Divisional Dominator NHL 8*
(NHL) Dallas vs. St. Louis, 08/09/2020 3:00 PM, Score: 2 - 1
Money Line: 122.00 Dallas (Away)
Result: Win
Divisional Dominator - Rickenbach NHL Rotation #23 Sunday 8* Dallas Stars Money Line (+) vs St Louis Blues @ 3 ET - Will either team want to win this game? All kidding aside the winner gets Calgary and the loser gets Vancouver. While neither match-up is particularly appealing I would argue that facing the red hot Flames who dominated Winnipeg appears a little more daunting than facing a young Canucks team that squeaked by the Wild in tighter games. In any event the fact is that this adds even more value to simply playing the hungry dog in this one. Both teams are disappointed about the way they've played as each are 0-2 in the round robin and haven't played well. But the key to the value on Dallas here is twofold. For one thing the Stars are desperate for a win because they were on an 0-4-2 run before the March shutdown. Then they lost their exhibition game before going 0-2 in this round robin. Stars need a win! Secondly the Blues went 4-0-1 against Dallas in the regular season. The Stars want to atone for that should they meet up again in this post-season. It is time for a little payback and while Dallas may get Klingberg back for this game the Blues will be without Barbashev and plus Tarasenko has logged only 14 minutes of ice time so far (all in 1st game of round robin) as he continues to try and come back from injury which he certainly doesn't want to re-aggravate here in a bit of a meaningless game to be honest. All above factors considered, there is solid underdog value here. 8* DALLAS