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(16-16-8) Dallas Stars vs. Anaheim Ducks (21-13-8)
Date: Tuesday January 10th
Time: 10:00PM EST
Venue: Honda Center in Anaheim, California
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: Ducks -170
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: Off
NHL Betting Total: 5
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Dallas has yet to win in 2017, losing both of its contests to start the New Year. The Stars will look to get their first win of the year in Anaheim.
The Ducks had a three-game win streak broken in a tough 2-1 loss to Minnesota. Anaheim will look to win their fourth in five games at home against Dallas.
Dallas Stars
It’s definitely been a struggle for the Dallas Stars this season, as the team can’t seem to keep up with the top sides in the Central Division.
Sitting in 6th place in the Central right now, every game matters if the Stars want any chance at the playoffs.
Neither side of the ice can really seem to keep up, as the Stars rank 23rd in goals against (121) and 22nd in goal scored (103).
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It’s made winning games extremely tough when the neither side can bail the other out.
Injuries haven’t helped recently, either. Captain Jamie Benn went on the injured reserve list to start 2017 because of a foot injury. There’s no timetable for his return as of this writing.
With Benn out, the Stars lose an offensive leader, a player who’s posted 10 goals and 24 assists this year.
With him out, the offensive burden rests on Tyler Seguin (14G, 25A) and Patrick Eaves (14G, 9A).
Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf has missed the last two games with a lower-body injury and his status is uncertain for Tuesday’s game.
Based on the fact that his status was also “uncertain” for the previous two games, it’s doubtful that he’ll suit up for the Ducks against Dallas.
Anaheim will be without an extremely important playmaker for the third straight game, and that hurts the team on the offensive end. Getzlaf leads the offense and is an assist machine.
He has 25 assists on the year and leads the team in that category.
Anaheim has a mid-tier offense to begin with, and loses a lot with Getzlaf out. The Ducks will have to rely even more on center Ryan Kesler, who has 16 goals and 19 assists on the season.
He has four goals in his last five games, including a hat-trick against Philadelphia.
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The offense should have enough to get it done against a defensively mediocre Dallas squad.
NHL Betting Trends:
- The Total has gone UNDER in six of Dallas’ last nine games
- Dallas is 7-18 ATS in the last 25 games
Free Dallas Stars vs. Anaheim Ducks NHL Hockey Prediction:
Even without Getzlaf, Anaheim is a better team on both sides of the ice than Dallas. At home, I like Anaheim to have a pretty easy go of it and take the W.
4* Free NHL Betting Pick: Anaheim ML
Anaheim at home, against a less talented Stars team. The Anaheim moneyline should be a good bet.
NHL Free Score Prediction: Dallas 1 – Anaheim 3
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