2025 Stanley Cup Playoff Preview: Winnipeg Jets vs. Dallas Stars

We were 1.6 seconds away from a very different article here. Playoff hockey is the best.

The President's Trophy winning Jets were a tipped shot away from calamity, staring down a humiliating early exit and questions about the ability of potential MVP-winning goalie Connor Hellebuyck to handle the bright lights of the playoffs. For a team squarely in its Cup contention window, a loss to the Blues would have been unacceptable. Now they have new life, powered to the playoffs by their secondary players with the chance to completely flip the narratives that were already being written when Cole Perfetti produced a miracle. Can they calm things down and get to the Conference Finals for the first time since 2018?

Meanwhile, the Stars pulled off a miraculous third-period comeback of their own, rudely