Stars at Blackhawks 4/5/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Dallas Stars look for a second straight victory on Friday when they visit the Windy City to play the Chicago Blackhawks. The Stars defeated the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday 6-2 to clinch a playoff spot for the first time in the last three seasons. Alexander Radulov led the Stars in the win with two goals and a pair of assists.

The Blackhawks were victorious in their most recent outing 4-3 in a shootout against the St. Louis Blues. Chicago’s Jonathan Toews scored the only goal of the shootout to lift his team to the win. Earlier during regulation Toews scored his 35th goal of the regular season a new single-season high for the Blackhawks star. Also scoring for Chicago were Artem Anisimov and Patrick Kane. Tyler Seguin leads Dallas in goals scored with 31, in assists with 46 and points with 77. Goalie Ben Bishop is 26-15-2 and has a goals against average of 2.03 and save percentage of .933. Dallas is 28th in goals scored per game at 2.56 and 2nd in goals against at 2.43.

Patrick Kane leads the Blackhawks in goals scored with 42, in assists with 65 and points with 107. Goalie Corey Crawford is 14-18-5 and has a 2.96 goals against and .907 save percentage. On the season, Chicago is 9th in goals scored per game at 3.24 and 30th in goals against at 3.56.