Dallas at Edmonton

The Dallas Stars are a road favorite not because of who they are, but because they face a last place opponent. But Dallas is a .500 team and an awful defensive one, one of the worst in the NHL. Dallas ranks 30th in goals allowed (3.3 per game) and 17th in penalty killing. This is the end of a three-game road trip for Dallas, so it's not a good situational spot to be a road favorite. The Stars are 4-9 against a team with a losing record. Edmonton changed coaches and is actually playing better for interim coach Todd Nelson. A pair of one-goal losses since Monday's firing of coach Dallas Eakins has shown Edmonton remains competitive. Of their seven wins, five have come at home, and they have a good shot to add to that against this bad and road weary Dallas defense. Play Edmonton.