NHL Preview: Edmonton Oilers (17-14-2) at Dallas Stars (19-8-6)

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EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:

17-14-2 – 36 PTS RECORD 19-8-6 – 44 PTS
Div. – 4th Conference – 8th RANK Div. – 1st Conference – 2nd
1st –32.8% (40/122) POWER PLAY 8th – 25.8% (25/97)
26th – 72.6% (90/124) PENALTY KILL 3rd – 83.6% (97/116)
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. DALLAS GP RECORD HOME (50) AWAY (50) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. DALLAS 100 26-59-4-11 16-23-2-9 10-36-2-2 248 339
OILERS vs. DALLAS – 2022-23 1 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 2 6

QUICK FACTS
• Wednesday’s game will mark Edmonton’s second and final game against Dallas this season and the lone game in Dallas.
• The last time these teams met was on November 5th in Edmonton where the Stars won 6-2.
• Tyson Barrie and Connor McDavid lead the team with 25 career points against Dallas and Tyson Barrie has also appeared in a team leading 31 career games against the Stars.

POINT STREAKING
-Connor McDavid is currently on 13-game point streak posting 29 points (12G, 17A)
-Tyson Barrie is on a 7-game point streak, posting 11 assists
-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is on a 4-game point streak, notching five points (3G, 2A)

GOALS BY PERIOD
The Oilers rank 1st in the NHL in goals for in the second period with 45. They also rank 4th in the league in third period goals with 45.

HATS OFF
Zach Hyman scored his first career hat trick on Dec. 13 at NSH, while posting four points (3G, 1A) in the Oilers 6-3 win over the Predators.

MCDAVID AND DRAISAITL – 1, 2 PUNCH
Connor McDavid (12-17—29 in 13 GP) extended the League’s longest active point streak to 13 contests on Dec. 19 at Nashville. Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid had five and four points, respectively on Dec. 13 against Nashville and became the fifth pair of teammates in NHL history each with at least 20 goals and 30 assists through 30 games in a season.

McDAVID GOES “ZERO TO SIXTY” IN 31 GAMES
Connor McDavid scored on Dec. 15 en route to becoming the first skater to reach the 60-point mark in 2022-23 – just four games after eclipsing the 50-point plateau on Dec. 7. McDavid reached the 60-point plateau in the fewest games (31) the NHL has witnessed in more than 25 years.

BOUCHARD’S LATE GOAL MAGIC
On Nov. 28 vs. Florida, Evan Bouchard scored the game-tying goal in the final five seconds of regulation before Connor McDavid (1G, 2A – 3PTS) capped off his three-point performance with an assist on Leon Draisaitl’s overtime winner.

OVERTIME WINNER
Connor McDavid scored the overtime winning goal on Nov.19 vs. Vegas. The goal marked his 14th career overtime goal and he ranks first in the NHL in overtime goals since 2015-16.

MOST OVERTIME GOALS SINCE 2015-16
Connor McDavid – 14
Jonathan Toews – 13
Brad Marchand – 13
Sidney Crosby – 12

POWER PLAY PUNCH
Leon Draisaitl scored his 100th career power play goal on Nov. 21 against New Jersey and recorded his 101st power play goal which also stood as the game winning goal on Nov. 26 against the New York Rangers. Draisaitl holds sole possession of 5th spot all-time in Oilers power play goals and is just 25 goals shy of the all-time lead held by Glenn Anderson and Ryan Smyth. Draisaitl is one power play goal from tying Jari Kurri (107) for 4th on the Oilers power play goals list.

200 CLUB
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his 200th career goal with the Oilers on Oct. 26 at STL which stood as the game winning goal. Nugent-Hopkins becomes just the ninth player in Oilers history to record 200 goals with the Oilers and has achieved the mark in 726 games all with the Oilers.

