The Dallas Stars have clinched the Central Division championship and the top seed in the Western Conference and will face the Wild in the first round of the playoffs.

It'll be the first time the Wild meets the former North Stars in the postseason.

Game 1 will be Thursday with the rest of the schedule being released Sunday.

There will be a ton of coverage in the next week, but here is a quick look at the Stars:

No. 1 Dallas Stars vs. No. 8 Minnesota Wild

-- Record: 50-23-9 record and 109 points to win the Central Division and the Western Conference.

-- Record vs. Wild: Stars went 4-1, with three wins in 3-on-3 OT.

-- Red-hot: The Stars went 29-11-2 at home and 12-3-2 in their past 17 overall. Entering Saturday's play, they were the most prolific team in the NHL at 3.23 goals per game but allowed the 11th-most goals at 2.79 per game. They had the NHL's third-best power play at 22.1 percent and 10th-best penalty kill at 82.4 percent.

-- Star power: Captain Jamie Benn is the reigning Art Ross Trophy winner and ranked second in the league with a career-high 89 points. He is second in the NHL with 41 goals, the first Stars player to eclipse the 40-goal mark since Mike Modano registered 50 goals during the 1993-94 season. Seventeen of his goals have come on the power play. Jason Spezza and Tyler Seguin have also hit the 30-goal mark. The Stars are the first team to have three-or-more 30-goal scorers in the same season since 2011-12 when the New Jersey Devils. Seguin is expected to practice Monday and could return from Achilles' injury. John Klingberg ranked fifth among NHL defensemen with 58 points.

-- Tidbits: The Wild is 23-27-1 all-time vs. the Stars, 7-17-7 on the road. Since 2003-04, the Wild's 4-15-6 record in Dallas is its worst road points percentage against any opponent (.280). This is the first postseason meeting against the former North Stars.