Detroit Red Wings vs Dallas Stars NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 3/18/21
2021-03-18 19:30:00 EDT
The Dallas Stars and Detroit Red Wings meet Thursday in NHL action at the Little Caesars Arena.
The Dallas Stars need a win after losing 10 of their last 14 games. The Dallas Stars are averaging 2.8 goals per game and are scoring on 24.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Joe Pavelski leads Dallas with 14 goals, John Klingberg has 12 assists and Denis Gurianov has 61 shots on goal. Defensively, the Dallas Stars are allowing 2.5 goals per game and are killing 78 percent of their opponents power plays. Anton Khudobin has allowed 34 goals on 364 shots faced and Jake Oettinger has allowed 27 goals on 325 shots.
The Detroit Red Wings need a win after losing five of their last seven games. The Detroit Red Wings are averaging 2.2 goals per game and are scoring on 10.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Anthony Mantha leads Detroit with eight goals, Filip Hronek has 17 assists and Dylan Larkin has 88 shots on goal. Defensively, the Detroit Red Wings are allowing 3.3 goals per game and are killing 71.1 percent of their opponents power plays. Thomas Greiss has given up 48 goals on 411 shots faced and Jonathan Bernier has allowed 41 goals on 464 shots.
The Stars are 2-5 in their last 7 road games and 5-16 in their last 21 overall. The Red Wings are 17-35 in their last 52 home games and 19-62 in their last 81 overall. The over is 5-1-2 in Stars last 8 overall. The over is 6-2-1 in Red Wings last 9 overall. The Stars are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings. The favorite is 8-2 in the last 10 meetings.
The Dallas Stars are the better team on paper and should be favored, but they’re in no position to be laying these sort of prices, and I don’t care that they’ve beaten the Red Wings twice this season. The Detroit Red Wings have shown more signs of life over the last two weeks and have been less taxing on the bank account. While both are losers up to this point, the Stars have lost nearly twice amount of money the Red Wings have this season. I’ll take a shot with the Red Wings and the big plus money.
