Before morning skate, the Stars recalled Alexander Petrovic from the Texas Stars, which was a bit of a surprise as there was no injury update about any blueliners. At morning skate, head coach Pete DeBoer announced that both Brendan Smith and Matt Dumba would be healthy scratches, meaning Nils Lundkvist and Petrovic would slot in.

The Dallas Stars face the Colorado Avalanche Friday night at American Airlines Center for the first time this season. Entering Friday's match, the Stars are 13-8-0 while the Avalanche are 13-10-0. The teams face each other two more times this season, both in Colorado, on Jan. 18 and March 16.

On the flip side, the Colorado Avalanche are winning games as they’re 8-4-0 in their last 12, but the pucks are still going in against them, which seems to be a common trend for this team. In those 12 games, the Avs are both allowing and scoring 3.17 goals per game.

After a horrific stretch of picks, we have found some momentum, going 4-0-1 in my last five to get my season-to-date record back in the green. Let's keep that g