DALLAS -- Looking at their last 10 games, the New Jersey Devils and Dallas Stars are definitely heading in opposite directions.New Jersey (8-3-3) defeated Buffalo 4-2 at Prudential Arena on Saturday for its fourth consecutive victory. The Devils, who have a plus-5 goal differential, fifth-best in the Eastern Conference, are also 7-1-2 over their past 10 games.Four wins in a row is huge for our confidence, Devils center Taylor Hall told NHL.com after the win against the Sabres. The one thing it does do is put other teams on guard that were a strong team. Were going to face these teams at their best, so we have to be ready for that.New Jersey is also allowing 2.1 goals per game, third-lowest in the league.As for the Stars, who host the Devils on Tuesday night at American Airlines Center, they return home from their longest road trip of the season -- a five-game trek to Chicago, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver that saw them go 2-1-2.Dallas punctuated the trip with a 5-4 overtime loss against the Canucks at Rogers Centre on Sunday night, and understandably Stars coach Lindy Ruff didnt have a lot to say after a tough defeat where Dallas blew a 3-1 lead after two periods.You got to move on, Ruff said postgame in Vancouver.The Stars are still without key offensive cogs Jason Spezza (lower body) and Patrick Sharp (concussion), and fellow veteran forward Jiri Hudler continues to be sidelined with an illness.And even though Dallas took six of a possible 10 points on the trip, the Stars are just 3-4-3 over their past 10 games, a mark which captain Jamie Benn knows is simply not good enough.Disappointing, give up four goals in 20-something minutes and lose a hockey game. Its no good and unacceptable, Benn said postgame in Vancouver.The good news for Dallas is starting a three-game homestand against the Devils, Colorado Avalanche (on Thursday) and the Oilers (on Saturday). The Stars are 3-2-1 on home ice.Dallas hopes to get Sharp, Spezza and maybe even Hudler back on the ice soon. Without so many key personnel thus far, the Stars have posted several distressing numbers, like a minus-11 goal differential, which is tied for fourth-worst in the Western Conference.The Stars are also allowing 3.4 goals per game, a number which ranks 26th out of the 30 teams in the league.But even with their current winning streak, the Devils will be without veteran forward Michael Cammalleri, who is out due to personal reasons.And if theres one thing New Jersey hasnt done well over its past five games, its execute on the power play -- the Devils are 0-for-19 with the man advantage during that span.However, teams who seem to be effective in limiting Dallas ability to use their speed and make it a complete back-and-forth game have given the Stars fits over the past few seasons.Still, as the man wearing the C for the Stars puts it, the style of play on Tuesday night is irrelevant but the ultimate goal never changes.We just got to be better, Benn said postgame on Vancouver. 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Clarkson had been dealing with an elbow injury in early January and will be out of action for at least one week. He has three goals and five assists through 36 games with the Leafs this season. MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama has cleared the way for defensive back Maurice Smith to transfer within the Southeastern Conference, according to a person with knowledge of the decision.Speaking on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the school hasnt disclosed the information, the person said Alabama has granted Smiths release. The Tuscaloosa News first reported the decision.Smith will have to be granted a waiver from the SEC, which has restrictions on athletes transferring to league schools with less than two years of eligibility remaining, including graduate transfers. Smith graduated earlier this month.He has been trying to follow former Alabama assistants Kirby Smart and Mel Tucker to Georgia but was blocked from moving to another SEC school.A statement from the SEC said the league doesnt comment on such waiver requests but they are reviewed on an individual basis.The SEC does not provide waivers of SEC rules absent circumstances that demonstrate a clear reason for granting an exception to those rules, the league stateement said.dddddddddddd Each waiver request is reviewed on a case by case basis.The requirements for granting of a waiver include that the athletes athletic scholarship was not renewed.After Wednesdays practice, head coach Nick Saban said Alabama had done everything it could to allow the conference to make the decision about whatever they decide is in the best interest of the conference and the SEC rules relative to Maurice Smith.So that is past us now, Saban said. It is beyond us. 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