• The Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning close out their two-game season series Tuesday night at American Airlines Center.
• These teams last met on Jan. 15 in Tampa, where the Stars fell 3-1. Esa Lindell scored the lone goal for Dallas, while Anton Khudobin stopped 26 of 28 shots.
• The Stars have earned points in two of their past three games against the Lightning at home (1-1-1).
• Joe Pavelski earned an assist in the series opener and has six points (two goals, four assists) in three straight games against them. He has 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in his past seven appearances against the Lightning, including three consecutive games at home (one goal, five assists). The Plover, Wisconsin native leads active Stars with 10 goals in 28 career games against the Lightning.
• Tyler Seguin has nine points (two goals, seven assists) in his past six games at home against Tampa Bay. He leads current Stars with 15 assists and 24 points in 27 career games.
• Jason Robertson has earned five points (one goal, four assists) in his past three home games against the Lightning.
• Roope Hintz has eight points (three goals, five assists) in his past six games against the Lightning, including four points (two goals, two assists) in the previous two head-to-head meetings at American Airlines Center.
• Vladislav Namestnikov started his NHL career with the Lightning, earning 123 points (53 goals, 70 assists) in 263 games over five seasons from 2013-2018. Since his tenure in Tampa, he has appeared in 18 games against them, tallying five goals and 13 points.
• Jake Oettinger has five career appearances against the Lightning, posting a 1-2-1 record, 2.78 goals-against average and .894 save percentage. He backstopped the Stars to at least a point in each of his two career home games against Tampa Bay (1-0-1).