Stars at Oilers
THE STORY: The Dallas Stars continue their four-game road trip Wednesday when the meet the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place. Dallas enters seventh in the Western Conference, one point behind Pacific Division-leading San Jose. The Stars have won six of eight on the road and 10 of 14 at Edmonton. The Oilers are coming off a 3-0-1 road trip and have earned at least one point in each of their last seven overall contests (5-0-2).
TV: 9:30 p.m. ET, FSN Southwest (Dallas), Rogers Sportsnet (Edmonton)
ABOUT THE STARS (41-30-5): Dallas is looking to sweep the four-game series against Edmonton. It has outscored the Oilers 11-3 over the first three meetings. Jamie Benn enters having scored twice in each of his previous two contests. Radek Dvorak is questionable with an ankle injury while Eric Nystrom, who left Monday's loss at Calgary with a cut on his leg, is day to day. Loui Eriksson is three points away from becoming the fourth player to register 70 in each of the last three seasons. Henrik Sedin, Joe Thornton and Steven Stamkos are the other three.
ABOUT THE OILERS (31-36-9): Taylor Hall, who has not played since March 16 due to a concussion, will undergo labral surgery that will sideline him up to six months. "It's been bugging me at certain points in time and it's gotten to the point now where I need to have surgery," Hall said. "I've played with a pretty bad shoulder a lot of this year, and I'm excited to see what it'll be like when I have a new one." Shawn Horcoff is questionable after missing Sunday's win at Columbus with a back injury suffered Friday against Florida. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is tied with Colorado's Gabriel Landeskog for the lead in rookie scoring with 49 points.
OVERTIME:
1. Edmonton has lost four of its last five meetings with Dallas, scoring one goal in each defeat.
2. The Stars have won nine of their last 11 games against Northwest Division clubs.