Pittsburgh Penguins at Dallas Stars: game preview
PittsburghPenguins2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 41-25-16 · 98 pts · 10that
DallasStars2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 50-20-12 · 112 pts · 3rdFourteen points apart last season
Pittsburgh finished last season 10th in the league on 98 points. Dallas finished 3rd on 112, and the 2025-26 season series went DAL 2-0-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 49
Across 48 completed games, Dallas lead the head-to-head 26-19-3.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 7 Dec 2025, Pittsburgh were 9th in the league and Dallas 2nd. By 28 Mar 2026 it was 10th and 2nd.
Pittsburgh out-attempted Dallas 293 to 274
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Dallas Stars
Dallas have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 3 games for Pittsburgh, 3 for Dallas. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Pittsburgh, 10 for Dallas.
2025-26: 82 games for Pittsburgh, 82 for Dallas.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
Pittsburgh
Small sampleDallas
Small sampleJamie Benn has 6 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Jamie Benn vs Pittsburgh · game by game
See all: Jamie Benn vs Pittsburgh · game by game →Jake Oettinger has started most of these meetings
Jake Oettinger played 4 of the last 5 meetings with Pittsburgh, with a .905 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 21 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 19 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Pittsburgh crease
PIT · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 19 Nov
No appearances against Dallas in the last meetings.
Jake Oettinger
See all: Jake Oettinger →DAL · 1-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 19 Nov
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Casey DeSmith .923 (1 GP)
Full game logScoring rates point to about 6.4 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Pittsburgh5.002.673.573.27
Dallas2.002.003.402.76Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
7 on the injury lists
Pittsburgh · injuries
Dallas · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Activated C/RW Benjamin Kindel from injured reserve. Placed C/LW David Gustafsson on waivers.
Assigned F Rutger McGroarty to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
Reinstated C Blake Lizotte from injured reserve.
Assigned D Cameron Bertucci to Texas (AHL).
Placed F Matt Duchene on long-term injured reserve retroactive to Sept. 29. Recalled Fs Arttu Hyry and Colin Blackwell from Texas (AHL).
Signed G Casey DeSmith to a two-year contract.
Pittsburgh · 2026 draft
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