A pair of teams at opposite ends of the Central Division do battle on the ice in the Windy City looking to earn two points. The Dallas Stars are on the road as they travel to take on the Chicago Blackhawks Saturday night. Dallas was in action against Nashville at home Friday night in the front half of a back-to-back set, giving up four third-period goal to fall 6-3. Chicago battled but fell short on the road as they were edged 2-1 by Winnipeg on the road Thursday night in their previous game. In the last 10 meetings between the teams, the Stars own a 9-1 advantage and have won the last four matchups. That includes an 8-1 home romp in the most recent meeting on December 31, 2023.
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Dallas was in action against Nashville Friday night at home to kick off this back-to-back set that closes with this stop in the Windy City and couldn’t come up with the win. The Stars entered Saturday night 24-12-5 and stood third in the Central Division, seven points behind the Jets for the top spot. They were six points ahead of Nashville for the final guaranteed playoff spot in the division. Dallas stands 2nd in the league in goals per game as they average 3.68 goals per contest on the year. The Stars stand 13th in the league in goals against as they allow an average of 3.03 goals a night this season. Dallas is tied for 11th when it comes to success on the power play as they convert on 23% of their chances with the man advantage this season. The Stars are fourth in penalty killing as they successfully navigate 85.2% of their shorthanded situations on the year.
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Against Nashville Friday night, Dallas welcomed back Jake Oettinger between the pipes but he was rusty, which proved costly in the loss. The Stars held a 7-6 advantage in shots on goal in the opening period with neither team scoring, keeping things scoreless after 20 minutes. In the second period, Dallas was outshot 15-7 and was outscored 2-0 to trail by that margin at the second intermission. The third period saw the Stars outshot 17-8 and outscored 4-3 to wind up with the loss. Jani Hakanpaa got Dallas on the board with his second goal of the season at 1:09 off assists from Matt Duchene and Tyler Seguin. After giving up a goal to trail 3-1, Wyatt Johnson got the Stars within a goal again with his 11th of the year at 8:11 off assists from Nils Lundkvist and Thomas Harley. Nashville re-extended to a two-goal advantage before Duchene made it a 4-3 game with his 13th goal of the year, on the power play at 13:36 with assists going to Jason Robertson and Joe Pavelski. That was as close as Dallas would get as they surrendered a pair of empty-net goals to close the scoring. Oettinger made 32 saves for the Stars, who were outshot 38-22, in the loss. Scott Wedgewood likely gets the start between the pipes here.
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