Stars at Red Wings
Tyler Seguin made sure the road trip got off to a rousing start by scoring an overtime winner, and the All-Star hopes for an encore a little more than 24 hours later as his Dallas Stars visit the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. Seguin punished his former team 2:59 into the extra session, giving the Stars a 3-2 victory at Boston on Monday with the eighth of his team-leading 22 goals in the last 10 games.
“This is what you want from a No. 1 center," Dallas coach Ken Hitchcock told reporters regarding Seguin's overally play. "He’s doing the job. He’s killing penalties, he’s out there taking key faceoffs, quarterbacking the power play and he’s playing against the other team’s best player. To me, that’s what a No. 1 does.” The Red Wings produced one of their best efforts of the season on Sunday with a 4-0 victory at Chicago, improving to 5-2-0 in their last seven contests. “I thought it was a pretty complete game,” Detroit coach Jeff Blashill told reporters after his team blocked 26 shots and got a 27-saves performance from backup Petr Mrazek. Dylan Larkin recorded one of the goals in the victory and leads the Red Wings with 35 points while captain Henrik Zetterberg notched an assist in his fourth straight game and his seventh point in the last seven contests.
TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, FS Southwest Plus (Dallas), FS Detroit
ABOUT THE STARS (25-17-3): Captain Jamie Benn notched a pair of assists Monday to take over the team lead with 42 points - 13 of which have come in his last 11 contests. Defenseman John Klingberg brings a seven-game point streak, during which he has recorded two goals and eight assists, into Detroit and is tied with Seguin for second on the team in points with 41. Jason Spezza, who has gone 14 games without a goal and has registered only 16 points in 44 contests, was a healthy scratch on Monday but will be in the lineup against the Red Wings, according to Hitchcock.
ABOUT THE RED WINGS (18-18-7): Dominic Turgeon, the son of five-time All-Star center Pierre Turgeon, registered one shot and blocked three while making his NHL debut Sunday on a line with Luke Witkowski and David Booth. Tyler Bertuzzi also got a bigger role up front with Darren Helm and Justin Abdelkader out due to lower-body injuries and took advantage, scoring his first NHL goal and adding an assist. “He’s got great hands in front of the net and he’s a junkyard dog to get to the net,” Blashill told reporters of the 22-year-old left wing, who is the nephew of former NHL power forward Todd Bertuzzi.
OVERTIME
1. Detroit RW Anthony Mantha has collected two goals and three assists in his last five games, giving him 29 points on the season.
2. Dallas G Ben Bishop, who is expected to start after being rested on Monday, is 12-4-0 with a 1.92 goals-against average against the Red Wings.
3. The Stars won both matchups last season and are 3-1-2 in their last six meetings with Detroit.