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What you need to know about Sunday's game between the Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center:

Game 32: Dallas Stars (17-12-2, 36 points) vs. St. Louis Blues (20-10-5, 45 points)

When: Sunday, Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. CT
Where:Enterprise Center - St. Louis, MO
TV:
Bally Sports Southwest
(Josh Bogorad, Daryl "Razor" Reaugh, Lauren Callender, Brien Rea, Brent Severyn, Michelle McMahon)
Radio:
The Ticket 96.7-FM, 1310-AM
(Josh Bogorad, Daryl "Razor" Reaugh, Owen Newkirk, Bruce LeVine)
Online stream:
Bally Sports
Live stats:
NHL GameCenter

This building smelled so familiar

• Dallas travels to St. Louis to face the Blues on Sunday afternoon in the second half of a back-to-back. Because of scheduling postponements, this marks the first road game for the Stars since facing the Blues at Enterprise Center on Dec. 17. (4-1 win for St. Louis).
Jason Robertson recorded the lone goal for Dallas, Joe Pavelski and defenseman John Klingberg added assists, and Braden Holtby stopped 30 of 33 shots.
• The Stars and Blues meet for the fourth and final time during the 2021-22 regular season. Dallas is 1-2-0 in the first three head-to-head meetings thus far.
• In three games against the Blues this season, the Stars are 1-for-8 (12.5%) on the power play and 9-of-13 (69.2%) on the penalty kill.
Roope Hintz leads the club with two goals in two games against the Blues during the 2021-22 campaign. Four different players have notched two assists vs. St. Louis including Klingberg, Pavelski, Esa Lindell and Michael Raffl.
• Klingberg has assists in back-to-back games vs. St. Louis. Over his past nine games at Enterprise Center, the 29-year-old blueliner has amassed 11 points (five goals, six assists).
• Captain Jamie Benn has 15 points (nine goals, six assists) over his past 15 games vs. St. Louis. Benn has four goals and five points over his past five games at Enterprise Center.
• Holtby has recorded a win in eight of his 10 career appearances against the Blues, posting an 8-2-0 record, 2.38 goals against average and .922 save percentage. As a member of the Washington Capitals, Holtby made a career-high 46 saves on 47 shots in a 4-1 win against the Blues on Nov. 17, 2013.

Just tell us who you are, just tell us who you are

Denis Gurianov registered a goal on Saturday afternoon and now has points in three-straight games (two goals, four assists).
• The 24-year-old forward has goals in consecutive games and 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in 30 games this season.
• On Thursday against Florida, he matched a career high with three points (one goal, two assists), including a power-play goal. It marked the third time in his career that Gurianov has logged multiple points in consecutive games and the first time since April 15-17, 2021 (three goals, two assists).
• The native of Togliatti, Russia is tied for second on Dallas with three power-play goals in 2021-22.

I made a promise to you long ago I'd do the best that I can

• Robertson tied his season high with three points (all assists) on Saturday against the Penguins, marking his third career game with three points or more. His three assists on Saturday were the second-most he's ever tallied in a single game, one short of his career high mark.
• Robertson is riding a six-game point streak (three goals, six assists), while he's also logged 20 points (eight goals, 12 assists) over his past 15 games.
• The Arcadia, Calif. native currently co-leads the Stars in points (29), leads in assists (18) and ranks third in goals (11).
This story was not subject to the approval of the National Hockey League or Dallas Stars Hockey Club.
Kyle Shohara is the Digital Manager for DallasStars.com and writes about the Stars/NHL. Follow him on Twitter @kyleshohara.