26.10.2024 | 
The Dallas Stars have another impressive start of the season and are still undefeated at home. The Chicago Blackhawks are starting a road-trip with a stop in Dallas which is not a place where they have seen much success in recent years.
The Dallas Stars and Chicago Blackhawks meet on 26.10.2024, with both teams having a different start of the season. The game takes place at American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX on Saturday
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Dallas Stars – Chicago Blackhawks: Initial situation
The Dallas Stars are one of the favorites to win the Western Conference this season and game like this one should not be challenging at all. The Blackhawks are again in the bottom half of the standings and has yet to show their ability to beat food teams on the road.
Dallas Stars Stats & Form
The Dallas Stars were eliminated in the Western Conference finals in the past two seasons and hope that this may be the year when they got to a position to fight for the Stanley Cup trophy. They have a solid start of the 2024-25 season being fourth in the Western Conference with a 5-2 record, including a perfect 4-0-0 at home. The Stars were on a four-game winning streak to start off the season and have lost two of the last three ever since. Most recently, they failed 4-2 on the road against the Buffalo Sabres, which was the first time this season to allow that many goals. The Stars are 22nd in the league scoring 2.71 goals per game and are doing much better being ranked third allowing 1.86 goals per contest. Logan Stankoven has a great start of the season for the Stars being 7th in the league with 7 assists. Roope Hintz also tops the Stars with 7 points, as he has three goals and four assists.
Chicago Blackhawks Stats & Form
The Chicago Blackhawks have been among the worst teams in the league in recent years, and it seems like they will be near the bottom this year as well. The Blackhawks are currently 13th in the Western Conference with a 2-4-1 record, including 1-2-1 on the road. They had a difficult start of the season playing on the road in the first four games and losing three of them. Once they got back home, they beat the San Jose Sharks before losing the next two against the Buffalo Sabres and the Vancouver Canucks. The Blackhawks are 24th in the league, scoring 2.57 goals per game, and are tied for 20th place, allowing 3.43 goals per game. Connor Bedard, Tuevo Teravainen, and Seth Jones all have 7 points so far in the season. When it comes to scoring, Teravainen and Nick Foligno lead the way with three goals each.
Dallas Stars – Chicago Blackhawks: Head to Head
The Dallas Stars won 6 of the last 10 head-to-head games against Chicago, with the Blackhawks winning two and two games ending in a tie in regulation. Overall, the Stars won 8 of the last 10. Chicago won the last one 3-2 late in the regular season last year, that ended Dallas’ five-game winning streak. The last time Chicago won in Dallas was in the 2022-23 season. Six of the last ten games between these two teams have gone over 6.5 goals in total while three of the last five were under 5.5.
Dallas Stars – Chicago Blackhawks: Odds
At the moment of writing this article, the odds for the game Boston Bruins – Toronto Maple Leafs are still not announced. This section will be updated once the odds are out.
Top 3 Betting Odds
| Dallas Stars – Chicago Blackhawks Betting Tip | Odds |
| Dallas stars to win | TBA |
| Dallas Stars -1.5 | TBA |
| First period: Dallas Stars | TBA |
Betting tip and prediction: Dallas Stars – Chicago Blackhawks (26.10.2024)
Both the Dallas Stars and the Chicago Blackhawks have coached players who are going into the third season with their respective teams, but it is safe to say that they have a completely different path. Since Peter DeBoer took over the Dallas Stars, hockey is again a big deal in Texas, and the Stars have been among the top-4 teams in the league in the past four seasons. On the other side, Luke Richardson does not have the same impact on the Blackhawks, who are among the bottom teams in the league for a third consecutive year. Richardson is predicted to be one of the first coaches to get fired this season, and Chciago’s visit to Dallas is an opportunity for him to get himself out of trouble. That is much easier to say than done since the Blackhawks will start another five-game road trip, losing three of the four games on the previous one, and the Stars are yet to lose a game in Dallas this season. The Stars are among the top-three defensive teams in the league and give the Blackhawks lack of efficiency, it is simply to see a way how Chicago can be competitive in this game. The Stars have won 5 of the last 6 against the Blackhawks, and after Chicago won the last one, the Stars will get back on winning track in this one.