10:08 pm
October 19

Stars @ Coyotes

Who will WIN this matchup?

Dallas Stars (3-3-0)

@ Arizona Coyotes (0-5-1)

 

Starting Goalies:

Ben Bishop (DAL): Confirmed

Adin Hill (ARI): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

Dallas Stars: (-150)

Arizona Coyotes: (+130)

 

• The Arizona Coyotes make their seventh attempt to record their first victory of the season when they host the Dallas Stars on Thursday in the back end of a home-and-home series. Arizona dropped a 3-1 decision at Dallas on Tuesday to remain winless in 2017-18, scoring fewer than three goals for the fifth consecutive game. The Coyotes are led in goals by 19-year-old rookie Clayton Keller, who has recorded three, while defenseman Luke Schenn is the team’s lone player on the positive side in plus/minus rating as he sports a plus-1 mark.

• Dallas is looking to extend its winning streak to three games as it seeks its first triumph away from home. The Stars have produced a total of three goals while allowing four in each of their two road losses. Dallas hasn’t been much better than Arizona offensively through six games, registering only two more tallies while also boasting a leader – Tyler Seguin – with three.

• Coach Ken Hitchcock is expected to insert Jamie Oleksiak back into the lineup Thursday after the defenseman was a healthy scratch for two games in order to make room for Dan Hamhuis’ return from a groin injury. Oleksiak will replace 21-year-old Finn Julius Honka, who has posted a minus-2 rating in four contests. Devin Shore leads the club with four assists but has yet to score a goal after netting 13 as a rookie last season.

• Adin Hill  will make the start in goal on Thursday, two days after turning aside 31 shots in his NHL debut. The 21-year-old, who covers a large portion of the net with his 6-6 frame, was selected in the third round of the 2015 draft. Zac Rinaldo saw 11 minutes, 53 seconds of ice time on 17 shifts in his debut with Arizona on Tuesday after serving the five-game suspension he received while with Boston in 2015-16 – his last season in the NHL.

• Seguin has recorded three points over his last two games to tie D John Klingberg for the team lead at five.

• Coyotes D Oliver Ekman-Larsson became the sixth blue-liner in franchise history to appear in 500 games on Tuesday.

• Dallas has won five straight meetings with Arizona.

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