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Dallas Stars (32-19-5, third in the Central Division) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (30-19-8, third in the Atlantic Division)

Toronto; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Auston Matthews and Toronto take on Dallas. Matthews currently ranks 10th in the NHL with 68 points, scoring 40 goals and totalling 28 assists.

The Maple Leafs are 15-7-7 at home. Toronto serves 6.5 penalty minutes per game, the least in the NHL. Kyle Clifford leads the team averaging 2.0.

The Stars have gone 15-10-3 away from home. Dallas has scored 34 power-play goals, converting on 20.4% of chances.

Toronto beat Dallas 5-3 in the last meeting between these teams on Jan. 29.

TOP PERFORMERS: Mitchell Marner leads the Maple Leafs with 43 assists and has collected 57 points this season. Matthews has six goals and five assists over the last 10 games for Toronto.

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Tyler Seguin leads the Stars with 30 total assists and has recorded 41 points. Jamie Benn has collected 9 points over the last 10 games for Dallas.

LAST 10 GAMES: Stars: 5-4-1, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.3 assists, 3.6 penalties and eight penalty minutes while allowing three goals per game with a .899 save percentage.

Maple Leafs: 5-3-2, averaging three goals, 5.3 assists, 2.5 penalties and 5.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game with a .907 save percentage.

INJURIES: Maple Leafs: None listed.

Stars: Joe Pavelski: day to day (undisclosed).

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.