As the calendar flips to March, the NBA is in the home stretch of its 2024-25 regular season. All 30 teams will have a jam-packed schedule the rest of the way with just six weeks left. Per usual, there are plenty of tight races with playoff seeding sans both conferences' top spot.

Wyatt Johnston scored a hat trick to lead the host Dallas Stars past the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Sunday. Dallas went 4-for-4 with the man advantage and Johnston scored three of those power-play goals to give him 21 goals on the season.

Dallas’ greatest weakness has all of a sudden become its biggest strength. Around the holidays, Stars coach Pete DeBoer said the coaches and players felt they hit rock bottom on their power play. Their unit,