DALLAS STARS NOTES:
LAST DALLAS STARS GAME
March 28, 2023 – STARS 4 at BLACKHAWKS 1
Led by four different goal scorers and 12 players finding the score sheet, the Stars got back into the win column following a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Tuesday. Tyler Seguin (1-0—1), Colin Miller (1-0—1), Joe Pavelski (1-0—1) and Luke Glendening (1-0—1) scored four unanswered goals for the Stars, who took three of four games in the season series against the Blackhawks (3-1-0). Jani Hakanpää (0-1—1), Radek Faksa (0-1—1), Evgenii Dadonov (0-1—1), Max Domi (0-1—1), Joel Hanley (0-1—1), Ryan Suter (0-1—1), Ty Dellandrea (0-1—1) and Esa Lindell (0-1—1) picked up assists, while Jake Oettinger turned in a 17-save performance in the win.
PP: 1-4 | PK: 1-1 | SF: 30 | SA: 18 | DAL TOI: M. Heiskanen (22:41 – game high) | Attendance: 14,060
Three Stars: 1. DAL – J. Pavelski 2. DAL – T. Seguin 3. DAL – J. Oettinger
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time (CT) Location TV/Radio
Fri, March 31, 2023 Arizona Coyotes 9:30 p.m. Mullett Arena BSSW/KTCK
Sat, April 1, 2023 Colorado Avalanche 8 p.m. Ball Arena BSSWX/KTCK
Mon, April 3, 2023 Nashville Predators 7:30 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSWX/KTCK
Thu, April 6, 2023 Philadelphia Flyers 7:30 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
Sat, April 8, 2023 Vegas Golden Knights 2:30 p.m. American Airlines Center ABC/KTCK
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 29 – Signed forward Matthew Seminoff to a three-year entry-level contract
March 31 – Loaned goaltender Scott Wedgewood to the Texas Stars on a conditioning assignment
INJURIES
Man-games lost, 2022-23: 71
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 14 Mar. 1-28
F Tyler Seguin Lower body 6 Mar. 11-21
F Mason Marchment Lower body 7 Mar. 14-pres.
DALLAS STARS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: Dallas’ three-game road trip continues tonight as the club takes on the Arizona Coyotes at Mullett Arena in Tempe. (9:30 p.m. CT, TV: Bally Sports Southwest, Radio: The Ticket 96.7-FM/1310-AM). Located on the campus of Arizona State University, the 5,000-seat arena is home of the school’s men’s ice hockey, women’s ice hockey, women’s gymnastics and men’s wrestling team and also serves as the temporary home of the Coyotes. This marks the Stars’ second visit to Mullett Arena and wraps up the four-game season series between the two clubs. The Stars will close out their road trip tomorrow night against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena.
MY SOURCES SAY THE ROADS ARE CLEAR AND STREET SIGNS POINT THE WAY
- The Stars are 3-0-0 vs. the Coyotes this season, outscoring them 14-4 over that span, including a 7-2 victory at Mullett Arena on Nov. 3, 2022.
- Dallas is 101-67-20 all-time vs. Arizona, including a 48-37-8 mark on the road.
- Captain Jamie Benn (2-2—4), forwards Jason Robertson (2-2—4), Tyler Seguin (2-2—4) and defenseman Miro Heiskanen (1-3—4) share the team lead in points against the Coyotes with four apiece in three games this season.
- Benn ranks second among active Stars in goals (18), assists (19) and points (18-19—37) in 45 career games vs. Arizona. He also ranks second in power-play goals (10) and shares second in game winners (3).
- Robertson enters tonight’s game with eight points (3-5—8) in seven career games against the Coyotes.
- Seguin ranks third among active Stars in goals (11) and fourth in points (11-10—21) in 28 career games against Arizona. Seguin also shares second in game-winning goals (3) against them.
- Heiskanen has tallied 10 points (2-8—10) in 12 career contests against the Coyotes.
- Forward Joe Pavelski paces active Stars in goals (31), assists (30) and points (31-30—61) in a team-high 77 career games vs. Arizona. He also leads the squad in power-play goals (16) and game winners (6) vs. the Coyotes.
