DALLAS STARS NOTES:
LAST DALLAS STARS GAME
March 31, 2023 – STARS 5 at COYOTES 2
Led by forward Jason Robertson’s historic four-point night (1-3—4), the Stars came away with a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes at Mullett Arena on Friday night. Robertson’s lone goal – his third point of the night – gave him his 94th point of the season, (42-52—94), surpassing Mike Modano (50-43—93) for the most points in a single season in Dallas Stars history (1993-present). Forward Joe Pavelski (1-0—1) opened the scoring with his 23rd goal of the season just 1:23 into the game, while forwards Roope Hintz (1-1—2), Jamie Benn (1-0—1) and Max Domi (1-0–1) rounded out the scoring. Defenseman Miro Heiskanen (0-3—3) recorded his 16th multiassist game of the season, while fellow blueliner Esa Lindell (0-2—2) added two helpers. Goaltender Jake Oettinger recorded his 33rd victory of the season with 16 saves on 18 shots.
PP: 1-5 | PK: 1-2 | SF: 31 | SA: 18 | DAL TOI: M. Heiskanen (26:39 – game high) | Attendance: 4,600
Three Stars: 1. DAL – J. Robertson 2. DAL – R. Hintz 3. ARI – J. Valimaki
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time (CT) Location TV/Radio
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
Mon, April 10, 2023 Detroit Red Wings 6 p.m. Little Caesars Arena BSSWX/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: 72
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 8 Mar. 14-pres.
DALLAS STARS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Stars close out their back-to-back set tonight against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena (8 p.m. CT, TV: Bally Sports Southwest Extra, Radio: The Ticket 96.7-FM/1310-AM). This is Dallas’ penultimate set of back-to-backs this season (nine of 10 in all) and the final time the club faces Colorado this season. The Stars are 1-1-1 against the Avs this season, including a 4-1 loss at Ball Arena on Nov. 26, 2022. Following tonight’s game, the Stars will return to Dallas to open a three-game homestand beginning Monday against Nashville.
MY SOURCES SAY THE ROADS ARE CLEAR AND STREET SIGNS POINT THE WAY
- Dallas is 1-1-1 vs. Colorado this season, earning a 7-3 victory at American Airlines Center in the most recent meeting on March 4.
- The Stars are 67-64-20 all-time vs. the Avs, including a 25-42-8 mark on the road.
- Forward Jason Robertson posted two goals and three points (2-1—3) in Dallas’ win on March 4 and leads the club with six points (4-2—6) in three games against the Avs this season. Robertson enters tonight’s contest with five goals and nine points (5-4–9) in six career games vs. Colorado.
- Forward Joe Pavelski has two goals and three points (2-1—3) in three games against Colorado this season. Pavelski leads active Stars in goals (20) and points (20-24—44) and ranks third in assists (24) in 52 career games against Colorado. He also paces the club in power-play goals (11) and game winners (4) against them.
- Forward Roope Hintz has three points (all assists) in three games against the Avs this season. Hintz enters tonight’s contest with nine points (2-7—9) in 12 career games against them.
- Forward Tyler Seguin ranks second among active Stars in goals (18) and fourth in assists (22) and points (18-22—40).
- Captain Jamie Benn ranks second among active Stars in assists (30) and points (13-30—43) in 53 career games vs. the Avs.
- Defenseman Ryan Suter leads active Stars in assists (27) and ranks third in points (5-37—42) in a team-high 79 career games vs. Colorado.
- Goaltender Jake Oettinger is 3-0-1 with a 1.78 goals-against average and .953 save percentage in four career appearances against the Avalanche.
- Netminder Scott Wedgewood is 1-1-0 with a 3.58 GAA and .894 SV% in three career appearances vs. Colorado.
2022-23 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
Nov. 21, 2022 vs. Colorado – L, 3-2 (shootout)
Nov. 26, 2022 at Colorado – L, 4-1
March 4 vs. Colorado – W, 7-3
April 1 at Colorado
COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
COLORADO AVALANCHE (44-24-6, 94 PTS) vs. DALLAS STARS (41-20-14, 96 PTS)
7:08 p.m. – Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Altitude / 92.5 FM
The Colorado Avalanche wraps up a two-game homestand tonight against the Dallas Stars at Ball Arena … Colorado fell to the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Wednesday night … The Avs will hit the road next as they open a four-game California road trip on Tuesday night in San Jose … Despite Wednesday’s loss, the Avs are still 9-2-0 in their last 11 games, 16-5-1 in their last 22 contests and 24-7-3 in their last 34 games … Colorado is 11-5-2 in its last 18 home dates … The Avs have won a season-high six straight road games, are 10-1-0 in their last 11 road contests and 13-2-1 in their last 16 away from the Mile High City.
ON THE CALL
Altitude: Marc Moser (play-by-play), Mark Rycroft (analyst), Katie Gaus (reporter) Altitude Radio: Conor McGahey
LAST GAME
March 29 – Minnesota 4, Colorado 2 at Ball Arena
The Avalanche out-shot the Wild 44-29, including a 19-4 margin in the third period, but Filip Gustavsson made 42 saves and Minnesota hung on to beat Colorado, 4-2, at Ball Arena … Frederick Gaudreau scored a pair of shorthanded goals, including an empty netter to seal the victory, and Marcus Johansson and Sam Steel also lit the lamp for the Wild … Bowen Byram and Lars Ellers had the goals for Colorado, and Alexandar Georgiev made 25 saves.
