Dallas plays Toronto following Hintz’s hat trick

Toronto Maple Leafs (15-5-6, second within the Atlantic Division) vs. Dallas Stars (14-6-5, first within the Central Division)

Dallas; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Stars host the Toronto Maple Leafs after Roope Hintz recorded a hat trick within the Stars’ 6-5 shootout loss to the Minnesota Wild.

Dallas has a 14-6-5 file general and a 7-2-3 file in residence video games. The Stars have gone 4-0-1 after they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent.

Toronto has gone 7-3-3 in highway video games and 15-5-6 general. The Maple Leafs have conceded 66 objectives whereas scoring 79 for a +13 scoring differential.

Tuesday’s sport is the fourth time these groups match up this season. The Maple Leafs gained 3-2 in extra time within the final assembly. Mitchell Marner led the Maple Leafs with two objectives.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jason Robertson has 23 objectives and 18 assists for the Stars. Joe Pavelski has two objectives and 9 assists during the last 10 video games.

Marner has 10 objectives and 21 assists for the Maple Leafs. William Nylander has eight objectives and three assists during the last 10 video games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Stars: 5-1-4, averaging 4.2 objectives, 6.8 assists, 5 penalties and 15.3 penalty minutes whereas giving up 3.2 objectives per sport.

Maple Leafs: 7-0-3, averaging 3.4 objectives, 5.9 assists, 3.4 penalties and seven.1 penalty minutes whereas giving up 2.2 objectives per sport.

INJURIES: Stars: Nick Caamano: out (again).

Maple Leafs: Calle Jarnkrok: each day (groin), Ilya Samsonov: out (knee), Joseph Woll: out (shoulder), Kyle Clifford: out (shoulder), Carl Dahlstrom: out (shoulder), Morgan Rielly: out (knee), T.J. Brodie: out (indirect), Jake Muzzin: out (neck), Jordie Benn: out (higher physique).

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The Related Press created this story utilizing expertise supplied by Knowledge Skrive and knowledge from Sportradar.