Pittsburgh Penguins to compete Dalla’s stars

The penguins have not yet been mathematically removed from the playoff dispute, but they are tight.

With six games in the regular season, the pens are nine points from the last playoff place in the Eastern Conference.

Saturday test: The Red Hot Dallas Stars. They have won their last seven games, are second in the Western Conference with 104 points, have already won a playoff place, and the President’s Cup Trophy is within reach.

Dallas has a 28-7-2 record at home and a record of 50-21-4 overall. The stars have a 43-6-2 record when three or more goals are scored.

Pittsburgh has a record of 30-34-12 and a record of 11-20-7 on the street. The penguins have a differential with -52 with 221 goals and 273.

In Pittsburghs Action Sports you start 4 Pregame on Saturday with Penguins.

Andrew Stockey is accompanied in our studio in Pittsburgh by Michelle Cechiolo and Trib Live Sports Columnist Tim Benz in our studio of Pens teams. Ashley Liotus is with the team in Dallas with an exclusive content and a single interview with Rookie Rutger McGroarty.

Check out live in Playfinder or on YouTube from 2 p.m.

Top performers: Wyatt Johnston has scored 31 goals with 37 templates for the stars. Jason Robertson has five goals and six templates in the last 10 games.

Sidney Crosby has 27 goals and 55 templates for the penguins. Bryan Rust has scored six goals with four templates in the last 10 games.

Last 10 games: stars: 8-0-2, an average of 3.7 goals, 6.6 templates, 4.2 punishments and 9.7 minutes of penalty, while giving up 1.9 goals per game.

Penguins: 5-3-2, an average of 3.5 goals, 5.9 templates, three punishments and eight-minute walking, while giving up 3.5 goals per game.

Injuries: stars: no listed.

Penguins: No listed.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.