Here's a "coin flip" series and game. Dallas enters the Playoffs with a 37-24-8 record, while Vegas is 39-24-8.

While Vegas views this opener as evenly matched, we definitely don't.

These teams split a pair of games in the regular season, but Dallas' consistency on the defensive side will prove to be the difference in this game and possibly the series in our opinion.

I'm giving Ben Bishop and Anton Khudobin the big nod in net here over their counterparts as well.

Dallas comes in as the "hungrier" side in our estimation.

The 10* game of the week is on the Stars.

Good luck, NP