Gameday: Road Trip! (NYR)

Brad Penner-USA TODAY SportsThe Dallas Stars visit Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Rangers Tonight (January 7th) at 6 pm CST. The Stars are coming into the game red hot, with a record of 5-0-1 in their last 6 while New York has been 2-5 in their last 7 games since their win in Dallas on December 20th.

3 things I’ll be watching for:

Goalie Play

In the previous meeting of these two teams, the Stars were effectively goalie-d by Igor Shesterkin. The two charts below give a small glimpse into the way that output did not equal to chance creation in that game. Deserve to Win O’Meter doesn’t always tell the full story, but it does aggregate how chance creation could play out in a…