The Dallas Stars (-185) and their clutch power play offense are on the road to take on the Anaheim Ducks (+155), one of the NHL’s worst penalty killing teams, at Honda Center on Wednesday. The total is 6 (O: -115, U: -105)Dallas (23-10-6) is playing the second of a back-to-back after suffering a 3-2 loss against the Kings yesterday, ending a run of four consecutive wins.
The Stars conceded a power play goal while failing to take advantage of their own power play opportunities. Miro Heiskanen and Jason Robertson each scored once for the Stars. Roope Hintz had two assists to lead the team in scoring. Jake Oettinger had 32 saves in the loss.Anaheim (10-24-4) fell 4-1 to the Flyers on Monday. Ryan Strome netted the only goal for the Ducks. John Gibson saved only 29 of 33 shots against (.878%) in the loss.
HEAD TO HEAD
The Stars won the first meeting between the teams this season, a 5-0 victory in December, their sixth straight win against Anaheim. Robertson (3G 0A) and Heiskanen (0G 3A) each had three points to lead Dallas. Oettinger saved 31 shots to earn the shutout win.
FACING OFF
Dallas is averaging 3.56 goals per game for the season, fourth in the NHL. The visitors will look to improve on that figure against a Ducks team that is allowing 4.11 goals a game (32nd).
Meanwhile, Anaheim has found the net 2.24 times a game on average, 31st in the league, and the Stars are allowing opponents to score 2.69 goals per game (7th). Anaheim averages fewer shots per game (29.0) than most teams in the league, ranking 29th, while the team’s 8.0% shooting percentage is 32nd.
Dallas has been up to the task of stopping shots, ranking No. 4 with a team save percentage of .917%.Expect multiple power play opportunities for the Stars, as the Ducks have been penalized 4.87 times a game, second-most in the NHL, for an average of 12.08 minutes (fourth-highest).
The visitors are averaging 4.05 penalties (12th) and 9.87 penalty minutes a game (13th).The Stars will be looking to add to their fourth-ranked power play percentage of 28.10% against the Ducks, who are the league’s third-weakest penalty killing team (70.50%). Anaheim, meanwhile, has scored on just 14.29% of their power play opportunities (32nd), which the home team will be aiming to improve on against Dallas’ fourth-ranked 83.46% penalty killing rate.
TOP PERFORMERS:
With 55 points this season, third-most in the NHL, Robertson is the top skater for the Stars. He is among the league leaders in both goals and assists, finding the net 26 times (5th) and assisting 29 scores for this teammates (8th). In the net, Oettinger (17-5-3) is Dallas’ top goaltender by goals against average.
He has a 2.36 GAA and a .921% save percentage.Troy Terry leads the Ducks in scoring with 31 points. He has 12 goals and 19 assists in 38 games. Gibson (6-16-3) has the best goals against average for Anaheim at 3.98. He has a save percentage of .897%.
HOME AND AWAY
Dallas is 12-6-3 away from American Airlines Center this season. Anaheim is 6-10-1 at home this season. Meanwhile, the Stars are 1-2 without a day off and 0-2 playing with a rest disadvantage. The Ducks are 4-3 with a rest advantage.
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Anaheim Ducks (+170)
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