DALLAS STARS NOTES:
LAST DALLAS STARS GAME
April 10, 2023 – STARS 6 at RED WINGS 1
On a milestone night for forward Joe Pavelski, the Stars scored six unanswered goals in a 6-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on Monday. Pavelski became the 10th U.S.-born player to reach 1,000 career points when he scored a trademark goal on a deflection off Miro Heiskanen’s point shot. Moments after he scored, Pavelski was mobbed by his teammates, who jumped off the bench to congratulate him. Forward Roope Hintz tied his single-game career high with four points (1-3—4), Jason Robertson had a goal and three points (1-2—3) and Heiskanen tied Sergei Zubov (71) for the most points scored by a defenseman in a season in Dallas Stars history with two assists against the Red Wings. Forward Ty Dellandrea (1-0—1), captain Jamie Benn (1-0—1) and defenseman Esa Lindell (1-0—1) rounded out the scoring, while goaltender Jake Oettinger earned the win with 12 saves on 13 shots in 40 minutes of action. Netminder Scott Wedgewood played the final 20 minutes making seven saves on seven shots.
PP: 1-3 | PK: 2-2 | SF: 22 | SA: 20 | DAL TOI: R. Suter (22:22) | Attendance: 17,861
Three Stars: 1. DAL – J. Pavelski 2. DAL – R. Hintz 3. DAL – J. Robertson
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time (CT) Location TV/Radio
Wed, April 12, 2023 St. Louis Blues 6:30 p.m. Enterprise Center TNT/KTCK
Thu, April 13, 2023 St. Louis Blues 7 p.m. American Airlines Center ESPN/KTCK
INJURIES
Man-games lost, 2022-23: 78
NAME INJURY GAMES
MISSED 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
Upper body 7 Jan. 10-21
Lower body 1 April 6
F Joel Kiviranta Lower body 11 Feb. 8-Mar. 4
F Luke Glendening Undisclosed 11 Feb. 18-Mar. 13
G Scott Wedgewood Undisclosed 1 Feb. 22-25
Undisclosed 14 Mar. 1-28
F Tyler Seguin Lower body 6 Mar. 11-21
F Mason Marchment Lower body 12 Mar. 14-pres.
DALLAS STARS NOTES
X GON’ GIVE IT TO YA
- The Stars have clinched a berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second straight year, 18th time since relocating to Dallas in 1993-94 and 35th time in franchise history. Dallas became the 10th team to clinch a berth in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
- With a victory on April 6 vs. Philadelphia, the Stars (43-21-14, 100 points) secured a 100-point season for the 10th time in franchise history and first since 2015-16 (109 points). Each of the previous 10 times the franchise has reached the century mark have come since the team relocated to Dallas ahead of the 1993-94 season.
- Dallas is in a two-team battle for the top spot in the Central Division one point behind Colorado. The Stars clinched home ice in the First Round by virtue of a Jets victory over the Wild in regulation on Tuesday night.
TONIGHT’S GAME: It’s the final road game of the regular season for the Stars, who open a home-and-home series with the St. Louis Blues beginning tonight at Enterprise Center. (6:30 p.m. CT, TV: TNT, Radio: The Ticket 96.7-FM/1310-AM). Firmly in a battle for the top seed in the Central Division, the Stars will play one of Seattle, Colorado or Minnesota in the first round. This is the second of three games against the Blues this season and the second of two matchups in the Gateway City.
GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT IF YOU STILL WANNA LISTEN
- The Stars are 1-0-0 vs. the Blues this season, winning 4-1 at Enterprise Center on Nov. 28, 2022.
- Dallas is 116-130-55 all-time vs. St. Louis, including a 45-80-27 mark on the road.
- Forwards Wyatt Johnston (1-1—2), Ty Dellandrea (1-0—1), Jason Robertson (1-0—1) and defenseman Miro Heiskanen (1-0—1) lit the lamp in the series opener at St. Louis, captain Jamie Benn (0-2—2) recorded two assists and goaltender Scott Wedgewood made 23 saves on 24 shots.
- Max Domi has three points (1-2—3) in three games vs. St. Louis this season, all as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks. Domi enters tonight’s matchup with 14 points (5-9—14) in 19 career games against the Blues.
