Dallas’ Jason Robertson is off the heels of a hat-trick in Game Three that made up three of his four points in the series with a hot streak looming.
Friday ends off the week with a pivotal Game Five between the Stars and Oilers, where the Lone Star State will be watching as one team takes a big step towards winning this series if they can take a 3-2 lead.
Yesterday, we improved with a 2-1 day and our only loss being a tough defeat as the Rangers now trail in their series 3-2 versus the Panthers. We are still above average lately with a 12-8 record over our last 20 picks.
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Bet: Stars ML (-130), Jason Robertson Over 0.5 points (-175)
This series has been hard to call as both teams have dropped at least one of their two home games so far. Dallas was handed just their second road loss of the postseason and when they lost Game Six of the first round versus the Golden Knights, they responded with a 2-1 victory in Game Seven.
They will need to respond once again as they will look to avoid the position the Rangers find themselves in as they are down 3-2 in the series and have to travel on the road to keep their season alive in Game Six.
They will need a big game from Jason Robertson, who exploded for a hat-trick in Game Three but has been quiet for the other three games. He has struggled to find his footing with centre Roope Hintz not being fully healthy.
The Stars third line of captain Jamie Benn, lead-scorer Wyatt Johnston and rookie Logan Stankoven have led the way with a combined 12 points through the first four games of the series.
Robertson will need to come up clutch like he did in Game Three and has been one of Dallas’ best players this postseason with six goals and ten assists for 16 points in 17 games.
He is listed at a decent value for a parlay add as a top line superstar and should help the Stars offense get at least three goals as they’ve averaged 3.20 goals per home game since the start of the second round.
Edmonton’s Stuart Skinner had a better performance in Game Four as he allowed just a pair of goals and made 20 saves but still has a .887 save percentage this postseason.