The San Jose Sharks (+170), one of the league’s top penalty killing teams, are on the road to face the Dallas Stars (-200) and their clutch power play offense at American Airlines Center on Friday. The total is 6.5 (O: -110, U: -110)San Jose (3-9-3) is playing on back-to-back days after suffering a high-scoring 5-3 loss against the Blues yesterday, their fifth defeat in a row.
The Sharks committed only two penalties in the game, yet still conceded a power play goal. Tomas Hertl, Timo Meier, and Logan Couture each scored once for the Sharks. Erik Karlsson and Kevin Labanc both had two assists to lead the team in scoring.
Kaapo Kahkonen only had 28 saves on 32 shots against (.875%) in the loss.Dallas (8-4-1) fell 5-1 to the Jets on Tuesday. Jason Robertson was the only player to score for the Stars. Scott Wedgewood only had 28 saves on 32 shots against (.875%) in the loss.
HEAD TO HEAD
The Stars won two of the three games between the teams last season, including a 2-1 victory in their final meeting in April. Michael Raffl and Tyler Seguin were on the scoresheet for Dallas. Meier scored San Jose’s only goal. Jake Oettinger got the win, saving 23 of 24 shots (.958%).
FACING OFF
San Jose is averaging only 2.60 goals per game for the season, 31st in the NHL. The visitors will face a tough test against a Stars team that is allowing just 2.46 goals a game (4th). Meanwhile, Dallas has found the net 3.62 times a game on average, sixth in the league, and the Sharks are allowing opponents to score 3.40 goals per game (22nd).
The Stars’ fourth-ranked power play offense (28.57%) will be put to the test against the Sharks, who are the league’s second-best penalty killing team (90.24%). San Jose, meanwhile, has scored on 18.60% of their power play opportunities (22nd), which the visitors will be looking to add to against Dallas’ fourth-ranked 85.19% penalty killing rate.
TOP PERFORMERS:
With 21 points this season, fifth-most in the NHL, Karlsson is the top skater for the Sharks. He is among the league leaders with 10 goals (3rd) and has added 11 assists. In the net, James Reimer (2-5-2) is San Jose’s top goaltender by goals against average.
He has a 2.88 GAA and a .910% save percentage. Robertson leads the Stars in scoring with 19 points (6th in the league). He has nine goals (6th in the league) and 10 assists. Oettinger (5-1-0) has the best goals against average for Dallas at 1.40, best in the league. He has a save percentage of .952%, also best.
HOME AND AWAY
San Jose is 2-4-0 away from home this season. Dallas is 4-1-0 at home this season. Meanwhile, the Sharks are 1-2 without a day off and 0-1 playing with a rest disadvantage. The Stars are 1-0 with a rest advantage.
SportsTips’ NHL Pick:
Dallas Stars -1.5 (+115)
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