The New Jersey Devils (31-13-4) and Dallas Stars (28-13-9) meet Friday at American Airlines Center. The opening faceoff is slated for 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Devils vs. Stars odds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
New Jersey is playing its 2nd game in as many nights and its 3rd in the last 4 days. The Devils lost to the Nashville Predators 6-4 Thursday but had been 7-0-1 over their previous 8 games.
The Stars head into this contest off back-to-back overtime losses and are just 3-2-3 over their last 8 games. Dallas is 13-5-5 at home and its .674 point percentage on home ice ranks 7th in the NHL.
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