The Dallas Stars (27-13-6, 60 points, 3rd Central) make a trek to Motown on Tuesday to play the Detroit Red Wings (24-17-5, 53 points, 4th Atlantic). Dallas was defeated by the New York Islanders 3-2 on Sunday in overtime and has lost two of its last three. Detroit defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 Sunday night and the Red Wings have won four of the last five. Miro Heiskanen is out for Dallas while Jake Oettinger and Craig Smith are day to day. Detroit will play without Ville Husso, Ben Chiarot, Patrick Kane and Matt Luff.
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Dallas is averaging 3.63 goals per game which is third best in the NHL while taking an average of 30 shots per game which is 20th. Dallas is winning 53.9% of its face offs which is fourth best in the NHL. The Dallas power play is 12th, scoring 22.7% of the time the Stars at the man advantage. Roope Hintz Is the leading goal scorer for Dallas with 20, while Joe Pavelski is second with 19. Jason Robertson is the leader in assists with 32 and is the points leader with 48. Matt Duchene is second in assists with 26 and Hintz is second in points with 42.
Dallas has a goals against average of 3.02, which is 14th in the NHL while allowing an average of 30.3 shots per game which is 16th. The penalty kill for Dallas is third in the league holding opponents scoreless 84.9% of the time the Stars are shorthanded. Dallas No. 1 g oalie Jake Oettinger is 13-9-2 with a 2.97 goals against average and .904 save percentage but is listed as day-to-day and will be a game time decision. Backup Scott Wedgewood is 12-4-3 with a 3.03 goals against average and .897 save percentage.
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