- Rookie forward Wyatt Johnston has two goals and three points (2-1—3) in three career games vs. the Coyotes.
- Forward Radek Faksa has three points (2-1—3) in three games vs. the Coyotes this season and 13 points (7-6—13) in 20 games against them in his career.
- Forward Roope Hintz has a goal and two assists (1-2—3) in two games vs. Arizona this season and 10 points (6-4—10) in 11 career contests.
- Forward Evgenii Dadonov has 10 points (2-8—10) in 12 career games vs. the Coyotes.
- Defenseman Colin Miller is averaging a point a game this season against the Coyotes with three points (all assists) in three games, accounting for half of his career points vs. Arizona (1-5—6 in 18 GP).
- Defenseman Ryan Suter has 23 points (5-18—23) in 64 career games against Arizona.
- Goaltender Jake Oettinger is 2-1-0 with a 1.35 goals-against average, .949 save percentage and one shutout in three career appearances against the Coyotes. Oettinger stopped all 33 shots in a 4-0 Stars victory over the Coyotes on Jan. 21 at American Airlines Center.
2022-23 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
Nov. 3. 2022 at Arizona – W, 7-2
Jan. 21 vs. Arizona – W, 4-0
March 1 vs. Arizona – W, 4-2
March 31 at Arizona
ARIZONA COYOTES NOTES:
3 HARD LAPS
• Arizona has dropped its last five games (0-3-2) after posting an 8-game point streak. The team still holds a point percentage over .500 since the NHL’s trade deadline (6-4-4, .571) and the All-Star break (11-7-7, .580)
• Clayton Keller looks to extend his point streak, coming into tonight having registered a point in 13 straight games to hold the Coyotes team record. His 11 goals and 22 points share the NHL lead over the course of his streak (since March 5)
• Keller’s 23 points (12-11-23) in March are the most a Coyote has ever recorded in a calendar month in team history. With tonight being the final game of the month, the winger has a chance to cut into the franchise record for points in a calendar month. There have been 14 instances of a skater from the Original Jets era (1979-96) recording 24+ points in a month, most recently by Keith Tkachuk (11-15-26) in March of 1996. The franchise record for most points in a calendar month is 27, done twice by Teemu Selanne (January and March of 1993)
LAST GAME
Oilers 5, Coyotes 4 – March 27, 2023 – Mullett Arena
ARI Goals: Maccelli (9, 10), Hayton (16, 17)
EDM Goals: Hyman (32), Bouchard (5), Nurse (9), Draisaitl (46), Nugent-Hopkins (34)
ARI Goalie: Vejmelka (L) – 24 svs on 29 shots
EDM Goalie: Campbell (W) – 29 svs on 33 shots
PP: 1-4 PK: 2-4
Notes: The Coyotes fell to the Oilers in regulation, concluding the team’s 8-game home point streak; It was tied for the Coyotes’ ninth-longest home point streak since relocating…Matias Maccelli scored twice to ink his first career multi-goal game and grabbed the second-highest point total among rookies (43)…Clayton Keller posted an assist to extend his point streak to 13 games, putting him in sole possession of the seventh-longest in Coyotes/Jets franchise history…Barrett Hayton also scored twice and cleared 40 pts on the season (17-24-41)…Hayton also logged a career-high 24:30 of ice time…Nick Schmaltz picked up two assists to run his assist streak to six games…Lawson Crouse registered a multi-assist game for the fourth time this season and cleared 150 career points (78-74-152)…Crouse’s performance on Monday featured three assists, tying his career-high (1/17/23 vs. DET)…Monday marked Crouse’s seventh multi-point game this season, the most he’s tallied in a campaign during his career…Crouse also cleared the 40-point benchmark on the season with his three assists on Monday; The Coyotes have five players with at least 40 points in 2022-23, matching last year’s amount…The trio of assists for Crouse also put him at the 20-assist benchmark this season (22-20-42)…Jack McBain hit double digit assists (11) on the campaign with two helpers on Monday, his first career multi-assist performance
