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NHL Preview: Dallas Stars (37-19-13) at Calgary Flames (31-24-14)

DALLAS STARS NOTES:

LAST DALLAS STARS GAME
March 16, 2023 – STARS 1 at OILERS 4
The Stars dropped their second consecutive game with a 4-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on Thursday night. Rookie
forward Wyatt Johnston (1-0—1) recorded his 19th goal of the season while defensemen Miro Heiskanen (0-1—1) and Ryan Suter
(0-1—1) picked up the assists. This was the third and final game of the regular season between the Stars and Oilers, with Dallas losing
two of them, including a 6-3 defeat Dec. 21, 2022 at American Airlines Center. The Stars on Thursday went 0-for-3 on the power play
and 3-for-4 on the penalty kill. Goaltender Jake Oettinger made 26 saves on 29 shots.
PP: 0-3 | PK: 3-4 | SF: 26 | SA: 30 | DAL TOI: M. Heiskanen (26:38 – game high) | Attendance: 18,347
Three Stars: 1. EDM – S. Skinner 2. EDM – C. McDavid 3. EDM – E. Bouchard
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time (CT) Location TV/Radio
Sat, March 18, 2023 Calgary Flames 9 p.m. Scotiabank Saddledome BSSW/KTCK
Tue, March 21, 2023 Seattle Kraken 7:30 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
Thu, March 23, 2023 Pittsburgh Penguins 8 p.m. American Airlines Center ESPN/KTCK
Sat, March 25, 2023 Vancouver Canucks 6 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
Tue, March 28, 2023 Chicago Blackhawks 7:30 p.m. United Center BSSW/KTCK
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 1 – Placed forward Luke Glendening on injured reserve retroactive to Feb. 17
March 2 – Signed defenseman Gavin White to a three-year entry-level contract
March 2 – Acquired forward Max Domi and goaltender Dylan Wells from Chicago for goaltender Anton Khudobin and a 2025
second-round draft pick
March 2 – Assigned goaltender Dylan Wells and loaned forwards Fredrik Karlstrom, Fredrik Olofsson and goaltender Matt Murray
to Texas
March 4 – Acquired forward Scott Reedy from San Jose for forward Jacob Peterson
March 4 – Recalled goaltender Matt Murray and forward Fredrik Olofsson from Texas (AHL)
March 5 – Loaned forward Fredrik Olofsson and goaltender Matt Murray to Texas (AHL)
March 6 – Recalled forward Fredrik Olofsson and goaltender Matt Murray from Texas (AHL)
March 8 – Signed defenseman Christian Kyrou to a three-year entry-level contract
March 10 – Signed forward Kyle McDonald to a three-year entry-level contract

INJURIES
Man-games lost, 2022-23: 59
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
F Roope Hintz Upper body 7 Jan. 10-21
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 9 Mar. 1-pres.
F Tyler Seguin Lower body 4 Mar. 11-pres.
F Mason Marchment Lower body 2 Mar. 14-pres.

DALLAS STARS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Stars have reached the end of their season-long six-game road trip as they take on the Calgary Flames tonight at Scotiabank Saddledome (9 p.m. CT, TV: Bally Sports Southwest, Radio: The Ticket 96.7-FM/1310-AM). This is third and final meeting of the regular season between the two clubs, and the lone contest held in Calgary. The Stars have dropped the previous two games against the Flames this season – both at American Airlines Center – losing 6-5 on Jan. 4 and 5-4 on March 6

