Dallas Stars (1-2) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (2-0-1)
October 19, 2021 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Pittsburgh Penguins -130 / Dallas Stars +110; Over/Under: -6.5
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The Dallas Stars and Pittsburgh Penguins meet Tuesday in NHL action at the PPG Paints Arena. The Dallas Stars need a win here to rebound from back-to-back losses. The Pittsburgh Penguins look for another win to build on a strong 2-0-1 start.
The Dallas Stars are averaging two goals per game and are scoring on 10 percent of their power play opportunities. Miro Heiskanen leads Dallas with one goal, Radek Faksa has two assists and Esa Lindell has 11 shots on goal. Defensively, the Dallas Stars are allowing 2.67 goals per game and are killing 80 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Braden Holtby has allowed four goals on 66 shots faced, and Anton Khudobin has allowed three goals on 33 shots.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are averaging five goals per game and are scoring on 16.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Danton Heinen leads Pittsburgh with three goals, Kris Letang has four assists and Evan Rodrigues has 11 shots on goal. Defensively, the Pittsburgh Penguins are allowing three goals per game and are killing 90 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Tristan Jarry has allowed four goals on 48 shots faced, and Casey DeSmith has allowed five goals on 39 shots.
The Stars are 3-7 in their last 10 road games and 3-8 in their last 11 overall. The Penguins are 41-16 in their last 57 home games and 29-14 in their last 43 overall. The over is 4-1 in Stars last 5 games playing on 1 days rest. The over is 4-0 in Penguins last 4 overall. The Stars are 0-4 in the last 4 meetings in Pittsburgh and 0-5 in the last 5 meetings.
The Dallas Stars are off to a sluggish start, they can’t score on the power play, and now they’re running into a Penguins team that’s owned them in recent meetings. The Penguins have won five straight games against the Stars and have outscored them 18-6 during that span. It also doesn’t hurt that the Penguins have been arguably the most impressive team through the first week of the season. I’m not stepping in front of the Penguins here.
