Schedule and 2018-19 Results
Regular Season Records: Nashville 47-29-6=100pts, Dallas 43-32-7=93pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 10 April: Dallas wins at Nashville, 3-goals-2
Game 2 on Saturday, 13 April: Dallas loses at Nashville, 2-goals-1 (OT)
Game 3 on Monday, 15 April: Nashville wins at Dallas, 3-goals-2
Game 4 on Wednesday, 17 April: Nashville loses at Dallas, 5-goals-1
Game 5 on Saturday, 20 April: Dallas wins at Nashville, 5-goals-3
Game 6 on Monday, 22 April: Nashville loses at Dallas, 2-goals-1 (OT)

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Dallas Stars hosted and defeated the Nashville Predators 2-goals-1 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1390 victory. With the series 1390 win, the Dallas Stars improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 16-13 overall and 9-6 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1390 loss, the Nashville Predators see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 7-12 overall and 5-7 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Dallas Stars in series 1390 was WLLWWW: Series 1390 thus becomes the 13th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 25th NHL series (all rounds), and the 38th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 5: The Dallas Stars visited and topped the Nashville Predators 5-goals-3 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1390 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 9-0 and a Game 6 record of 6-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 1-8 and a Game 6 record of 3-6. In the best-of-7 NHL Preliminary round, teams such as the Dallas Stars which post a WLLWW @ VVHHV win/site order through five games have a 6-2 series record and a 6-2 Game 6 record, with the Game 6 outcome determining the series outcome in all eight previous series (i.e., the two Game 6 losers in that situation also lost Game 7).

After Game 4: The Dallas Stars hosted and outscored the Nashville Predators 5-goals-1 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1390 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 3-6 and a Game 5 record of 2-7, while the Dallas Stars have a series record of 7-3 and a Game 5 record of 6-4.

After Game 3: The Nashville Predators visited and topped the Dallas Stars 3-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1390 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 6-1 (with an active six-series winning streak) and a Game 4 record of 3-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 2-9 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 4 record of 5-6.

After Game 2: The Nashville Predators hosted and bested the Dallas Stars 2-goals-1 in overtime to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1390 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 4-6 and a Game 3 record of 5-5, while the Dallas Stars have a series record of 6-5 and a Game 3 record of 4-7.

After Game 1: The Dallas Stars visited and defeated the Nashville Predators 3-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1390 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Dallas Stars have a series record of 11-2 and a Game 2 record of 9-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Nashville Predators have a series record of 0-9 and a Game 2 record of 4-5.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2018-19 NHL regular season, the Nashville Predators finished seven points ahead of the Dallas Stars. From 1939 through the 2018 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by seven regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 18-15 (.545) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1390 is the 19th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Nashville Predators, and the 29th for the Dallas Stars. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Nashville Predators have an all-rounds series record of 7-11, a Preliminary-round series record of 5-6, and a Game 1 record of 9-9, while the Dallas Stars have an all-rounds series record of 15-13, a Preliminary-round series record of 8-6, and a Game 1 record of 13-15. Series 1390 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Nashville Predators and the Dallas Stars.