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Who: Dallas Stars (11-8-2; 24 points, 5th in Central Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (7-8-4; 18 points, 8th in Metropolitan Division)
When: 7:00 p.m. ET
How to Watch: On TV locally in Pittsburgh (AT&T Sportsnet), and on Fox Sports Southwest in Dallas
Opponent Track: The Stars are playing their 4th game in 6 days tonight, and 3rd straight road game. They’re 2-1-0 in this little run, but are coming off a pretty flat 2-1 loss to the Rangers on Monday night (more below).
Pens Refresh: Everything remains awful with now just one win in the last 10 games.
SBN Team Counterpart: Defending Big D

Tale of the Tape

—About the only thing Dallas doesn’t do well is score goals. They’re top-10 in the league in goals allowed, shots allowed, penalty kill and save percentage. That looks like a pretty well-rounded type of team, but one perhaps lacking a bit of skill and depth.
—The Pens, comically enough, are even in goals allowed and scored and almost identical in shots on goal taken and allowed. They’re equally as wide-open all the way around.