New York at Dallas

Dallas gives up 1.6 goals a game, the fewest in the league, and in eight of its ten games it has allowed two or fewer. No Stars game this season has produced more than five goals. The Stars allow 22 shots a game, also the fewest, and their penalty kill has stopped 91.7% of power plays, third-best in the league. Esa Lindell has missed Dallas’s last two games, and the Stars allowed two goals in each of them. New York gives up 2.2 goals a game, third-fewest in the league, and 25.5 shots a game, eighth-fewest, with a penalty kill that has stopped 88.2%, fourth-best. The Islanders score 2.9 goals a game, 12th-worst in the league, and Dallas scores 2.5, tied with Nashville for sixth-worst. Forwards Matias Maccelli and Calum Ritchie have missed New York’s last two games with lower-body injuries, and the Islanders scored three goals in one and two in the other. Both clubs average 26.7 shots a game, tied for 18th-most. Each of New York’s last five games has produced five goals or fewer, and the UNDER is my play tonight.