How much does home-ice advantage mean to the Dallas Stars?
Looking back on success home vs away in recent Stars playoff runs
Since 2013-14, the Dallas Stars have made the postseason six times (not including this year).
Of those seven, the Stars have had home-ice advantage for at least one round only twice. Those came in 2015-16 and 2022-23. Of course, Dallas technically had home ice in 2020, but I don’t think we can count the bubble as any sort of advantage outside of the last change.
Let’s look at these one by one.
In 2015-16, Dallas won the Central Division and the Western Conference, going 50-23-9. They matched up with the Minnesota Wild in the first round and knocked them off in six games.
Then, they again had home ice against the St.Louis Blues, but lost in seven games (Game 7 was a blowout) in round two.
Home-ice advantage:
Stars: 1
Opponents: 1
Last season, Dallas finished second in the Central, going 47-21-14 (14?!) Wow, almost forgot the overtime woes of 2022-23 and 2020-21…
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