The Carolina Hurricanes will travel to Dallas, Texas to face the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Arena with the game scheduled to start at 8:00 PM ET on Monday night and will air on Bally Sports South and Bally Sports Southwest.

The Carolina Hurricanes enter this game with a record of 30-16-5 and 65 points which puts them in 2^nd place in the Metropolitan Division and gives them the 4^th best record in the Eastern Conference and are on a two-game winning streak following Saturday’s 1-0 shutout overtime win at home against the New Jersey Devils. Carolina has been one of the best teams offensively this season as they rank 10^th in the league in goals per game with an average of 3.4 goals per game while having the 2^nd-best power-play success rate at 28.14%. 

Defensively, the Hurricanes have also been above-average as they rank 12^th in goals allowed per game and have the 4^th-best penalty-kill percentage at 83.75% while allowing an average of 2.98 goals per game. Sebastian Aho has been one of the best players on the team in goals, assists, and points with 19 goals, 38 assists, and 57 points. The Carolina Hurricanes will look to extend their winning streak to three games when they travel to face the Dallas Stars.

The Dallas Stars enter this game in 1^st place in the Central Division with a record of 32-14-6 and 70 points which also gives them the 2^nd best record in the Western Conference while having won five of their last six games including a 3-2 win on the road against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. The success of the Stars this season can be attributed to their offensive play as they are averaging the 2^nd most goals per game with an average of 3.71 goals per game and have a power-play success rate of 22.6% which ranks 13^th in the league. 

Dallas has also been a slightly above-average team defensively as they rank 14^th in goals allowed per game and have the 12^th-best penalty-kill percentage at 81.13% while allowing an average of 3.08 goals per game. Jason Robertson has played a pivotal role in the success Dallas has had this season as he leads the team in assists and points with 35 assists and 52 points. The Dallas Stars will look to build off the momentum following the win against the Canadiens when they host the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.

BookMaker has the Dallas Stars listed as -125 moneyline favorites at home against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night. Carolina is 6-2-2 in the last ten and 2-0-1 in the last three meetings while having won by an average margin of .4 goals per game over the last ten and .33 goals per game over the previous three games in the series.

Dallas enters this game with the better record, however, Carolina has been the better team in the series, going 6-2-2 in the last ten and 2-0-1 in the previous three matchups. The Hurricanes have won by an average margin of .4 goals per game over the last ten and .33 goals per game over the previous three games in the series which is why I am taking the moneyline for the Carolina Hurricanes when they travel to face the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.