OILERS LEADERS OF THE PACK
Points – McDavid (64) – 1st in NHL
Goals – McDavid (28) – 1st in NHL
Assists – McDavid (36) – 1st in NHL
TOI/GP – Nurse (24:04) / (23:01 – McDavid) – Forwards – 1st in NHL
Shots – McDavid (132)
Blocks – Nurse (62)
Hits – Puljujarvi (69)
Takeaways – McDavid (30)
Power Play Goals – Draisaitl, McDavid (13) – T-1st in NHL
Power Play Points – McDavid (34) – 1st in NHL
Even Strength Points – McDavid (29) – 3rd in NHL

LAST 10 GAMES vs. DALLAS
Record: 4-4-2
GF: 23 GA: 31
2022-23 11/5/22 @ EDM 6-2 L
2021-22 4/20/22 @ EDM 5-2 W
2021-22 3/22/22 @ DAL 5-3 L
2021-22 11/23/21 @ DAL 4-1 L
2019-20 3/3/20 @ DAL 2-1 W (OT)
2019-20 12/16/19 @ DAL 2-1 W
2019-20 11/16/19 @ EDM 5-4 L (OT)
2018-19 3/28/19 @ EDM 3-2 (SO)
2018-19 12/3/18 @ DAL 4-1 L
2018-19 11/27/18 @ EDM 1-0 W (OT)

DALLAS STARS NOTES:

LAST DALLAS STARS GAME
Dec. 19, 2022 – STARS 2 at BLUE JACKETS 1
In his 100th career NHL game, goaltender Jake Oettinger turned aside 27 of 28 shots to backstop the Stars to a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Monday night. Oettinger improved to 13-4-3 in 22 starts this season and boosted his career mark against Columbus to 7-0-1. Rookie forward Wyatt Johnston (1-0—1) opened the game’s scoring with his eighth tally of the season and forward Jason Robertson (1-0—1) busted a seven-game goal drought with an empty-net marker for his team-leading 24th goal of the season. Defenseman Ryan Suter (0-1—1) recorded his third assist/point in his past four games, while captain Jamie Benn (0-1—1) picked up career point No. 799 with the secondary helper on Johnston’s goal. Dallas dominated on the dot, winning 63 percent of the game’s faceoffs. Benn led the way going 9-of-11 (82%), Tyler Seguin went 7-for-9 (78%), Joe Pavelski won 5 of 8 (63%) and Johnston went 4-for-6 (67%).
PP: 0-0 | PK: 1-1 | SF: 34 | SA: 28 | DAL TOI: Heiskanen (23:59 – game high) | Attendance: 16,402
Three Stars: 1. DAL – J. Oettinger 2. CBJ – D. Tarasov 3. DAL – W. Johnston

UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time (CT) Location TV/Radio
Wed., Dec. 21, 2022 Edmonton Oilers 8:30 p.m. American Airlines Center TNT/KTCK
Fri., Dec. 23, 2022 Montreal Canadiens 7 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSWX/KTCK
Tue., Dec. 27, 2022 Nashville Predators 7 p.m. Bridgestone Arena BSSWX/KTCK
Thu., Dec. 29, 2022 Minnesota Wild 7 p.m. Xcel Energy Center BSSWX/KTCK
Sat., Dec. 31, 2022 San Jose Sharks 7 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSWX/KTCK

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Nov. 19 – Recalled forward Matej Blumel from Texas (AHL)
Nov. 22 – Loaned forward Matej Blumel to Texas (AHL)
Nov. 22 – Recalled forward Fredrik Karlstrom from Texas (AHL)
Nov. 29 – Loaned forward Fredrik Karlstrom to Texas (AHL)
Dec. 12 – Recalled forward Riley Tufte from Texas (AHL)
Dec. 15 – Acquired defenseman Oskari Laaksonen from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for defenseman Joseph Cecconi

INJURIES
Man-games lost, 2022-23: 14
NAME INJURY # OF GAMES DATES
D Miro Heiskanen Upper body 3 Oct. 25-29
G Jake Oettinger Lower body 4 Nov. 1-8
F Denis Gurianov Upper body 6 Nov. 11-21
F Roope Hintz Lower body 1 Nov. 19

DALLAS STARS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: After a five-game road trip out East, the Stars are back in the Lone Star State to open a brief two-game homestand beginning tonight against the Edmonton Oilers. (8:30 p.m. CT, TV: TNT, Radio: The Ticket 96.7-FM/1310-AM). This is the second of three meetings between the two clubs this season and the only contest in Dallas. The Stars opened the three-game season series with a 6-2 victory at Rogers Place on Nov. 5 led by a hat trick performance from captain Jamie Benn. Following tonight’s game, Dallas will welcome another Canadian guest as the Montreal Canadiens come to town for the only time this season on Friday.

