In the Central Division, there are only two teams having a worse season than the Dallas Stars and one of those teams visited the American Airlines Center tonight. This is the first game of the season between the two clubs and the first game of a three-game homestand for the Stars.
The Chicago Blackhawks had a terrible 1-9-2 start to the season before firing head coach Jeremy Colliton and promoting Rockford Ice Hogs coach Derek King to interim head coach. There’s been improvement since then and their record is 10-6-1 since the change. There’s still a long climb out of the basement ahead though.