{"id":395057,"date":"2026-01-07T06:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T06:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/395057\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T06:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T06:47:10","slug":"can-dallas-turn-things-around-on-night-2-of-a-back-to-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/395057\/","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: Wednesday, 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

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

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

Radio: 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 The Dallas Morning News here<\/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":2,"featured_media":395003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5117],"tags":[196,147,5278,5,2603,270,4,43,197,2381],"class_list":{"0":"post-395057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-stars","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-stars","10":"tag-dallasstars","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-how-to-watch","13":"tag-mikko-rantanen","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-stars","17":"tag-tyler-seguin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115852479742182113","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}