What It Means:

Darling stopped 32 of 34 shots in the Blackhawks' shootout loss to the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. Darling has gone 1-1-1 with a 1.72 goals against and .941 save percentage since taking over for the injured Corey Crawford. He has faced Dallas in relief twice this season, stopping 24 of 25 shots (.960 save percentage). The Stars come in having gone 5-1-2 in their last eight contests.

Darling is ranked 17th for Tuesday's 10-game docket, according to our rankings. We project him to permit 2.65 goals on 26.61 shots with a 51 percent chance of garnering the win.