Midseason report cards for all 31 NHL teams

Will it be Ben Bishop or Anton Khudobin in net for the Dallas Stars when they hit the ice in Edmonton on Wednesday in a second bid to eliminate the Colorado Avalanche from the Stanley Cup playoffs? Across the ice, will the Avalanche again turn to their third stringer, veteran journeyman Michael Hutchinson, or have No. 2 goaltender Pavel Francouz in the breach when they try to force Game 6 in the Western Conference semifinal series? Or, considering all the secrecy surrounding the NHL where nothing more than “unfit to play” is needed to explain someone’s absence, are the Avalanche going to shock everyone and put No. 1 netminder Philipp Grubauer between the pipes?

Needing a spark to win Game 5 and stay alive in the NHL playoffs, the Florida Panthers swung big and went to rookie goaltender Spencer Knight.