Game 1 Of Stars-Wild First Round Playoff Series Will Be This Saturday Afternoon | DLLS Stars Podcast

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It’s official! The Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild will play Game 1 of their 2026 first round playoff series on Saturday, April 18th at 4:30 p.m. CT at American Airlines Center. The full first round schedule will be released later tonight after the completion of the NHL’s regular season schedule (6 games tonight). Two massive guests join today’s show - Jeff Marek, host of The Sheet on Daily Faceoff AND Mike Heika, senior writer for the Dallas Stars website. Mike will be in-studio for the full show, while Jeff will join us for the first 30 minutes. We will talk to both of them about the Dallas Stars 2025-26 regular season (finishing 3rd overall in the NHL), the upcoming Stars-Wild playoff series, the rest of the Stanley Cup Playoff matchups and much more!

00:00 Intro
03:15 Jeff Marek from The Sheet on Daily Faceoff Joins the Show
08:00 Jason Robertson Contract
29:30 NHL GM of the Year/Coach of the Year
39:30 Game 1, Stars vs Wild Preview
42:10 Status on Miro Heiskanen & Roope Hintz
49:45 Goaltending
55:39 Looking Back at the NHL Standings on Thanksgiving

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