Penguins, Dallas Stars and Crosby
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Crosby opened the scoring, giving the visiting Penguins a 1-0 lead before Evgenii Dadonov collected two of his three to provide Dallas with a 2-1 lead through two periods.
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Pittsburgh has a 19-14-5 record at home and a 31-35-12 record overall.
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The Stars defeated the Penguins with a 7-1 win on Nov. 11 in Pittsburgh.
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The Dallas Stars (2nd in the Central Division) play the Pittsburgh Penguins (7th in the Metropolitan Division) with a seven-win streak intact. Dallas has a 28-7-2 record at home and a 50-21-4 record overall. The Stars have a 43-6-2 record when scoring three or more goals.
Crosby has 11 goals and nine assists during a 12-game point streak, the longest active point streak in the NHL and the fourth-longest of his career. It is also tied Jean Beliveau (1970-71), Brett Hull (2003-04), Joe Sakic (2006-07) and Mathieu Schneider (2006-07) for the longest point streak by a player 37 or older in NHL history.
If anything is for certain as the Pittsburgh Penguins get ready to face off against the Dallas Stars, it's that they don't want a repeat of their last matchup.
The Pittsburgh Penguins take a swing at one of the Western Conference’s best teams with a Saturday matchup against the Dallas Stars.
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However, Tristan Jarry — who is expected to start for Pittsburgh — has fared well against the Stars. Over his past four starts against Dallas, Jarry boasts a .917 SV% and a 2.36 GAA. The Penguins have also covered the +1.5 puck line in eight of their past 11 games.