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What you need to know about Tuesday's game between the Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena:

Game 56: Dallas Stars (32-20-3, 67 points) vs. Nashville Predators (31-20-4, 66 points)

When: Tuesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. CT
Where:Bridgestone Arena - Nashville, TN
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)
Live stats:
NHL GameCenter
Official watch party:
Shark Club Sports Bar & Grill
(8451 Parkwood Blvd, Plano, TX 75024)

Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her handI always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis

• The Stars face the Nashville Predators for the fourth and final meeting this season Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. Dallas has points in two of the three previous games, posting a 1-1-1 mark.
• Forward Jason Robertson leads the team with four points (three goals, one assist), including the lone goal in a 2-1 shootout loss on Feb. 24 in Nashville.
• In the season series, the Stars have gone 3-for-13 on the power play (23.1%) and 10-of-10 (100%) on the penalty kill.
• Robertson has tallied points (three goals, one assist) in three consecutive games against the Predators, contributing to a total of nine points (six goals, three assists) in 11 games.
• Forward Joe Pavelski recorded an assist in his most recent appearance against Nashville and leads the Stars with 21 goals and 41 points in 57 games.
• Forward Roope Hintz has earned three points (two goals, one assist) in his last three games and 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in his previous nine against the Predators.
• Captain Jamie Benn shares the team lead with 24 assists against the Preds and has 38 points in 56 career games against them.
• Defenseman Ryan Suter has earned an assist in each of his last two games against the Preds, contributing to a total of 22 points (two goals, 20 assists) in 37 games. Suter was originally drafted by the Predators in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2003 NHL Draft and played the first seven seasons of his NHL career in Nashville. In 542 games as a member of the Predators, he accumulated 238 points (38 goals, 200 assists).
• Defenseman John Klingberg has two assists in the season series against Nashville and has tallied 10 in his last 10 games. In 35 career games, he's recorded 24 points (all assists), his second highest total against any opponent.
• Goaltender Jake Oettinger has backstopped the Stars to at least one point in the standings in each of his three appearances against Nashville, posting a record of 1-0-2. He's earned a 2.23 goals-against average and .889 save percentage.
• Goaltender Braden Holtby has appeared in 11 games against the Predators, posting a 3-6-1 record, 4.17 GAA and .860 SV%.

Great Expectations

• Robertson was named the NHL's
First Star of the Week
for the week ending March 6 after posting seven goals (and back-to-back hat tricks) in three games.
• Robertson is the first active player to record hat tricks in consecutive games since Alex Ovechkin from Jan. 16-18, 2020. He's the first player in Dallas Stars history and the second in franchise history to accomplish the feat (Bill Goldsworthy; March 16-21, 1971).
• With his hat trick on Friday against Winnipeg, he became the youngest player (22 years, 225 days) on the Stars to record a hat trick since Tyler Seguin (22 years, 34 days) on March 6, 2014 vs. Vancouver.
• Robertson has tallied seven goals in his last three games and leads Dallas with 29 on the season.
• The 22-year-old Arcadia, Calif., native has scored 16 of his 26 goals on the road, ranking tied for 10th in the NHL.
• Robertson ranks second on the team in points (54) and is tied for third in assists (25).
• He also leads the team and ranks second in the NHL with nine game-winning goals.
• Furthermore, Robertson paces the team in multi-point games (15) and co-leads in plus-minus (+20).

Turn the record overI'll see you on the flip side

• Pavelski tallied a goal and an assist in Sunday's matchup against the Minnesota Wild, extending his point streak to five games (one goal, five assists).
• The 37-year-old has tallied 59 points in 55 games this season, scoring at a rate of 1.06 points per game.
• He leads the Stars in points, assists (37), power-play goals (10) and power-play points (17), and ranks third in goals (22).
• With an assist in Friday's game against Winnipeg, Pavelski earned the 900th point of his NHL career (415 goals, 485 assists).
• Pavelski is one of 13 active players with 900 or more points and is the 15th American-born player to reach the milestone.
• Selected by San Jose in the seventh round of the 2003 NHL Draft, Pavelski's the fourth player from his draft class to reach 900 points. He's one of 16 players from his draft class still active in the NHL.
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.