"This is a hard-working team," Bowness said. "Regardless of their lineup, the name's have changed, but the way they play hasn't. They work hard, they forecheck hard, and they make you play hard. They're not going to give us a shift off, we know that."
Bowness said the Stars have worked hard to keep their players as fresh as possible and believes that a hard third period Tuesday against Florida is an example of the fact they do have the energy to make a run.
"I mentioned this a while ago -- the importance of managing our schedule, managing our days off, managing our practice time, managing our travel time -- all of that comes into play when you talk about mental freshness," Bowness said. "In my estimation, we've done a very good job of monitoring that.
"We are as good as we can possibly be in terms of managing the schedule and trying to keep them as fresh mentally and as fresh physically as we possibly can," he added. "You go back to our last game, the way we played in the third period, shows we're right there mentally and we're right there physically. That's a credit to the players."