Overview
- Dallas sits second overall with 45 points, three back of Colorado, and owns a 10-1-4 road record with a +28 goal differential.
- Winnipeg has five wins in its last 16 games and, over that stretch, ranks 27th in goals scored and 24th in goals against after a 6-2 loss in Edmonton.
- The Stars enter off a 3-2 shootout win over Pittsburgh, where Miro Heiskanen tied it late, Mikko Rantanen netted the shootout winner, and Jake Oettinger made 27 saves and stopped all three attempts in the tiebreaker.
- Special teams favor Dallas, which carries a top-tier power play around 31.6% and a top-10 penalty kill, while Winnipeg’s units have slipped to 12th on the power play and 14th on the kill.
- Winnipeg remains without starter Connor Hellebuyck as he recovers from a minor knee procedure, while Dallas monitors blue-line health with Thomas Harley a possible return and Ilya Lyubushkin off the trip.