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Seguin, Stars head to Boston

Feb 10, 2015 - 4:00 PM (SportsNetwork.com) - Though Boston could probably use a goal-scorer like Tyler Seguin, the Bruins are in a position that the Dallas Stars continue to chase themselves.

Seguin makes his second return trip to Boston looking to improve the Stars' playoff chances on Tuesday night in a clash with his former Bruins club.

The Stars are among the highest-scoring teams in the NHL with 3.11 goals per game, while the Bruins are towards the rear of the pack with 2.58 GPG. Seguin is a big part of Dallas' offense, netting 29 goals on the season while tying for the league lead with 59 points.

Seguin had 37 goals and 84 points in 80 games last season with Dallas, his first with the club after it acquired him from Boston on July 4, 2013. The Bruins had selected the 23-year-old second overall in the 2010 draft.

Seguin has two assists in three previous games versus the Bruins and has played in Boston only once since the trade, held without a point in a victory on Nov. 5, 2013.

He also failed to record a point in a 3-1 setback to the visiting Bruins on Jan. 20, Boston's fifth victory in the previous seven meetings.

The Bruins also are 3-0-2 with a tie in their past six home games versus the Stars.

Though Dallas has not had an issue lighting the lamp for the most part, the club is five points back of a wild card spot in the Western Conference. Boston, meanwhile, has a six-point edge for the second wild card berth in the Eastern Conference.

The Stars ended a three-game losing streak with a 3-2 overtime victory against the New York Rangers on Sunday, one day after suffering a regulation loss to the lowly Buffalo Sabres. Ales Hemsky had the winner in overtime versus the Rangers, while Jason Spezza had a goal and two assists.

Erik Cole also scored and Kari Lehtonen made 34 saves, though he was beaten for the game-tying goal with 1:20 left in regulation. Defenseman John Klingberg had an assist to give him four goals and 10 points over his past six games.

"If you want to make the playoffs, you need every point," said Hemsky. "We got a win so hopefully we can keep going."

The Bruins were left without a point last time out as they were defeated 3-1 by the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday. That left Boston without a win in the completed four-game season series between the rivals.

Tuukka Rask stopped 31-of-33 shots and David Pastrnak supplied the lone goal for Boston, which had won three of four coming in.

"We had some good looks but for the most of the night, we were losing races and battles for those pucks, so it was not the effort we were expecting," Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara told his team's website.

Rask is 2-0-1 lifetime versus the Stars with a 1.95 goals against average and .943 save percentage in three meetings, while Lehtonen has gone 7-7-0 versus the Bruins with a 2.49 GAA and .916 save percentage in 14 games. All but one of those have been starts.






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