The Dallas Stars will travel to Anaheim, California to face the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center with the puck scheduled to drop at 10:00 PM ET on Friday night and will air on Bally Sports Southern California and Bally Sports Southwest.

The Dallas Stars enter this game with a record of 38-17-9 and 85 points which puts them in 1^st place in the Central Division and gives the Stars the 2^nd best record in the Western Conference while having won their last three games in a row including a 7-6 win in overtime on the road against the San Jose Sharks in a game Dallas trailed 3-6 with less than 10 minutes left in the 3^rd period before scoring four unanswered goals including Roope Hintz’s game-winning goal in overtime to give Dallas the 7-6 win. 

The Stars have been one of the highest-scoring teams in the NHL this season as they rank 3^rd in scoring and have the 9^th best power-play success rate at 23.08% while averaging 3.63 goals per game. Defensively, Dallas has been a middle-of-the-pack team as they rank 15^th in goals allowed per game with an average of 3.06 goals allowed per game and have a penalty-kill percentage of 81.44% which ranks 9^th in the NHL. Jason Robertson has been one of the best players for the Stars this season and leads the team in assists and points with 40 assists and 61 points. 

The Dallas Stars will look to extend their winning streak to four games when they travel to face the Anaheim Ducks.

The Anaheim Ducks are in 7^th place in the Pacific Division and have the 3^rd worst record in the Western Conference at 23-36-3 and 49 points, however, the Ducks have won three of their last four games including Wednesday’s 2-1 win at home against the Ottawa Senators. Anaheim has been one of the lowest-scoring teams in the NHL this season as they are averaging the 3^rd fewest goals per game and have the 12^th worst power-play success rate at 19.25% while averaging 2.65 goals per game. 

Defensively, the Ducks have also struggled as they are allowing the 7^th most goals per game and have the 6^th worst penalty-kill percentage at 75.81% while allowing an average of 3.50 goals per game. Frank Vatrano has been one of the better players on the team and leads the team in goals and points with 29 goals and 49 points. 

The Anaheim Ducks will look to get their 4^th win in their last five games when they host the Dallas Stars on Friday night.

WagerWeb has the Dallas Stars listed as -276 moneyline favorites on the road against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night. Dallas has won nine of the last ten including the previous three meetings. The Stars have won by an average margin of 1.4 goals per game over the last ten and 1 goal per game over the previous three games in the series.

Dallas enters this game with a better record and has been the dominant team in the series, winning nine of the last ten including the last three games against Anaheim. However, the Stars have only won by an average margin of 1 goal per game over the previous three games in the series. Take the puck line for the Anaheim Ducks at +1.5 when they host the Dallas Stars on Friday night.