The Nashville Predators will travel to Dallas, Texas to face the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center on Friday night with the game scheduled to start at 8:00 PM ET and will air on the NHL Network, Bally Sports South, and Bally Sports Southwest.

Nashville enters this game in 4^th place in the Central Division with a record of 22-18-1 and 45 points which also gives them the 7^th best record in the Western Conference. The Predators have been a middle-of-the-pack team offensively and defensively this season as they enter this matchup averaging 3.15 goals per game which ranks 17^th in the NHL while allowing an average of 3.17 goals per game which ranks 17^th in the league. Nashville has been one of the worst penalty-kill teams in the league as they enter this game with a penalty-kill percentage of 79.14% which ranks 25^th in the NHL. 

Filip Forsberg has been the best player on the team as he leads the team in goals and points while being tied for the team lead in assists with 21 goals, 24 assists, and 45 points. The Nashville Predators will look to bounce back following Tuesday’s loss at home against the Anaheim Ducks when they travel to face the Dallas Stars.

The Dallas Stars are in 3^rd place in the Central Division with a record of 24-11-5 and 53 points which also gives them the 4^th best record in the Western Conference and are on a two-game winning streak following a 7-2 win at home against the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday. The success for the Stars this season can be attributed to their offensive play as they enter this game averaging the 4^th most goals per game while having the 10^th best power-play success rate with an average of 3.64 goals per game while having a power-play success rate of 23.42%. 

Jason Robertson leads the team in assists and points with 26 assists and 41 points. Dallas has also been an above-average team defensively as they rank 13^th in goals allowed per game and have the 3^rd-best penalty-kill percentage as they are allowing an average of 3.08 goals per game and a penalty-kill percentage of 85.71%. The Dallas Stars will look to extend their winning streak to three games when they host the Nashville Predators on Friday night.

BookMaker has the Dallas Stars listed as -190 moneyline favorites at home against the Nashville Predators on Friday night. Dallas is 6-3-1 in the last ten while having won two of the previous three meetings. The Stars have won by an average margin of .9 goals per game over the last ten and 1.33 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

Dallas enters this game with a better record and has been the better team in the series, going 6-3-1 in the last ten and winning two of the last three matchups. However, the Stars have only won by an average margin of .9 goals per game over the last ten and 1.33 goals per game over the last three games in the series. Take the puck line for the Nashville Predators at +1.5 when they travel to face the Dallas Stars on Friday night.