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After the Islanders beat Tampa Bay on Wednesday and Washington drew first blood on Pittsburgh last night to open the Eastern Conference second-round series, both Western matchups begin tonight with St. Louis visiting Dallas (CBC, CBC Sports app, 8 p.m. ET) and Nashville jumping into the shark tank in San Jose (10:30 p.m. ET).
No rest for the Preds
The Sharks are easily the more rested team in their series. It was a full week ago that San Jose completed its five-game upset of the Kings with a 6-3 win in L.A. A night later, Nashville appeared to be on its way out after losing its third straight game to Anaheim, pushed to the brink of elimination in a series it had once led 2-0. But the Predators roared back to take the next two and send the Pacific Division champs packing with Wednesday's 2-1 road win.
While the Sharks enjoyed six full days off, the Predators said they wouldn't even have time to practice ahead of the series opener.
More time for Blues
St. Louis also went seven games in its first-round matchup with Chicago, but the Blues still got three days off after outlasting the defending Stanley Cup champions in an emotional seven-game series that ended with Monday's 3-2 decision.
Dallas has been off since Sunday's 5-4 win that completed a six-game victory over a depleted Minnesota team.
Seguin still out
Dallas standout Tyler Seguin appears likely to miss at least the first two games of the series as he recovers from an unspecified injury.
Seguin suffered a cut to his Achilles tendon on March 17 that required surgery and kept him out for 11 games. He returned for Game 2 against Minnesota, was reinjured, and has yet to skate again.
"He's day to day, and once he gets on the ice, it's probably four to five days from there," Stars GM Jim Nill said Wednesday per Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News.
Game 2 goes Sunday. Game 3 is Monday, on the edge of Nill's timeline.
Stars' Tyler Seguin out for at least first two games vs. Blues https://t.co/1pg3xQPdNp via @sportsdaydfw
— @MikeHeika
Seguin played 15:40 in Game 2 against Minnesota — down from his regular-season average of 19:26 — and had no points.
Stars coach Lindy Ruff described the new injury as "kind of related" to the Achilles problem.
Seguin notched 33 goals and 40 assists in 72 regular-season games.
In his absence, Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza picked up the scoring slack, combining for eight goals and 19 points in the six games against the Wild. Benn leads all playoff scorers with a 1.67 points-per-game average.
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