What you need to know about Saturday’s game between the Dallas Stars and the Vancouver Canucks at the American Airlines Center.
Game 73: Dallas Stars (39-19-14, 92 points) vs. Vancouver Canucks (32-34-5, 69 points)
When: Saturday, March 25 at 6:00 p.m. CT
Where: American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX
TELEVISION: 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 Game Center
Tickets and Parking: see seats and buy parking
Party at PNC Plaza: 4:00 p.m. CT
Knock Knock….
- The Stars face the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night at the American Airlines Center to close out the season series.
- The Stars have earned at least one point in the standings in four of their last five games (1-1-3) against the Canucks at American Airlines Center.
- The Stars are 0-1-1 this season against the Canucks. The stars have gone 2 of 8 (25.0%) on the power play and 4 of 6 (66.7%) on the penalty kick. Captain jamie benn leads the team with four points (2-2–4), while the striker wyatt johnston (1-1–2) defense miro heiskanen (0-2–2) have registered two each.
- Benn has recorded 12 points (6-6–12) in his last 10 games against Vancouver and has recorded at least one point (4-3–7) in each of the last four home games against the club. In 37 career games against the Canucks, he has scored 34 points (16-18–34).
- Johnston has recorded a point (1-1–2) in each of his two appearances against Vancouver.
- Forward joe pavelski has 10 points (4-6–10) in his last 10 games against the Canucks. He leads the current Stars Skaters in points (15-28–43), goals (15) and assists (28) in 60 career games against Vancouver.
- Forward Max Domi has recorded 10 points (2-8–10) in its last nine games against Vancouver and recorded at least one point in each of its last three (1-3–4) against the Canucks at home.
- defending Nils Lundkvist recorded one goal (1-0–1) in his career opener against the Canucks on February 27 at the American Airlines Center.
- defending ryan sweater has earned two points (0-2–2) in its last three home games against Vancouver. He has played 58 career games against the club, recording 28 points (7-21–28).
- goalie jake oettinger He has posted a 0-2-1 record with a 4.78 goals-against average and .829 save percentage in three career appearances against the Canucks.
- goalie Scott Wedgewood he made his first career appearance against Vancouver on April 18, 2022. Entering the game in relief, Wedgewood stopped 10 of 11 shots in 27:35 minutes of ice time.
- goalie matt murray he made his first career appearance against the Canucks on March 14, stopping 14 of 19 shots and setting a 0-1-0 record.
Who is the greatest of all?
- Defenseman Miro Heiskanen recorded an assist (0-1–1) on Thursday night against Pittsburgh, extending his scoring streak (4-16–20) to a career-high 12 games.
- With his 12-game point streak, Heiskanen set a new franchise record for longest point streak by a defenseman in franchise history.
- With his 50th assist of the season Tuesday night against Seattle, Heiskanen became the third defenseman in Dallas Stars history (1993-present) to reach the 50-assist season milestone. He joins John Klingberg (59 in 2017-18) and Sergei Zubov (58 in 2005-06).
- The 23-year-old is the third defenseman to record a scoring streak of at least 12 games this season, joining Erik Karlsson (14) and Vince Dunn (12).
- Heiskanen leads the club’s defensemen and ranks seventh among defensemen in the league with 62 points (11-51–62) on the season. He has set a new career high for assists and points this season and is one shy of matching his career high for goals.
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- Forward jason robertson he appeared in his 200th career NHL game on Thursday night against Pittsburgh, recording two assists (0-2–2).
- The Arcadia, California native is one goal away from reaching the 100-goal mark for his career. He has 216 points (99-117–216) in his 200 games played.
- Robertson set new career-highs in assists (50), points (91) and power play points (32) this season and has matched the career-high in goals (41).
- The 23-year-old became the third player in Dallas Stars history (1993-present) to record 90 or more points in a season, joining Mike Modano (50-34–93, 1993-94) and Brad Richards (24). -67–91, 2009-2010).
- Among league skaters, Robertson shares seventh in goals and ranks seventh in points (41-50–91), leading Stars skaters in both categories.
This story was not subject to the approval of the National Hockey League or the Dallas Stars Hockey Club.
