Analyzing Thursday’s Calgary Flames at Dallas Stars odds and lines, with NHL expert picks, predictions and best bets.

The Dallas Stars face the Calgary Flames Thursday night for the second time this season. Dallas won their previous meeting against Calgary, defeating them 6-2 on Dec. 8. Entering Thursday's match, the Stars are 40-19-2 while the Flames are 29-23-9. The teams face each other once more this season on March 27 in Calgary.

The Dallas Stars have signed 21-year-old center Wyatt Johnston to a $42 million, five-year contract extension.

Calgary is coming off a 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night. Connor Zary supplied two goals in helping the Flames snap a three-game skid. Dallas, meanwhile, is riding a three-game winning streak after defeating the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Tuesday night. The Stars have won six of seven overall.

No one in their wildest dreams pegged the Calgary Flames (29-23-10) to finish their epic six-game road trip against some of the NHL's best 2-2-2, but that's the record they achieved following a 3-2 overtime loss to the Dallas Stars on Thursday.

After a thrilling last second victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, the Dallas Stars hit the ice for their final game of a five game homestand against the Calgary Flames.

The Stars are also stingy at American Airlines Center and allow the fourth-fewest goals per game (2.32) while pacing the NHL with an 87.7 penalty-kill percentage. Dallas starter Jake Oettinger has also been better on home ice with a .918 SV% and 2.18 GAA compared to respective .901 and 2.82 marks on the highway.

Dallas clawed back from a 2-0 hole and leaned on its leading scorer for the game-winning tally in OT to sweep the homestand

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