Buffalo is red-hot, but the Stars are still the better team and quite healthy. Most of the Sabres' wins in their nine-game run were by Alex Lyon, but it's Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen here and he is 1-4-1 away with a 3.43 GAA. Dallas is probably motivated after an embarrassing home loss to Chicago last time out. The Stars seem to get fired up playing on New Year's Eve, going 15-5-3 as the home team since moving to Texas. Dallas ranks fifth in faceoff winning percentage at 52.3%. Buffalo ranks last at 44.1%.