MY SOURCES SAY THE ROADS ARE CLEAR AND STREET SIGNS POINT THE WAY

  • Dallas is 0-2-0 vs. Calgary this season, losing both games at American Airlines Center.
  • The Stars are 75-71-35 all-time vs. the Flames, including a 31-41-17 mark on the road.
  • Dallas has won five of its past six games at Scotiabank Saddledome (5-1-0) and has logged points in 10 of its past 12 trips to Scotiabank Saddledome, earning a 9-2-1 record over that span.
  • Forward Joe Pavelski enters tonight’s contest with four points (2-2—4) in two games vs. Calgary this season. Pavelski leads active Stars in assists (38) and points (18-38—56) and ranks second in goals (18) in a team high 60 career games vs. Calgary. Pavelski also paces the club in power-play goals (7) and ranks third in game winners (3) against them.
  • Forward Max Domi has two goals and four points (2-2—4) in three games vs. Calgary this season, including his first goal with the Stars on March 6. Domi has 18 points (6-12—18) in 21 career games vs. the Flames and leads active Stars in overtime goals (2) against them.
  • Captain Jamie Benn has two goals and three points (2-1—3) in two games against Calgary this season. Benn leads active stars in goals (22), ranks second in points (22-16—38) and third in assists (16) in 39 career contests vs. the Flames. Benn also shares first in game-winning goals (4), ranks second in power-play tallies (5) and is one of two players on the active roster with a shorthanded marker against them (also Roope Hintz).
  • Forward Jason Robertson has three points (1-2—3) in the first two games against the Flames this season and has five points (3-2—5) in five career contests against them.
  • Forward Tyler Seguin has a goal and three points (1-2—3) in two games vs. Calgary in 2022-23. Seguin ranks third among active Stars in goals (13) and points (13-14—27) and fourth in assists (14) in 28 career games vs. Calgary.
  • Forward Evgenii Dadonov has nine goals and 12 points (9-3—12) in 21 career games against the Flames.
  • Defenseman Miro Heiskanen is averaging nearly a point a game in his career vs. Calgary with 10 points (1-9—10) in 11 games.
  • Defenseman Ryan Suter ranks second in assists (24) and third in points (5-24—29) in 59 career games vs. the Flames.
  • Goaltender Jake Oettinger is 0-3-0 with a 4.05 goals-against average and .903 save percentage in three career appearance vs. Calgary.
  • Netminder Scott Wedgewood is 0-3-0 with a 4.06 GAA and .892 SV% in three career appearances against the Flames.

2022-23 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
Jan. 14 vs. Calgary – L, 6-5
March 6 vs. Calgary – L, 5-4
March 18 at Calgary

CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:

FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
March 16, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [7] vs. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS [2]
The Calgary Flames finished a brief two-game road trip at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday night against the Vegas Golden Knights. It took until the 15:05 mark for either side to break the scoreless deadlock, but MacKenzie Weegar would score his second of the season to give the Flames a 1-0 lead through 20. In the second, Tyler Toffoli would make it 2-0 Flames, before Vegas tied the game with a pair of unanswered goals from Zach Whitecloud and Reilly Smith. Blake Coleman would restore the Flames lead just before the break and the score was 3-2 Calgary through 40. The Flames would put the game to bed in the third with a four-goal final frame which saw Backlund and Dube get on the scoresheet as well as Toffoli and Coleman both notching their second of the game and the Flames left T-Mobile Arena with two points for the first time in their history with a 7-2 win.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Weegar (2), Toffoli (27, 28), Coleman (15, 16), Backlund (17), Dube (18)
GOALIE: Markstrom (17/19, .895 Sv%)
PP: 1/2 (50%)
PK: 4/4 (100%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 3-1-1

DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
March 16, 2023 CGY [7] at VGK [2] Coleman Markstrom Quick
March 14, 2023 CGY [3] at ARI 4 Boyd Markstrom Ingram
March 12, 2023 OTT [1] vs. CGY [5] Lindholm Markstrom Mandolese
March 10, 2023 ANA [3] vs. CGY [1] Leason Markstrom Gibson
March 7, 2023 CGY [1] at MIN 0 Toffoli* Markstrom Gustavsson
*shootout winning goal

FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
March 18, 2023 8:00pm vs. Dallas Stars Scotiabank Saddledome
March 20, 2023 8:30pm at Los Angeles Kings Crypto.com Arena
March 21, 2023 8:00pm at Anaheim Ducks Honda Center
March 23, 2023 7:00pm vs. Vegas Golden Knights Scotiabank Saddledome
March 25, 2023 2:00pm vs. San Jose Sharks Scotiabank Saddledome

TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the third and final matchups this season between the Flames and Stars. The Flames have won the previous two meeting so far, scoring 11 goals in the pair of contests. This is a Pacific Division versus Central Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 9-8-3 against Central Division opponents this season and a record of 19-12-6 against Western Conference opponents.