WE GOT HEART WHEN WE PLAY, TAKE YOU ON ANY DAY!

  • In the first meeting of the season back on Nov. 5, the Stars skated to a 6-2 victory at Rogers Place in Edmonton.
  • With a hat trick (3-0—3) in that game, captain Jamie Benn (333) surpassed Dino Ciccarelli (332) for sole possession of third place among franchise leaders (1967-present) in goals.
  • It also gave Benn seven career hat tricks, trailing only Ciccarelli (14) and Bill Goldsworthy (8) for the most three-goal outings in franchise history (1967-present). Note: Mike Modano also had seven hat tricks with the franchise.
  • Benn ranks second among active Stars in goals (23) and points (23-16—39) in 38 career contests vs. Edmonton.
  • Forward Jason Robertson had a goal and two assists (1-2—3) against the Oilers to become just the fifth Stars player in the past 20 years to record a multi-point streak of four or more games. Robertson joined Roope Hintz (4 GP in 2021-22), Joe Pavelski (4 GP in 2021-22), Jamie Benn (4 GP in 2011-12) and Brad Richards (4 GP in 2010-11).
  • Robertson has points in all four games against the Oilers in his career, earning eight points (4-4—8) and a +4 rating over that span.
  • Forward Roope Hintz’ first of two helpers (0-2—2) against the Oilers represented his 100th career NHL assist. Among players to debut with the Stars since the club relocated to Dallas in 1993-94, only two players required fewer games to reach the 100-assist milestone (all with Dallas): John Klingberg (192 GP) and Jamie Benn (240 GP).
  • Hintz, who led the team in scoring last season against the Oilers with six points (3-3—6) in three games, has 10 points (3-7—10) in nine career games vs. Edmonton, all of which have come in the past seven games.
  • Forward Joe Pavelski registered a goal and an assist (1-1—2) in the victory over Edmonton giving him six points (2-4—6) over his past six games and 18 points (6-12—18) in his past 16 against the Oilers.
  • Pavelski leads active Stars in goals (26), assists (33) and points (59) in a team-high 61 games against the Oilers in his career.
  • Forward Tyler Seguin has eight points (3-5—8) in his past eight games and 13 points (4-9—13) over his past 13 contests against Edmonton. Seguin has 10 goals and 25 points (10-15—25) in 26 career games vs. the Oilers.
  • Goaltender Jake Oettinger is 2-0-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average and .915 save percentage in two career appearances vs. the Oilers.
  • Goaltender Scott Wedgewood is 1-2-1 with a 3.25 GAA and .913 SV% in four career appearances against Edmonton. Wedgewood stopped 28 of 30 shots in Dallas’ 6-2 win in Edmonton on Nov. 5.

2022-23 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
Nov. 5: Stars 6 at Oilers 2 (Rogers Place)
Dec. 21 vs. Edmonton
March 16, 2023 at Edmonton

YOUR PRESENCE IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING I’VE EVER SEEN

  • With an assist on Dec. 19 at Columbus, captain Jamie Benn recorded career point No. 799 (342-457—799). Benn is one point shy of becoming the third player in franchise history (1967-present) to record 800 points with the franchise joining Mike Modano (557-802—1,359 in 1,459 GP) and Neal Broten (274-593—867 in 992 GP).
  • The assist bumped Benn’s season total to 30 points (13-17—30) in 33 games. He required the third fewest games of his career to reach the 30-point mark in a season, trailing 2015-16 (22 GP) and 2014-15 (32 GP). Benn finished those two seasons among the top two in points at season’s end, including an Art Ross Trophy win in 2014-15.
  • With 342 career goals, Benn is also tied with Brian Bellows for second place on the franchise’s all-time goals list. Mike Modano is the franchise leader with 557.
  • With the most points in a single month in his career (10-13—23), Benn trailed only Jason Robertson (15-11—26) for the most points by any player in the NHL during the month of November. He also ranked fifth during that time in goals (10).
  • Benn registered his 10th multi-point game of the season with a two-assist night (0-2—2) against St. Louis on Nov. 28.
  • Benn recorded the 45th multi-goal game of his NHL career on Nov. 11 vs. San Jose and moved within two of tying Bill Goldsworthy (47) for fourth place on the Stars/North Stars franchise’s all-time list.
  • Benn (7) trails only Dino Ciccarelli (14) and Bill Goldsworthy (8) for the most three-goal outings in franchise history (1967-present).
    Note: Mike Modano also had seven hat tricks with the Stars/North Stars franchise.
  • Among team leaders, the 33-year-old shares second in goals (13), ranks fourth in points (13-17—30) and shares fifth in assists (17). He also leads the Stars in power-play goals (7) and ranks second in power-play points (14).

