Columbus (32-41-4) at Dallas (51-22-5) 8:30 pm EDT

 

Regular Season Matchup
	W-L-OT	HOME	ROAD	DIV	CONF
CLS	35-43-4	23-18-0	12-25-4	14-15-3	30-38-4
DAL	53-23-6	28-11-2	25-12-4	17-11-4	47-19-6
· Complete Standings

Team Stat Comparison
215	Goals	253
276	Goals Against	217
64	Power Play Goals	88
95	Power Play Goals Allowed	82
10	Shorthanded Goals	10
8	Shorthanded Goals Allowed	7
1414	Penalty Minutes	1496
17	Average Penalty Minutes	18

Goalie Breakdown
	GOALIE	GP	W	TGA	GAA	SO	SV	SV%
	Marc Denis	49	21	151	3.25	1	1354	.900
	Pascal Leclaire	33	11	97	3.23	0	987	.911
	Martin Prusek	9	3	20	3.21	0	145	.879
	Marty Turco	68	41	166	2.55	3	1458	.898
	Johan Hedberg	19	12	48	2.67	0	424	.898

Team Stat Leaders
G	Rick Nash 31	Jere Lehtinen 33
A	David Vyborny 43	Sergei Zubov 58
PTS	David Vyborny 65	Mike Modano 77
PIM	Jody Shelley 163	Brenden Morrow 183
SOG	Nikolai Zherdev 194	Jere Lehtinen 216

Columbus (32-41-4) at Dallas (51-22-5) 8:30 pm EDT

DALLAS (Ticker) -- The Dallas Stars know where they are going to stand come playoff time. Now, they just want to play better when the postseason gets here.

The Stars will try to avoid losing for the fifth time in seven games Tuesday when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets, who never have enjoyed much success in the series.

Dallas is locked into the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs, but the team certainly would prefer to be playing well heading into the postseason.

The Stars dropped a 4-1 decision to the San Jose Sharks on Sunday as they were outshot, 32-10, over the first two periods and never recovered.

Defenseman Sergei Zubov scored the lone goal for Dallas, which owns an impressive all-time resume against Columbus. The Stars have won nine straight meetings overall and never have lost at home to the Blue Jackets, winning the last nine matchups here.

Columbus has dropped two straight games to the Detroit Red Wings since a franchise-best six-game winning streak. In Saturday's 4-2 setback to the Red Wings, the Blue Jackets got goals from Jan Hrdina and Manny Malhotra but went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.