You can say the regular season doesn’t matter once you hit the playoffs.Lower seeds upset higher seeds all of the time, head-to-head matchup results from the regular season seem meaningless, and road teams often play much better than home teams, negating whatever home ice the higher seeds worked hard to clinch.But what the Stars did learn in posting the best record in the Western Conference over 82 games was chemistry and muscle memory. Stars coach Pete DeBoer relied heavily on consistent line... Read this story at NHL.com , NHL.com
