Avs Sweep Vegas as Stars Rivalry Gets Louder

This one has the kind of Western Conference bite that usually comes with a few bruises and a lot of second-guessing. Colorado’s sweep of Vegas changes the temperature around the Stars’ corner of the hockey world, because every result in this bracket seems to boomerang back into Dallas’ plans. The quiet part for contenders is that nobody really gets to sit still when the Avs and Golden Knights start settling scores.