THE RHYTHM HIT, IT GOT MY MOVEMENT OFF THE GROUND

  • In his 100th career NHL game, goaltender Jake Oettinger improved to 54-27-11 (2.44 GAA, .915 SV% and 4 SO) with a 27-save performance in Dallas’ victory over Columbus on Dec. 19.
  • Only one goaltender in franchise history has recorded more wins in their first 100 games as a member of the Stars/North Stars franchise – Ed Belfour (60-21-16).
  • Oettinger’s 54 wins are the second most by a goaltender in franchise history prior to their 25th birthday, trailing only Don Beaupre (99 in 224 GP w/ MNS). Oettinger celebrated his 24th birthday on Dec. 18.
  • Oettinger’s 45-save performance against Washington on Dec. 15 was one shy of tying his career mark for saves in a regular-season game (46) set Feb. 15 at Colorado (4-1 W).
  • Oettinger improved to 3-0-0 when making 40+ saves in a regular-season game (also: 41 saves on April 3 at Carolina).
  • Among goalies who have made 10 starts or more this season, Oettinger shares seventh in wins (13), ranks seventh in goals-against average (2.35) and shares eighth in save percentage (.922). He also shares fifth in shutouts (2).

I GUESS THE YEARS WENT BY, BUT THE YEARS JUST MADE YOU SHINE

  • Pavelski ranks second in the NHL in plus-minus (+22) and has finished with a plus or even rating in 30 of 33 games this season.
  • Only once in his 17-year NHL career has he finished a season with a minus rating (-4 in 2018-19 with San Jose; 75 GP).
  • Pavelski (0-3—3) assisted on three of Dallas’ four third-period goals on Dec. 4 vs. Minnesota to match the franchise record for most in a single period – a feat last achieved by Tyler Seguin on April 2, 2022 (0-3—3 in the first period).
  • Pavelski (38 years, 146 days) also became the third player in franchise history (1967-present) to register three points in a period at age 38 or older, joining Dean Prentice (40 years, 65 days) on Dec. 9, 1972 and Sergei Gonchar (39 years, 245 days) on Dec. 14, 2013.
  • He passed Chris Chelios (948) for 12th all-time in points among American skaters with an assist against the Ducks on Dec. 1.
  • With 432 career NHL goals, Pavelski needs two more to tie Patrick Kane (434) for sixth all-time in goals among U.S.-born skaters. Kane is also the only active U.S.-born skater with more goals than Pavelski.
  • Pavelski has eight multi-point games on the season and 44 since joining the Stars in 2019-20.
  • Only two Stars have notched more multi-point games for the franchise than Pavelski over that span: Jason Robertson (51) and Roope Hintz (49).
  • Pavelski has points (7-17—24) in 16 of his past 25 games and has earned at least one point in 19 of 33 overall (11-20—31).
  • Through 33 games this season, the Plover, Wisconsin native shares third in assists (20), ranks third in points (11-20—31) and fourth in goals (11). He also shares third in even-strength points (5-15—20) and shares sixth in even-strength goals (5).