FLAMES VERSUS THE STARS THIS SEASON:
The Flames and Stars get set to face off for the third time this season, with the Flames winning both prior meetings. Their first matchup with Dallas came in January which saw the Flames put up six goals, beginning with Andrew Mangiapane scoring just 25 seconds in. Trevor Lewis, Elias Lindholm, Nazem Kadri, Rasmus Andersson, and Chris Tanev would also find the back of the net to help the Flames edge the Stars 6-5. In their second meeting just under two weeks ago, Tyler Toffoli was the hero for Calgary, scoring at the 19:53 mark of the third period to give the Flames the lead. The goal held up as the third-latest go-ahead goal in franchise history behind a pair of goals at 59:56 by Cory Stillman (April 14th, 1999) and Jarome Iginla (February 12th, 1999). It was also the second-latest go-ahead goal by any player this season behind Ryan Graves (59:58 with NJD on February 14th).

QUICK HITS:
Blake Coleman scored two goals on Thursday, including his second game-winning goal of the season. Troy Stecher dropped the gloves for the first time as a member of the Flames, and just the fifth time of his 427-game career when he fought Vegas’ Paul Cotter. Nick Ritchie had a game-high seven hits in Vegas, while MacKenzie Weegar had six and the Flames out-hit the Golden Knights 37-23. Mikael Backlund’s third period tally now gives him goals in back-to-back games, and he has found the back of the net in three-straight contests against the Golden Knights.

CALGARY FLAMES vs. DALLAS STARS
CGY vs. DAL ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
81-66-25-9 44-25-14-6 37-41-11-3 7-3-0 W4

GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. Dallas Stars
7:00pm MT
Scotiabank Saddledome
TV: Sportsnet Flames
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960

2022-23 Season Series: 2-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0, Road 2-0-0)
Jan.14, 2023 – CGY [6] at DAL [5]
Mar. 6, 2023 – CGY [5] at DAL [4]
Mar. 18, 2023 – DAL at CGY

2021-22 Season Record vs. DAL: 2-0-1 (Home: 1-0-1, Road: 1-0-0)
Last Home Win vs. DAL: April 21, 2023 – Dallas [2] vs. Calgary [4]
Last Road Win @ DAL: March 6, 2023 – Calgary [5] at Dallas [4]
Last Home Loss vs. DAL: November 4, 2021 – Dallas [4] vs. Calgary 3
Last Road Loss @ DAL: December 18, 2018 – Calgary [0] at Dallas [2]

2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Mar. 3 – acquired Dryden Hunt (F) from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Radim Zohorna (F)
Mar. 3 – acquired Troy Stecher (D) and Nick Ritchie (F) from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for Brett Ritchie (F) and Connor Mackey (D)

FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 54)
Noah Hanifin – illness (1 game: Oct. 21)
Chris Tanev – upper-body (5 games: Nov. 3 – Nov. 10)
Jonathan Huberdeau – upper-body (3 games: Nov. 8 – Nov. 12)
Michael Stone – lower-body (11 games: Nov. 7 – Nov. 25)
MacKenzie Weegar – non-COVID illness (1 game: Dec. 12)
Elias Lindholm – upper-body injury (1 game: Dec. 12)
Chris Tanev – upper-body injury (3 games: Dec. 14 – Dec. 18)
Radim Zohorna – non-COVID illness (1 game: Dec. 18)
Dennis Gilbert – lower-body injury (4 games: Dec. 20 – Dec. 27)
Brett Ritchie – upper-body injury (8 games: Jan. 8 – Jan. 26)
Chris Tanev – injury reserve (2 games: Jan. 26 – Jan. 27)
Rasmus Andersson – day-to-day (3 games: Feb. 9 – Feb. 13)
Michael Stone – lower-body injury (11 games: Feb. 22 – Mar. 16)

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