SF: 44 SA: 29 PP: 0-4 PK: 3-3
Colorado’s power-play unit failed to score for the first time since March 5, snapping a streak of 12 consecutive games with a power-play goal
The Avalanche’s PK unit went 3-for-3 and has killed off 11 straight opponent power plays … Colorado has allowed only two power-play goals in the last seven games (17/19, 89.5%) and only five PPG in the last 15 contests (40/45, 88.9%) Byram’s goal was his 10th of the year … He is just the third defenseman in franchise history to reach double-digit goals in a season at age 21 or younger, joining Jeff Brown (21) in 1987-88 (16 goals) and Cale Makar (21) in 2019-20 (12 goals) Byram extended his goal streak to three games, the longest stretch of his career … He joins Cale Makar (three times), Erik Johnson (twice), Ray Bourque (twice), Patrice Brisebois, Tyson Barrie, John-Michael Liles and Sandis Ozolinsh as the only Avalanche defensemen to score a goal in three consecutive games (since relocating) Samuel Girard recorded his 147th career assist with Colorado, passing Rob Blake (146) for eighth place on the franchise’s all-time assist list by a defenseman
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Mar. 31 – Ben Meyers recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Mar. 30 – Sam Malinski signed to a two-year contract for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons … Ondrej Pavel signed to a two-year, entry-level contract for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons … Both players will report to the Colorado Eagles (AHL) on a professional tryout contract (PTO) for the remainder of the 2022-23 campaign Mar. 29 – Jason Polin signed to a one-year, entry-level contract for the 2023-24 season … He will report to the Colorado Eagles (AHL) on a professional tryout contract (PTO).
CURRENT INJURIES
Pavel Francouz – lower body (Feb. 14 – present)
Gabriel Landeskog – knee (Oct. 12 – present)
Artturi Lehkonen – finger (March 15 – present)
Josh Manson – lower body (March 4 – present)
Total Man-Game Lost: 419
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – DALLAS STARS
The Avalanche and Stars close out the season series with the fourth and final meeting of 2022-23 … Colorado is 2-1-0 against Dallas this year, 1-0-0 on home ice
SCHEDULE vs. STARS
Nov. 21 @ Dallas (W, 3-2 SO)
Nov. 26 vs. DALLAS (W, 4-1)
Mar. 4 @ Dallas (L, 3-7)
Apr. 1 vs. DALLAS
RECORD vs. STARS
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME SINCE 1995-96 PLAYOFFS
Overall: 2-1-0 Overall: 1-2-0 Overall: 72-56-23 Overall: 49-38-19 Series: 5 (2-3)
Home: 1-0-0 Home: 0-1-0 Home: 43-19-13 Home: 27-14-11 Record: 18-14
Road: 1-1-0 Road: 1-1-0 Road: 29-37-10 Road: 22-24-8 Last: 2020 R2 (L, 3-4)
ONE MONTH AT A TIME
The Avalanche finished 10-5-1 in March, the 27th consecutive month that Colorado has posted a .500 or better record in, the longest streak in franchise history … They topped the previous mark of 26 straight months with a .500 or better record set from March 1994 to February 1998 …. This current run, which began in February 2019, is the third-longest active streak behind the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes, who just extended their streaks to 31 and 28 months, respectively … Twenty five (25) of these last 27 months featured a winning record, as only October 2021 (4-4-0) and October 2022 (4-4-1) did not.
GRAND CENTRAL
Colorado is 16-6-1 against Central Division teams this season, 8-2-1 at home and 8-4-0 on the road … The Avalanche’s streak of six straight home wins against divisional opponents came to an end on Wednesday against Minnesota.
ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT AND I AIN’T GOT NOBODY
The Avalanche are 15-4-0 (.789) on Saturdays this season, the most wins of any team in the NHL … Colorado’s .789 winning percentage on Saturday trails only Boston (14-2-2, .833).
FIRST AND FOREMOST
The Avs have scored the first goal of the game on 46 occasions this year, tied with Dallas for the most of any team in the NHL… Colorado is 35-7-4 when scoring first, the third-most wins when potting the first goal behind Boston (38) and Carolina (36).
APRIL FOOLS
The Avalanche are 4-5-2 all-time on April Fools Day … Tonight is just the fourth time that Colorado has hosted a game on April 1
April 1, 1998 at Detroit L, 0-2
April 1, 2002 NASHVILLE W, 5-1
April 1, 2008 at Vancouver W, 4-2
April 1, 2009 PHOENIX L, 0-3
April 1, 2011 at Phoenix W, 4-3 SO
April 1, 2013 at Detroit L, 2-3
April 1, 2014 at Columbus W, 3-2 OT
April 1, 2015 at San Jose L, 1-5
April 1, 2016 WASHINGTON L, 2-4
April 1, 2018 at Anaheim O, 3-4
April 1, 2019 at St. Louis O, 2-3
EXTRA CREDIT
The Avalanche are 13-6 in games decided past regulation, 7-3 in overtime and 6-3 in shootouts … The 13 wins beyond 60 minutes lead the league while Colorado’s .684 points percentage ranks second (Winnipeg, .769, 10-3)…. Colorado is 221-189- 204 all-time in overtime contests … The Avalanche are 83-47 (.638) all-time in shootouts, the highest winning percentage of any team since the tiebreaker started in 2005-06 … The Avs have the best all-time shooting percentage at 37.6% (164/436) and the second-best save percentage at .722 (322/446) … Colorado’s .813 shootout save percentage (26/32) this season ranks first in the NHL … Alexandar Georgiev, who stopped all seven attempts in the March 26 win over the Coyotes, leads the NHL in shootout wins (5) and is second in save percentage (.793).
