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NHL : ATS Matchup
Sunday 2/26/2017Line$ LineOU LineScore
BOSTON
 
DALLAS
PK  

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5.5
 
6
Final
3

BOSTON (31-24-0-6, 68 pts.) at DALLAS (24-27-0-10, 58 pts.)
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Sunday, 2/26/2017 12:35 PM
#1 GOALTENDERS: BOSTON - TUUKKA RASK, DALLAS - KARI LEHTONEN
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
51BOSTON-130Ov 5.5,-130-160Ov 5.5,-130
52DALLAS+110Un 5.5,+110+140Un 5.5,+110
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
BOSTON - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games31-30-0-6.131-30-6.129-272.734.12.726.5
Team Stats (Road Games)16-17-0-1.516-17-1.514-162.633.32.627.2
Last 5 Games4-1-0+34-1+32-23.429.62.028.0
BOSTON Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)6116649634861220808.0%1923819.8%272
Team Stats (Road Games)33862731253911007.8%931819.4%132
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)5176461214811.5%16318.7%30
Stats Against (All Games) 16240605666161810.0%1962713.8%261
Stats Against (Road Games) 86222731648969.6%1131715.0%145
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 10253011407.1%16212.5%19
BOSTON - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
ANTON KHUDOBIN (All Games)10926023389.6%03-6-4.33-6-0-44-4
ANTON KHUDOBIN (Road Games)33756789.3%01-2-0.81-2-0-10-2
ANTON KHUDOBIN(vs. Non-Conference)5513812489.9%02-3-2.22-3-0-23-1
ANTON KHUDOBIN (Last 4 Games)43999191.9%02-1+1.22-1-0+11-1
ZANE MCINTYRE (All Games)8315513385.8%00-3-30-3-0-32-0
ZANE MCINTYRE (Road Games)531149785.1%00-3-30-3-0-32-0
ZANE MCINTYRE(vs. Non-Conference)20332987.9%00-000-0-000-0
ZANE MCINTYRE (Last 4 Games)40544685.2%00-000-0-000-0
TUUKKA RASK (All Games)48481183107991.2%528-20+2.228-20-0+223-22
TUUKKA RASK (Road Games)272770564891.9%215-12+2.315-12-0+312-14
TUUKKA RASK(vs. Non-Conference)141432029792.8%28-6-0.18-6-005-8
TUUKKA RASK (Last 4 Games)441059792.4%13-1+1.73-1-0+22-2
MALCOLM SUBBAN (All Games)11161381.2%00-1-10-1-0-10-1
MALCOLM SUBBAN (Road Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
MALCOLM SUBBAN(vs. Non-Conference)11161381.2%00-1-10-1-0-10-1
MALCOLM SUBBAN (Last 4 Games)11161381.2%00-1-10-1-0-10-1

DALLAS - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games24-37-0-16.424-37-16.432-292.830.63.230.3
Team Stats (Home Games)17-15-0-2.517-15-2.518-143.230.72.730.9
Last 5 Games2-3-0-12-3-14-13.031.43.630.0
DALLAS Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)611705464493918669.1%2173918.0%292
Team Stats (Home Games)321013337283598310.3%1172017.1%171
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)515545101579.6%23521.7%29
Stats Against (All Games) 1955856711014185010.5%2005326.5%313
Stats Against (Home Games) 87322524649898.8%952223.2%137
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 185580315012.0%15426.7%28
DALLAS - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
KARI LEHTONEN (All Games)42371112100490.3%214-23-10.914-23-0-921-16
KARI LEHTONEN (Home Games)201756551591.2%08-9-3.88-9-0-312-5
KARI LEHTONEN(vs. Non-Conference)141136533491.5%13-8-6.43-8-0-66-5
KARI LEHTONEN (Last 4 Games)4412511390.4%02-202-2-003-1
ANTTI NIEMI (All Games)292472665389.9%110-14-5.610-14-0-511-13
ANTTI NIEMI (Home Games)171542138892.2%09-6+1.49-6-0+16-9
ANTTI NIEMI(vs. Non-Conference)101028125390.0%04-6-2.94-6-0-34-6
ANTTI NIEMI (Last 4 Games)44897584.3%02-2+0.42-2-0+13-1
Average power rating of opponents played: BOSTON 3.06,  DALLAS 3.12
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
BOSTON - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
1/31/2017at TAMPA BAY4-3W0, -110W5 ovO
2/1/2017at WASHINGTON3-5L0, +135L5 ovO
2/4/2017TORONTO5-6L0, -165L5.5 ovO
2/9/2017SAN JOSE6-3W0, -130W5.5 unO
2/11/2017VANCOUVER4-3W0, -215W5.5 unO
2/12/2017MONTREAL4-0W0, -140W5 ovU
2/19/2017at SAN JOSE2-1W0, -105W5.5 unU
2/22/2017at ANAHEIM3-5L0, -130L5 ovO
2/23/2017at LOS ANGELES4-1W0, +125W5 ovP
2/26/2017at DALLAS 
2/28/2017ARIZONA 
3/2/2017NY RANGERS 
3/4/2017NEW JERSEY 
3/6/2017at OTTAWA 
3/8/2017DETROIT 

