The Dallas Stars (26-13-5, 57 points, 3rd Central) continue a road trip on Saturday when paying a visit to Newark to play the New Jersey Devils (22-17-3, 47 points, 7th Metro), who will be playing the second part of a back to back after facing the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday. Dallas was defeated by the Philadelphia Flyers 5-1 on Thursday night, snapping a two-game winning streak for the Stars. New Jersey was defeated by the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 and the Devils have lost four of the last five. Dallas will play without D Miro Heiskanen. New Jersey will play without Jack Hughes, Jonas Siegenhaler, Tomas Nosek and Dougie Hamilton, while Ondrej Palak is questionable.
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Dallas is averaging 3.61 goals per game which is third highest in the NHL. The Stars are taking an average of 29.8 shots per game which is 20th and winning 54% of their face-offs, which is fourth best. Dallas is 12th on the power play with an average of 23.0%. Roope Hintz and Joe Pavelski are the leaders in goals scored for Dallas with 18 each. The leader in assists is Jason Robertson with 30 and Robertson is also the leader in points with 45. Second in assists with 26 is Matt Duchene.
Dallas has a goals against average of 3.05, which is 15th in the NHL while allowing an average of 30.3 shots per game which is 17th. The Dallas penalty kill unit is successful 84.6% of the time that the Stars are shorthanded which is third best in hockey. Jake Oettinger is 13-9-2 with a 2.97 goals agains t average and .904 save percentage, while Scott Wedgewood is 12-4-3 with a 3.03 goals against average and .897 save percentage.