The Dallas Stars visit the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday April 27 at 10:30 PM ET in the T-Mobile Arena for Game 3 of their best of seven NHL Western Conference quarterfinals. Dallas trails in the series 2-0 after losing the first two games at home. Make sure you stay up to date with all the NHL action, with our expert NHL picks.

Dallas Stars Preview

Dallas finished the regular season 52-21-9 with 113 points, which was first in the Central Division but has had a difficult time in this series after losing 4-3 in Game 1 followed by a 3-1 loss in Game 2.

Through the first two games of the postseason, Dallas is scoring an average of just 2.00 goals per game. Jason Robertson has scored two goals to lead Dallas in the postseason and two others have each scored one goal. Miro Heiskanen has two assists to lead Dallas and three others have one assist each. Jason Robertson is amongst three players that have two points.

Dallas has a goals against average of 3.50 through the first two games of the postseason, while during the regular season Vegas had a 2.83 GAA. Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger is 0-2 with a 3.10 goals against average and .850 save percentage. Oettinger has faced 40 shots through two games and made 34 saves.

Vegas Golden Knights Preview

Vegas can take a commanding 3-0 lead in this series with a victory on its home ice Saturday in Game 3. Dallas is scoring an average of 3.50 goals per game through the first two games of this series after having a goals for average during the regular season of 3.21. Jonathan Marchessault has scored two goals to lead Vegas and five others have one goal apiece. Jack Eichel is the leader in assists with three and two others have two assists apiece. Eichel is the points leader with four and two others have three assists each.

Vegas has a 2.00 goals against average in this series and during the regular season had a 2.96 goals against average. Vegas goalie Logan Thompson is 2-0 with a 2.00 goals against average and .920 save percentage. Thompson has faced 50 shots in the two games, for an average of 25.0 per game, while saving 46 of the 50.

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