Dallas at Minnesota

Dallas needs to avoid elimination, and the Stars are 20-7 in their past 27 games playing with one day of rest. Minnesota has lost five straight playing on one day of rest. The Wild lead the series 3-2, but they haven't won a playoff series in nine tries. Dallas still has an experienced goalie in Jake Oettinger, who has a 2.78 goals-against average in the first five games. He has a 2.58 GAA and a .911 save percentage in 70 career postseason games. The Stars have been a good road team all season, winning 25 of 43. They have scored nine power-play goals in the series, most in the playoffs. They just need to be more productive at even strength, and they have the talent to accomplish it with three 70-plus points skaters in the regular season, wingers Jason Robertson and Mikko Rantanen, and center Wyatt Johnston. Take the Stars.