Minnesota Wild have uncovered the NHL's latest market inefficiency: Dudes from Minnesota named Brock. It's easy to see why the Wild would be into that. After all,

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Here are three takeaways from the Wild's 3-1 road win over Colorado. The Minnesota Wild (28-15-4) walked away with an impressive road win over the Colorado Avalanche (28-19-1) on Monday. If they would have lost, Minnesota would've dropped to a Wild Card spot.