Young Star!

     James Neal is a young forward skating very well in Dallas and starting to show up on the score sheet as a result. The 21 year old has 9 points in the last 8 games.  Lehtinen, Ribeiro, and Ott provide the Stars with and excellent first line. However, playoff teams need those second tier players to produce goals in order to win late in the season. That is exactly what Neal is providing for the Stars in mid-February. The kid also has 7 power play goals on this year's rookie campaign. If you have room pick him now. 

Dallas Stars Shining

Steve Ott is rolling along with the rest of his teammates. In the last six games he's tallied 5 goals and 5 assists. Dallas has been winning games even with key injuries such as Zubov. 

Jere Lehtinen has managed 4 goals and 4 assists in the same time frame. Both of these guys are must starts while the Stars keep rolling in February. 

Finally Producing?

Letang has mustered up two goal games twice in the last six games. That's not the only upside here. The Penguins are finally winning games at home and there is still no Gonchar on the blue line for Pittsburgh. On Saturday, Pittsburgh sent down their leading scorer on the blue line, rookie Alex Goligoski. 

Pittsburgh will host the best the Western Conference has to offer in Detroit and San Jose. If they even split this series look for a playoff push and solid numbers from their young blueliner who will be quarterbacking the point on a powerplay unit that has started to produce after the all-star break.