DALLAS - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
1/31/2017TORONTO6-3W0, -110W5.5 ovO
2/2/2017WINNIPEG3-4L0, -135L6 ovO
2/4/2017CHICAGO3-5L0, -125L5.5 ovO
2/7/2017at TORONTO1-3L0, -115L6.5 unU
2/9/2017at OTTAWA2-3L0, +105L5.5 ovU
2/11/2017CAROLINA5-2W0, -120W5.5 ovO
2/12/2017at NASHVILLE3-5L0, +135L5.5 ovO
2/14/2017at WINNIPEG2-5L0, +115L6.5 unO
2/16/2017at MINNESOTA1-3L0, +145L6 ovU
2/18/2017TAMPA BAY4-3W0, -125W5.5 ovO
2/24/2017ARIZONA5-2W0, -275W6 unO
2/26/2017BOSTON 
2/28/2017PITTSBURGH 
3/2/2017NY ISLANDERS 
3/4/2017at FLORIDA 
3/6/2017at WASHINGTON 
3/8/2017OTTAWA 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
BOSTON: LAST SEASON: 42-31-9, 93 points. Fourth in Atlantic Division. Failed to qualify for Stanley Cup Playoffs.
COACH: Claude Julien (10th season, 14th NHL season)
ADDED: F David Backes, F Riley Nash, F Dominic Moore, G Anton Khudobin.
LOST: F Loui Eriksson, G Jonas Gustavsson, D Dennis Seidenberg.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Brad Marchand. If the 37 goals Marchand scored for the Bruins last season wasn't enough to catch the attention of the entire NHL, he definitely alerted everyone to his status as an elite talent during the recent World Cup of Hockey. Playing for victorious Team Canada, Marchand led the tournament with five goals in six games. He also scored the game-winning short-handed goal in the third period of the decisive second game of the best-of-three finals against Team Europe. During the tournament, the Bruins made sure Marchand wouldn't be leaving as an unrestricted free agent next summer by signing him to an eight-year, $49 million contract. Marchand has matured at both ends of the ice and there's no telling how much more he could improve in the next few seasons.
OUTLOOK: The Bruins seem to be caught between rebuilding and contending as they come off two straight seasons without qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs by a combined three points. With Backes their only major addition during the offseason, the Bruins are banking on the continued improvement or some of their younger players and the emergence of a couple prospects to turn their fortunes around. Boston again looks like a bubble team that will be playing for its life right down to the final weekend of the season.
DALLAS: LAST SEASON: 50-23-9, 109 points. First in Western Conference and Central Division. Lost to St. Louis in West semifinals.
COACH: Lindy Ruff (fourth season, 19th NHL season).
ADDED: D Dan Hamhuis, W Jiri Hudler.
LOST: D Alex Goligoski, D Jason Demers, C Vernon Fiddler, W Valeri Nichushkin, F Colton Sceviour.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Tyler Seguin has been out in preseason with hairline fracture in his heel after missing all but one playoff game last season because of a cut Achilles tendon. He is expected to be ready for the season opener on Oct. 13. Healthy Seguin gives Dallas one of the best scoring tandems in the NHL along with fellow All-Star forward Jamie Benn.
OUTLOOK: If several young defensemen are consistent enough, including budding stars John Klingberg and Stephen Johns, the Stars have the pieces to make a run at their first Stanley Cup title since 1999. Dallas also will have to find a way to make a two-goalie system work with Kari Lehtonen and Antti Niemi. It was effective at times last season but ultimately failed when Lehtonen gave up five goals in the first two periods of a Game 7 loss to the Blues.
PREVIEW
Bruins, Stars will get after it early

DALLAS -- The Boston Bruins and Dallas Stars meet early Sunday afternoon at American Airlines Center, a game starting at 11:30 a.m. local time, but both teams are embracing this scheduling anomaly.

