NHL Previews

Match Facts Matchup Detail Teams Pittsburgh Penguins at Dallas Stars Date Sunday (regular-season matchup) Venue American Airlines Center, Dallas Schedule spot Penguins aiming to sweep a three-game road stretch; Stars on a nine-game point streak with three straight home wins Recent form Penguins have won 4 of 5; Stars 16-2-4 since Oct. 25 with a 7-0-2 current run Line and

Match Facts Matchup Detail Teams Colorado Avalanche at Philadelphia Flyers Date Sunday (regular-season matchup) Venue Philadelphia Schedule spot Avalanche on third road game in four days; Flyers at home after four days’ rest Recent form Colorado 1-1-0 on this trip after OT win at Rangers; Flyers have won 4 of their last 5, 9-4-2 at home Line and Odds (Adjust

Oilers vs Jets Betting Preview Edmonton enters Saturday looking to stack wins for the first time in weeks. Their 9-4 blowout of Seattle delivered their best offensive output of the season. Connor McDavid recorded a hat trick and an assist. Leon Draisaitl added a goal and three assists. Eleven Oilers recorded points. Their power play struck four times. Their pace

Wild vs Canucks Betting Preview Minnesota’s 12-game points streak ended Thursday in a 4-1 loss to Calgary. Their pace and execution fell behind early. Their structure slipped. Their compete level could not match previous weeks. Yakov Trenin scored their lone goal. Filip Gustavsson made 27 saves, but Minnesota never found rhythm. John Hynes called the loss their least competitive outing

Islanders vs Lightning Betting Preview Tampa Bay returns home carrying frustration. Their past two losses came by one goal. Their Tuesday defeat to the Islanders featured Ilya Sorokin’s steady goaltending. Their Thursday loss to Pittsburgh ended in controversy. Nikita Kucherov appeared to tie the game late, but a league-initiated review overturned the goal due to a hand-pass infraction on Brandon

Maple Leafs vs Canadiens Betting Preview Toronto ended its six-game road trip with a 5-1 win in Carolina and returned home with confidence. The Maple Leafs went 4-2-0 on the swing despite losing Joseph Woll to a lower-body injury Thursday. Dennis Hildeby closed the game with nine third-period saves. Toronto’s puck movement, support play and four-line pace improved as the

Predators vs Hurricanes Betting Preview Carolina enters Saturday sorting through a goaltending debate. Frederik Andersen remains the No. 1 on paper, but his recent stretch has complicated decisions. He is 0-4-2 in his last six starts. He acknowledged the numbers are not where they should be, yet he believes his process remains strong. The Hurricanes have three goalies on the

Game Preview: St. Louis Blues @ Ottawa Senators The St. Louis Blues begin a back-to-back weekend road swing Saturday night in Ottawa, looking to halt a two-game skid after being outscored 9-3 across those losses. They meet an Ottawa Senators team that has dropped three of its last four yet showed encouraging signs in Thursday’s 4-2 defeat to the New

Devils vs Bruins Betting Preview Boston earned a 5-2 win over St. Louis on Thursday, one of the rare multi-goal victories in a season filled with tight results. The Bruins rode a strong middle period, scoring three times while Joonas Korpisalo stopped 37 shots. Viktor Arvidsson reached 400 career points and Pavel Zacha scored twice. New Jersey arrives in Boston