BIG AL's NHL GAME OF THE MONTH!

At 7:05 pm, our selection is on the Dallas Stars over the Pittsburgh Penguins.  At first glance, November doesn't look good so far for the Stars.  But despite a 1-3 record since the beginning of the month, consider the following:  Those three losses were twice to the defending Cup Champion Panthers (who look like the best team in the East once again), and once to the Jets.  And all Winnipeg has done so far this season is set an NHL record by winning 14 of its first 15 games.  For the Penguins, they went into Washington on Friday night and beat a red-hot Caps team that clearly wasn't at its best in that one (the Caps turned around a day later and annihilated the Blues in St. Louis, 8-1).  At 6-8-2, the Pens are off to one of their worst starts in recent memory and their age has been showing on the ice so far this season -- especially in the third period when they seem to almost always run out of gas.  This has been a very lopsided series lately with the Stars winning the last three meetings and five of the last six going back to October of 2021.  Additionally, Dallas is 45-22 (+11.7 net games) its last 67 as a road favorite, and 56-28 (+15.7 net games) off a loss.  And the Pens are a putrid 18-44 (minus 21.1 net games) as an underdog, and 38-45 (minus 23.7 net games) off a win. Take Dallas.  As always, good luck...Al McMordie.