The Dallas Stars will look for a third straight win Sunday on their trip to play the Winnipeg Jets. The Stars were victorious 2-1 over the Washington Capitals on Friday night. Tyler Sequin scored both goals for the Stars with the second coming 3:37 into overtime for the win, while Stars goalie Anton Khudobin made 36 saves in net.
Winnipeg is coming off a 4-0 shutout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night. Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves in the loss making a few spectacular saves but got little to no help at the offensive end. Winnipeg remains in first place in the Central division at 25-13-2 one point in front of Nashville.
Jamie Benn leads Dallas in goals scored with 17. Tyler Seguin is the assists leader with 23 and points leader with 38. Goalie Ben Bishop is 14-9-2 and has a goals against average of 2.35 and save percentage of .923. Dallas is 26th in goals scored per game at 2.74 and 4th in goals against at 2.64.
Patrik Laine leads the Jets in goals scored with 24. Blake Wheeler is the leader in assists with 44 and points leader with 50. Connor Hellebuyck is 17-12-1 with a goal’s against average of 2.89 and save percentage of .908. Winnipeg this season is 8th in goals scored per game at 3.33 and 11th in goals against at 2.85.
