Dallas hosts Carolina after overtime victory

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Sunday, April 25, 2021

Carolina Hurricanes (31-10-6, first in the Central Division) vs. Dallas Stars (20-15-12, fifth in the Central Division)

Dallas; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Stars +108, Hurricanes -131

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes visit Dallas after the Stars beat Detroit 2-1 in overtime.

The Stars are 20-15-12 against the rest of their division. Dallas has allowed 26 power-play goals, killing 79.5% of opponent chances.

The Hurricanes are 31-10-6 against opponents in the Central Division. Carolina is eighth in the league averaging 5.6 assists per game, led by Dougie Hamilton with 0.7.

In their last meeting on April 4, Carolina won 1-0.

TOP PERFORMERS: Joe Pavelski leads the Stars with 20 goals, adding 23 assists and totaling 43 points. Roope Hintz has 11 assists over the last 10 games for Dallas.

Sebastian Aho leads the Hurricanes with 45 points, scoring 20 goals and adding 25 assists. Hamilton has four goals over the last 10 games for Carolina.

LAST 10 GAMES: Stars: 7-1-2, averaging 3.4 goals, 5.5 assists, 2.4 penalties and 5.4 penalty minutes while giving up two goals per game with a .916 save percentage.

Hurricanes: 6-1-3, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.2 assists, 4.6 penalties and 10.1 penalty minutes while allowing two goals per game with a .933 save percentage.

INJURIES: Stars: John Klingberg: day to day (lower body).

Hurricanes: Petr Mrazek: day to day (lower body), Teuvo Teravainen: out (concussion), Brady Skjei: day to day (concussion protocol), Jesper Fast: day to day (lower body), Jordan Martinook: day to day (lower body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.