{"id":498432,"date":"2026-01-07T07:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/498432\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T07:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:57:16","slug":"can-dallas-turn-things-around-on-night-2-of-a-back-to-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/498432\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Dallas turn things around on night 2 of a back-to-back?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is not going well for the Dallas Stars<\/a> right now.<\/p>\n

Mired in an ugly six-game losing streak, the Stars are still looking for their first victory in the new year.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll look to bounce back against the Washington Capitals after suffering an ugly loss to the Hurricanes<\/a> on the first night of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you need to know for Stars-Capitals:<\/p>\n

Sports Roundup<\/p>\n

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Dallas Stars at Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

When:<\/b> Wednesday, 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

Where: <\/b>Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

TV\/streaming: <\/b>TNT\/ HBO Max\/ Victory+<\/p>\n

Radio:<\/b> Sportsradio 96.7\/1310 The Ticket<\/p>\n

Bottom line<\/p>\n

The Stars visit the Capitals after a 6-3 loss against the Hurricanes<\/a> Tuesday night. Dallas has lost six straight games.<\/p>\n

Washington has a 13-7-3 record in home games and a 22-15-6 record overall. The Capitals are third in the Metropolitan Division (50 points).<\/p>\n

Dallas is 25-10-8 overall and 13-4-5 on the road. Dallas is second in the Central Division with 58 points. Dallas is 7-1-0 in its last eight games against Washington.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s game is the second time these teams square off this season. The Stars won 1-0 in the previous matchup at American Airlines Center<\/a> on Oct. 28. Tyler Seguin scored the lone goal that night.<\/p>\n

Top performers<\/p>\n

Mikko Rantanen has 16 goals and 41 assists for the Stars. Rantanen has scored two goals with six assists over the past 5 games.<\/p>\n

Tom Wilson has scored 22 goals with 20 assists for the Hurricanes. Justin Sourdif has five goals and four assists over the last 5 games.<\/p>\n

\"Carolina<\/a>Stars can\u2019t find answers for Logan Stankoven, Hurricanes as winless streak continues<\/a><\/p>\n

Dallas struggled early and often in Raleigh as goalie Jake Oettiner was pulled midway through the second period.<\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>Stars forward Radek Faksa selected to represent Czech Republic at 2026 Winter Olympics<\/a><\/p>\n

Faksa, who has 15 points (1 goal, 14 assists) in 41 games this season, is the seventh player from Dallas to make an Olympic roster.<\/p>\n

Find more Stars coverage from <\/b>The Dallas Morning News<\/b> here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is not going well for the Dallas Stars right now. Mired in an ugly six-game losing streak,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":498433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,1320,7003,71991,293,62,4810,358,3187,123521,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-498432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-stars","11":"tag-how-to-watch","12":"tag-mikko-rantanen","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-stars","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-tyler-seguin","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115852754702013676","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}