- Benn leads active Stars in goals (21) and points (21-25—46) and ranks second in assists (25) in 49 career games against St. Louis. Benn also paces the club in power-play goals (7), game winners (3) and overtime tallies (2) against them.
- Forward Joe Pavelski ranks second among active Stars in goals (11) and third in points (11-16—27) in 53 career games vs. the Blues. Of his 11 goals, seven have come on the power play.
- Forward Tyler Seguin ranks third among active Stars in goals (8) and assists (18) and ranks fourth in points (8-18—26) in 39 career games vs. St. Louis.
- Forward Roope Hintz has five goals (5-0—5) in 13 career games against the Blues.
- Forward Evgenii Dadonov has seven points (1-6—7) in 10 career games vs. St. Louis.
- Defenseman Ryan Suter ranks first among active Stars in assists (32) and second in points (7-32—39) in a team-high 87 career games vs. St. Louis. Suter has played more regular season games against St. Louis than any other team.
- Goaltender Jake Oettinger is 1-1-0 with a 2.53 goals-against average and .923 save percentage in two career appearances against the Blues.
- Netminder Scott Wedgewood is 2-0-0 with a 1.51 GAA and .950 SV% in two career appearances vs. St. Louis.
2022-23 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
Nov. 28, 2022 at St. Louis – W, 4-1
April 12 at St. Louis
April 13 vs. St. Louis
ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
April
10 – Recalled goaltender Joel Hofer, forward Hugh McGing, and defenseman Tyler Tucker from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
9 – Assigned defenseman Dmitri Samorukov and goaltender Vadim Zherenko to the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
6 – Recalled defenseman Dmitri Samorukov from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL) under emergency conditions
6 – Assigned defenseman Matthew Kessel to the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
BLUES vs. STARS (Reg. Season)
- The Blues will finish off the season with a home-and-home series with Dallas tonight at home and tomorrow in Dallas
- The Blues are 0-1-0 against the Stars this season (Lost 4-1 on Nov. 28 in St. Louis)
- The Blues went 3-1-0 against Dallas last season (2-0-0 at home; 1-1-0 away)
- The Blues are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games against Dallas
- The Blues are 4-1-1 in their last 6 games against Dallas at Enterprise Center
- The Blues are 3-1-0 in their last 4 trips to Dallas
- The Blues are also 4-2-1 in their last 7 trips to Dallas
- The Blues have not allowed a power play goal to the Stars in 4 straight matchups, going 8 for 8 (100%) on the penalty kill over those 4 games
- The Blues have scored a power play goal in 5 of their last 6 games against Dallas, going 7 for 22 (31.8%) on the power play over those 6 games (scored a power play goal in 5 straight games from Feb. 29, 2020 to Jan. 9, 2022)
- Torey Krug is expected to dress in his 700th career game
BLUES SEEKING 15TH CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASON
- The Blues currently have a record of 37-36-7 this season, and with a win in their last 2 games they would record their 15th consecutive winning season
- The Blues streak of 15 consecutive winning seasons would be the 3rd longest active streak in the NHL (1. Pittsburgh, 17 from 2006-07 to 2022-23 & 2. Boston, 16 from 2007-08 to 2022-23)
- The Blues current streak of 14 consecutive winning seasons is the longest streak in franchise history
- Going back to 1989-90, 32 seasons (not counting 2022-23), the Blues have posted 28 winning seasons, which shares the most in the NHL with the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins All-Time Blues Streaks of Winning Records
Seasons Years
14 2008/09-2021/22
8 1996/97-2003/04
6 1989/90-1994/95
3 1968/69-1970/71
BLUES GO MARCHING IN
- Since Mar. 9, the Blues are 10-5-2 (22 points)
- Their 10 wins since Mar. 9 share 7th in the NHL (1. Boston, 15), while their 22 points share 8th in the NHL (1. Boston, 30)
- The Blues have scored 68 goals since Mar. 9, which ranks 3rd in the NHL (1. Colorado/Edmonton, 69)
- Since Mar. 9, Jordan Kyrou shares 7th in the NHL with 11 goals, while Jakub Vrana shares 15th in the NHL with 9 goals (1 Pastrnak, 16)
