St. Louis Blues vs. Dallas Stars

Dallas; Friday, 9 p.m. EDT

LINE: Stars -211, Blues +169; over/under is 5.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Stars start the season at home against the St. Louis Blues.

Dallas went 50-20-12 overall and 19-9-4 in division play last season. The Stars scored 273 goals while allowing 222 for a +51 goal differential last season.

St. Louis had a 37-33-12 record overall and went 10-16-0 in Central Division games last season. The Blues scored 230 total goals a season ago, averaging 2.8 per game on 25.3 shots per game.

INJURIES: Stars: Matt Duchene: out (lower-body).

Blues: Tyler Tucker: out (knee), Logan Mailloux: out (hand).

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