Dallas at New Jersey

First-place Dallas has vastly upgraded its defense from a year ago, ranked #12 in goals allowed, #13 in penalty killing. They've allowed one goal or fewer in three of the last five games. Dallas is 7-3 UNDER the total against the Metropolitan Division. New Jersey is home but has a shaky offense, #26 in goals scored, on a 55-27-23 run UNDER the total. But they can play defense, at fifth in goals allowed. New Jersey ended the year with back-to-back wins, including a 3-0 victory in Ottawa on Wednesday. The UNDER is 34-11-13 in the Devils last 58 home games, as well as 47-20-13 UNDER against the Western Conference. Play Dallas/New Jersey UNDER the total.