Dallas Stars at Florida Panthers 1/14/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Dallas Stars look for their second consecutive victory when visiting the Florida Panthers on Friday. Dallas is 18-13-2 with 38 points and fifth in the Central Division, 12 points behind the first-place Nashville Predators. Dallas defeated the Seattle Kraken 5-2 on Wednesday. Joe Pavelski scored two goals in the victory for the Stars and Dallas has won five of the last six.

Joe Pavelski is the leading goal scorer for Dallas with 17, the leader in assists with 20 and the overall points leader with 37. In goal, Jake Oettinger is 9-2-0 with a goals-against average of 2.20 and save percentage of .923. Dallas is scoring an average of 2.88 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.91 goals per game. Dallas’ power play is scoring 26.3% of the time and it's penalty-kill unit is successful 78.4% of the time.

Florida looks for its third consecutive victory when hosting Dallas on Friday. The Panthers are 24-7-5 with 53 points and tied with the Tampa Bay Lightning for first in the Atlantic division, four points ahead of the second-place Toronto Maple Leafs. Florida defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Tuesday. Sam Reinhart scored a pair of goals and handed out one assist in the victory for the Panthers.

Aleksander Barkov is the leading goal scorer for Florida with 15, while Jonathan Huberdeaul is the leader in assists with 34 and points with 47. In goal, Sergei Bobrovsky is 17-3-3 with a goals-against average of 2.55 and save percentage of 919. Florida is scoring an average of 3.92 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.92 goals per game. Florida’s power play scores 19.0% of the time and it's penalty-kill unit is successful 81.1% of the time.