The Dallas Stars return to American Airlines Center to take on the New York Islanders on the second night of a back-to-back. Dallas has posted a 1-5-0 record on the second night of back-to-backs this season, most recently dropping a 3-2 decision on Dec. 13 at SAP Center to the San Jose Sharks. Sunday's contest marks the first of three games in 2018-19 that the second night of a back-to-back set will take place at American Airlines Center (others: March 15 vs. Vegas and April 6 vs. Minnesota). Dallas has won three-straight games (3-0-0) against the Islanders and have won three of the last four games (3-1-0) against them at American Airlines Center. In the first game of 2018-19 vs. New York, the Stars recorded a 6-2 victory on Nov. 18 at Barclays Center. Three Stars players tallied three-point games including captain Jamie Benn (0-3=3), forward Alexander Radulov (2-1=3) and forward Tyler Seguin (1-2=3). Goaltender Ben Bishop stopped 37 of the 39 shots he faced to record the victory. On special teams, the Stars were 0-for-3 on the power play and a perfect 2-of-2 on the penalty kill.