WELL, I LIKE TO ROCK AND I LOVE TO ROLL

  • Forward Jason Robertson (24) ranks third behind Connor McDavid (28) and Tage Thompson (26) in goals and shares fourth in points (24-23—47).
  • He recorded his sixth three-point game (0-3—3) and 15th multi-point effort of the season on Dec. 17 at Carolina and followed it up with his team-leading 24th goal of the season on Dec. 19 at Columbus.
  • With 55 goals dating to Jan. 1, Robertson trails only Auston Matthews (56) for the most goals in the 2022 calendar year so far.
  • Robertson has recorded three hat tricks since his debut season in 2019-20, surpassing Jamie Benn (2) for the most by a Stars player of that span.
  • Robertson recorded his third career hat trick (3-0—3) in a 5-0 victory vs. Anaheim on Dec. 1 at American Airlines Center. He joined Kirill Kaprizov, Auston Matthews, Alex Ovechkin, Paul Kariya, Teemu Selanne, Eric Lindros, Pavel Bure, Joe Nieuwendyk and Mario Lemieux as players to score at least 80 goals in the first 152 career NHL games.
  • Robertson had goals in six consecutive games from Oct. 27-Nov. 8, becoming the fifth player in franchise history to have a goal streak of six games or more before turning 24, and the second player in Dallas Stars history (1993-present) to do so. Robertson followed Neal Broten from Jan. 23-Feb. 4, 1982 (7-12—19 in 7 GP), Jamie Benn from March 1-11, 2011 (6-1—7 in 6 GP), Mike Modano from Feb. 29-March 10, 1992 (7-2—9 in 6 GP) and Danny Grant from Oct. 16-29, 1969 (6-1—7 in 6 GP).
  • Robertson has been named the NHL’s First Star of the Week twice already this season for the weeks ending Nov. 27 and Nov. 6.
  • The Arcadia, California native is averaging better than a point-per-game pace through his four NHL seasons (82-90—172 in 161 GP).

A NAME PLAYED ON THE RADIO, IT WENT STRAIGHT TO MY HEART

  • Forward Roope Hintz shares second on the club in goals (13) and ranks second in points (13-22—35) in 32 games. He also ranks second in assists (22) and game-winning goals (3).
  • His goal against New Jersey on Dec. 13 represented his 19th career game-winning tally, the most by a Stars player since he entered the NHL in 2018-19.
  • Hintz has five points (2-3—5) in his past seven games and 11 points (5-6—11) in his past 10.
  • Hintz (3-1—4) recorded his second career hat trick and tied his career high for points in a game on Dec. 4 vs. Minnesota.
  • Hintz’ three-goal effort gave the Stars two consecutive games with hat tricks (Jason Robertson, Dec. 1 vs. ANA).
  • He had a 10-game point streak from Oct. 27-Nov. 17, tallying 15 points (6-9—15) over that span including four multi-point efforts.
  • With two goals on his 26th birthday on Nov. 17 at Florida, Hintz became just the second player in franchise history (1967-present) to score multiple goals on his birthday (also Dave Gagner, Dec. 11, 1990).
  • Hintz ranks third on the team in multi-point games (9) behind Jason Robertson (15) and Jamie Benn (10).
  • Hintz is one of four players on the Stars to have a shorthanded goal this season (also Radek Faksa, Luke Glendening and Joel Kiviranta).
  • Hintz and Robertson became the third pair of Stars/North Stars teammates with simultaneous 10-game point streaks, joining Brian Bellows and Neal Broten (10 GP from Jan. 23-Feb. 13, 1986) as well as Steve Payne and Bobby Smith (10 GP from Feb. 10-28, 1980).
  • On Nov. 29 the Stars signed Hintz to an eight-year contract extension, which begins in the 2023-24 season and runs through the 2030-31 campaign. The eight-year contract extension is worth $67.6 million and has an average annual value (AAV) of $8.45 million.
  • In five NHL seasons, Hintz has earned 205 points (93-112—205) in 271 career NHL games. He’s tied for sixth in Dallas Stars history (1993-present) with six career shorthanded goals and ranks 12th with 19 career game-winning goals.

YOU’RE MY ROCK STEADY BEAT

  • Defenseman Miro Heiskanen skated in his 300th career NHL game on Dec. 10 vs. Detroit.
  • Heiskanen ranks 13th among Dallas Stars (1993-present) defensemen in games played (305) and is 28 away from tying Nicklas Grossmann (333) for 12th.
  • Heiskanen enters tonight’s game with points in four of his past seven games (2-4—6) and has nine points (2-7—9) over his past 10.
  • He potted the first two goals of the game in the first period on Dec. 8 vs. Ottawa to become the seventh defenseman in franchise history (1967-present) to record two goals in an opening frame.
  • Heiskanen’s two-goal night represented his third career multi-goal game. Among blueliners in franchise history, only Craig Hartsburg (6) and Brad Maxwell (3) had as many before age 24.
  • Heiskanen’s two goals were scored in a span of 1:48 – the fifth-fastest two tallies by a defenseman in franchise history. Sergei Zubov holds the franchise mark (0:57 on Nov. 25, 2001).
  • Heiskanen had a season-high three points (0-3—3) in the Stars’ win over Anaheim on Dec. 1.
  • The 23-year-old ranks fifth on the Stars and shares 10th among NHL defensemen in points (5-20—25). He also paces the Stars and ranks sixth in the league in TOI/GP (25:22).
  • Heiskanen has 38 goals, 118 assists and 156 points in 305 career NHL games while averaging 24:13 TOI over that span.