MAN GAMES LOST (Name/Roster Status/Injury Type/Games Missed/Last Game Played)
Zack Kassian…Day-to-Day…Upper-Body (5 / 3/18)
Laurent Dauphin…Day-to-Day…Upper-Body (3 / 3/21)
Total man games lost: 144 games
Liam O’Brien – 23 (12/17 – 2/6) – Upper-Body | 2 (2/11 – 2/13) – Upper-Body
Jakob Chychrun – 16 (10/13 – 11/17) – Upper-Body
Matias Maccelli – 16 (12/27 – 1/24) – Lower-Body
Nick Schmaltz – 15 (10/15 – 11/17) – Upper-Body | 1 (12/31) – Upper-Body | 3 (3/12 – 3/16)
Zack Kassian – 9 (11/1 – 11/21) – Lower-Body
Connor Timmins – 9 (10/15 – 11/5) – Upper-Body
Shayne Gostisbehere – 8 (1/26 – 2/18) – Upper-Body
Andrew Ladd – 6 (N/A) – Undisclosed
Josh Brown – 3 (11/23 – 11/27) – Upper-Body | 4 (2/26 – 3/3) – Upper-Body | 6 (3/16 – 3/26)
Ben McCartney – 3 (10/13 – 10/17) – Lower-Body
Juuso Valimaki – 1 (11/23) – Upper-Body
Lawson Crouse – 1 (12/1) – Illness | 4 (1/19 – 1/24) – Upper-Body
Christian Fischer – 1 (3/3) – Illness | 1 (3/12) – Lower-Body
Connor Ingram – 1 (1/8) – Illness
Patrik Nemeth – 1 (3/14) – Lower-Body
Brett Ritchie – 1 (3/22) – Upper-Body | 1 (3/26) – Illness
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
-3/27 – Assigned F Bokondji Imama to Tucson (AHL)
-3/27 – Assigned D Michael Kesselring to Tucson (AHL)
-3/27 – Recalled F Bokondji Imama from Tucson (AHL)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
DATE TIME (AZ) OPPONENT VENUE TV RADIO
Sat, April 1 7pm vs SJ Mullett Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra ESPN 620
Mon, April 3 7pm at SEA Climate Pledge Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra ESPN 620
Thur, April 6 7:30pm at SEA Climate Pledge Arena Bally Sports Arizona Extra 92.3 FM
YOTES & STARS
- Tonight is the fourth and final ARI-DAL matchup this season. The Stars have beaten the Coyotes all three times this season
- ARI hosted Dallas on 11/3 as one of the first four home games at Mullett Arena, the last time the Stars were in AZ
- Juuso Valimaki and Lawson Crouse scored the Coyotes goals in the 11/3 contest
- Valimaki also chipped in two assists in the 3/1 game and holds a 1-2-3 scoring line over 3 career GP against the Stars
- Clayton Keller and Barrett Hayton both scored for the Yotes in the most recent matchup on 3/1, but Dallas won the game 4-2. Nick Schmaltz chipped in an assist in that contest
- Schmaltz has found the scoresheet in five of the last six games he’s faced the Stars. He’s recorded 1-6-7 in those showings dating back to 12/29/19
- The last three games in the ARI-DAL season series, including tonight, are a part of a back-to-back set of games for ARI
- Coyotes franchise vs Stars/North Stars
• All-Time: 74-91-13-10
• Home: 41-44-4-4
• Road: 33-47-9-6
• L10: 3-7-0
• STRK: L3
SCORING NOTABLES AGAINST THE STARS
Clayton Keller…4-7-11…15 career GP
Nick Schmaltz…1-9-10…14 career GP
Barrett Hayton…2-2-4…7 career GP
Juuso Valimaki…1-2-3…3 career GP
Matias Maccelli…0-2-2…2 career GP
Career Leaders
Goals (Keller, 4)… Assists (Schmaltz, 9)…Points (Keller, 11)
Career Leaders Among Defensemen
Goals (Valimaki/Nemeth, 1)… Assists (Valimaki, 2)…Points (Valimaki, 3)