Boston (31-24-6) welcomes the early start because that means its four-game trip, on which the Bruins are 2-1-0 thus far, including a 4-1 win at Los Angeles on Thursday, will end a little earlier than normal, meaning they return home sooner.

"We know what's on the line," Bruins forward David Backes said after practice in Dallas on Saturday. "We need great efforts from everybody, same team game we've been playing the last five, six games.

"The results have shown for themselves that we're doing a lot of little things that help you win games and we're climbing."

The Bruins are 16-11-6 on the road and 7-3-0 in their last 10 games, but Boston is only 10-10-0 against the Western Conference this season.

And even though this is the first meeting of the season with the Stars, the Boston players know Dallas remains a formidable foe, especially on home ice, where the Stars are 17-9-6 this season.

Dallas' overall record of 24-27-10 doesn't reflect what a tough draw they can be.

"Yeah, they have a lot of talent on that team and they're a better team than what their record shows," Bruins forward Brad Marchand said. "They're able to play extremely well on any given night and we know that, so we have to be prepared to come in and play harder than we have this whole road trip.

"We want to try to finish it the right way and to do that, we need to have a great game."

Tuukka Rask is scheduled to start in goal for Boston to conclude the trip.

The Bruins are tied with the New York Islanders for the final wild-card spot in the East with 68 points. However, the Islanders occupy that spot since the Bruins have played one more game.

Sunday's game is Pevs Protects Day in honor of former Bruins and Stars forward Rich Peverley, who was forced to retire after a cardiac episode on the ice in Dallas during a game against Columbus in March 2014.

Peverley works for the Stars as a player development coach and will be in attendance Sunday to help raise funds and awareness for the American Heart Association.

Dallas, who defeated Arizona 5-2 at home Thursday, also is looking forward to the early start, but for an entirely different reason.

The Stars cling to slim playoff hopes and sit nine points behind Nashville for the second wild-card spot in the West heading into play Saturday.

Stars veteran forward Patrick Sharp, who could be dealt prior to the NHL Trade Deadline on Wednesday to a contender, has some prior experience with such early starts during his time in Chicago, where he was part of three Stanley Cup championship squads as a Blackhawk.

And for Sharp, the key to these earlier starts is treating them like any other game as much as possible.

"You practice every day at 11 o'clock, right?" Sharp said. "That's kind of how I treat it, wake up, go to the rink and probably if anything just eat more during the game. Eat whatever you can eat to keep your energy up.

"I guess the biggest thing for the team is usually whoever starts the quickest wins the game. Sometimes you can sleepwalk your way through a period and find yourself in trouble. It's no different than any other game, just get yourself ready to play however that is."

Dallas, 7-10-4 against the East, might get a boost on defense from the potential return of veteran defenseman Johnny Oduya, out the last 14 games because of a lower-body injury.

Before Friday's game with Arizona, Stars coach Lindy Ruff originally said Oduya, who also could be traded prior to Wednesday because he is a veteran who played on two Stanley Cup winners in Chicago alongside Sharp, was on schedule to return Sunday.

And it appears that could indeed be the case.

"The plan was to get him through today and have him available (for tomorrow)," Ruff said after practice Saturday.

The Stars got another boost Saturday when veteran forward Adam Cracknell, on injured reserve because of a lower-body injury and expected to miss three to six weeks, skated and appears to be on track to return much earlier than originally expected.

"Yeah, that's just surprising for me that he's back out there that soon, which is very promising that he's ahead of schedule," Ruff said of Cracknell. "This looks like a two to three-week range versus that original assessment of three to five or three to six."

On Friday, Dallas traded veteran forward Patrick Eaves, who set a new career-high with 21 goals, to Anaheim for a conditional second-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft.

And since Cracknell had to go on injured reserve, the Stars are down a forward, but Ruff said the organization would recall a player from its AHL affiliate in Cedar Park, Texas, before Sunday's game to fill that vacancy.

One Bruin who the Stars will keep a watchful eye on is forward David Pastrnak, who is tied with Marchand for the club lead with 26 goals.

"Well, he's got a great shot and he's around the net," Ruff said of Pastrnak. "Obviously, the season he's had is way above where anyone would have put him."


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