YOU INSPIRE DEVOTION, EVERY EMOTION

  • On Dec. 10 vs. Detroit, rookie defenseman Nils Lundkvist (1-0—1) became the 10th rookie in franchise history (1967-present) to score an overtime goal and just the fourth rookie defenseman to do so, joining Julius Honka (April 4, 2017), Esa Lindell (Dec. 23, 2016) and John Klingberg (March 28, 2015).
  • Lundkvist became the third rookie to score an overtime goal this season, joining New Jersey’s Fabian Zetterlund (Nov. 5 at CGY) and Seattle’s Matty Beniers (Dec. 1 vs. WSH).
  • Lundkvist had a career-best three-game point streak (2-2—4) from Dec. 8-12 and has nine points (3-6—9) in 28 games with the Stars.
  • Selected by the Rangers in the first round (28th overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft, Lundkvist was acquired by the Stars for a conditional first-round selection in the 2023 NHL Draft and a conditional fourth-round selection in the 2025 NHL Draft on Sept. 19.
  • Lundkvist shares third among Dallas d-men in goals (3) and points (3-6—9), ranks fifth in assists (6) and ranks second among club blueliners in shots on goal (51).

THIS ONE GOES OUT TO YOU

  • With the game-winning goal in sudden death on Dec. 8 vs. Ottawa, forward Tyler Seguin (1-0—1) scored his 10th career overtime goal to surpass Mike Modano for sole possession of second place in franchise history behind only Jamie Benn (11).
  • The OT tally marked Seguin’s 47th game-winning goal with Dallas. Only two players in franchise history have more: Modano (92) and Benn (52).
  • The Brampton, Ontario native enters Wednesday’s matchup against Montreal with eight points (2-6—8) in his past 14 games and 23 points (6-17—23) in 33 games overall this season.
  • With his first of two assists (0-2—2) on Nov. 19 against the New York Islanders, Seguin recorded career point No. 700, becoming the first player from the 2010 NHL Draft to reach the 700-point mark.
  • Seguin leads the 2010 draft class in points (311-398—709), ranks second in goals (311) and shares fourth with a +66 rating. He also leads the class with 56 game-winning goals and shares second with 10 overtime markers.

ANOTHER STORY, ANOTHER MEMORY, ANOTHER DAY THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE

  • Rookie forward Wyatt Johnston (1-0—1) picked up his eighth goal of the season on Dec. 19 at Columbus.
  • Johnston has six points (3-3—6) in his past 11 games and 13 points (8-5—12) in 33 games overall.
  • He potted his seventh goal of the season on Dec. 1 vs. Anaheim. The only rookies with more are Seattle’s Matty Beniers (11) and Ottawa’s Shane Pinto (10).
  • At 19 years, 173 days, he became the first teenager in franchise history (1967-present) to record a three-game goal streak on the road with his goal on Nov. 3 at Arizona. The last teenager to have a longer road run was Carolina’s Andrei Svechnikov (4 GP in 2019-20).
  • With a goal (1-0—1) on Oct. 25 against Boston, Johnston became the third youngest player in Dallas Stars history (1993-present) to score in consecutive games. Johnston followed Valeri Nichushkin (2 GP in 2013-14) and Miro Heiskanen (2x in 2018-10, both 2 GP).
  • With a goal (1-0—1) in the season opener on Oct. 13, Johnston became the youngest player in Dallas Stars history to score a goal in his NHL debut (19 years, 151 days) and second youngest in franchise history with at least one goal in his NHL debut, behind Dave Archibald (18 years, 179 days on Oct. 10, 1987). Mike Modano (19 years, 120 days on Oct. 5, 1989) scored in his first regular-season NHL game but had debuted during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.