Stars’ Corey Perry, Joe Pavelski have gone through some battles, but never as teammates until now

Stars forward Joe Pavelski and Corey Perry are used to seeing each other — in the regular season, in the postseason and internationally — but just not as teammates.

For their entire careers before joining the Stars last summer, Pavelski (San Jose) and Perry (Anaheim) were Pacific Division rivals, key members on their teams in 27 combined seasons with the Sharks and Ducks. Both signed as free agents with the Stars in 2019.

“I think it’s great,” Pavelski said. “There was a few games ago, we did one of these and I looked up at the screen and I saw it, and just kind of started laughing. I thought it was great. I’m in the playoffs here with Corey Perry.”

“There’s lots of battles that we’ve gone through,” Perry said.

Pavelski entered Game 1 tied for the team lead with nine goals this postseason, and Perry is one of two Stars who have won the Stanley Cup before.

— Saturday was the seven-year anniversary of the Stars naming Jamie Benn as their captain.

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