Two of the better teams to start the 2022-23 season square off on Tuesday when the Dallas Stars travel to Boston to take on the 4-1 Bruins. Dallas wraps up a trip through the east coast in before returning home on Thursday. The Bruins, meanwhile, are playing their fifth home game in seven games this year and remain undefeated at home. The puck drops at 7:00pm EST.
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The Dallas Stars are in the midst of a strong eastern swing and have been playing very well under new coach, Peter DeBoer. The Stars moved on from former Bruins head coach Rick Bowness after a 98-point season that ended in a first round playoff loss. This season, the Stars have shown flashes of a team that may get more scoring than they did last year. In 2021-22, the Stars had just four players score 20 goals while playing in a conference loaded with scoring. This season the Stars already have five players with at least 10 points. Last night against the Senators,
A sight for starry eyes ?? @PNCBank | #TexasHockey pic.twitter.com/2cGn1qoxfK
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) October 24, 2022
The Stars have poured in 138 shots on net through give games heading into Monday night's game at Ottawa. They have a scoring percentage of 14.5% thus far after a scoring percentage of just 9.4 last season. Soon to be 38-year old center Joe Pavelski once again leads the Stars in scoring this season with 7 points heading into last night's game. Pavelski had 81 points least season. Starting goalie Jake Oettinger is 4-0 this season with a sterling 1.25 GAA and a save percentage of .959. The youngster went 30-15 last season with a 2.53 GAA. With Tuesday's game the second game in a back-to-back, the Stars may turn to backup goalie Scott Wedgewood. He took the loss in the overtime decision against Toronto.
Key Injuries: Dallas remains injury-free at this point of the season.