New Jersey Devils at Dallas Stars 4/9/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 04/08/2022 at 11:17 PM ET

New Jersey Devils at Dallas Stars 4/9/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

This Saturday afternoon April 9th, 2022 2pm EDT the NHL is back with more exciting hockey action. The New Jersey Devils are in Dallas TX to face the Dallas Stars in the American Airlines Center. Stay tuned we've got you covered on all the best betting angles here at Picks and Parlays your leader in free sports betting picks!

The New Jersey Devils are 24-41-6, 8-24-2 on the road sitting in 8th place of the Metropolitan division. Offensively the Devils are averaging 3.04 goals, 31.9 shots and are 17.5% on power play opportunities and 46.9% on faceoffs.

Defensively the Devils allow 3.72 goals and 31.2 shot attempts with a 80.2% penalty kill. Expected goalie for the Devils is Nico Daws(8-11-0) with a .892 save percentage.

The Dallas Stars are 40-26-4, 22-9-2 on the road, sitting in 5th place in the Central Division. Offensively the Stars are averaging 2.9 goals and 30.6 shots. The Stars are 21.6% on power play opportunities and 54.5% on faceoffs.

Defensively the Stars are allowing 2.95 goals and 30.9 shot attempts with a 78.1% penalty kill. Expected goalie for the Stars is Jake Oettinger(25-12-1) with a .916 save percentage.

Looking at the Dallas Stars and New Jersey Devils these teams are very similar offensively. However when you look at the defenses the Stars are the better unit. We think this will be a close game that the Dallas Stars win at home. The Stars are 2-2 ATS at home and the Devils are 2-2 ATS on the road. We find the best value in NJ +1.5. Final score prediction the Dallas Stars win the New Jersey Devils covers the spread and the total goes over 4-3.