The Los Angeles Kings will travel to Dallas, Texas to face the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center with the puck scheduled to drop at 8:00 PM ET on Tuesday night and will air on ESPN+ and Hulu.

Los Angeles enters this game in 3^rd place in the Pacific Division with a record of 21-11-8 and 50 points which also gives them the 6^th best record in the Western Conference following a 5-2 win on the road against the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday which also ended their eight-game losing streak. The Kings have been one of the best teams defensively this season in the NHL as they are allowing the 3^rd fewest goals per game while having the best penalty-kill percentage with an average of 2.55 goals allowed per game and a 87.07% penalty-kill percentage. 

Cam Talbot has been one of the best goalies in the league this season and enters this game with a record of 14-10-5 with a .918 save percentage and is allowing an average of 2.34 goals per game. Offensively, Los Angeles has been an above-average team as they rank 12^th in goals per game with an average of 3.32 goals per game. The Los Angeles Kings will look to build off the momentum following the win against the Hurricanes on Monday when they travel to face the Dallas Stars.

The Dallas Stars are in 3^rd place in the Central Division with a record of 25-12-5 and 55 points which also gives them the 4^th best record in the Western Conference while having won three of their last four games including a 3-1 win on the road against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. The Stars have been one of the highest-scoring teams in the NHL this season as they rank 2^nd in goals per game and 11^th in power-play success rate with an average of 3.71 goals per game and a 23.28% power-play success rate. 

Dallas has been a middle-of-the-pack team defensively as they rank 16^th in goals allowed per game with an average of 3.12 goals allowed per game and have the 4^th best penalty-kill percentage with a 84.96% penalty-kill percentage. Jason Robertson has been one of the best players on the team as he leads the team in assists and points with 28 assists and 43 points. The Dallas Stars will look for their 4^th win in their last five games when they host the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.

BookMaker has the Dallas Stars listed as -140 moneyline favorites at home against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night. Dallas has won seven of the last ten and two of the previous three meetings. The Stars have won by an average margin of .7 goals per game over the last ten and 2 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

Dallas enters this matchup with the better record and has been the better team in the series, winning seven of the last ten and two of the previous three matchups. The Stars have won by an average margin of .7 goals per game over the last ten and 2 goals per game over the last three games in the series. As a result, I am taking the moneyline for the Dallas Stars at -140 when they host the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.