Both teams had spectacular Game 7 comebacks while missing a star forward and top defenseman. That makes this series a tough call.

There was that natural inclination for Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer to start paying more attention to St. Louis while watching the game that would determine who his team would play next in the NHL playoffs. But he never really started preparing for the Blues, even as they had a multigoal lead over Winnipeg much of that game.

Mahendra Patel, who is facing attempted kidnapping and other charges after a mother accused him of trying to grab her 2-year-old son from her at a Georgia Walmart has been granted a $10,000 bond after being held in a Cobb County jail for 45 days.