Game Day Guide: Stars at Ducks

Game 65: Dallas Stars at Anaheim Ducks

When: Friday, March 8 at 9:00 PM CT

Where: Honda Center

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Radio: The Ticket 96.7-FM, 1310-AM

Live Stats: NHL Game Center

Five Points 5️⃣

• The Dallas Stars face the Anaheim Ducks Friday night at Honda Center for the third and final meeting between the clubs this season. Entering Friday’s game, the Stars have won three consecutive games (3-0-0) against the Ducks.
• Dallas has won nine of its last 10 games (9-1-0) against Anaheim, including four of its last five (4-1-0) at Honda Center.
• The Stars have earned a record of 2-0-0 through the first two games of the season series against Anaheim, with both games decided by only one goal. The Stars have gone 2-for-7 (28.6%) on the power play and 4-for-4 (100.0%) on the penalty kill. Defenseman Miro Heiskanen leads the club with two goals and four points (2-2—4) against the Ducks this season, and goaltender Jake Oettinger has stopped 45 of the 50 shots he faced in both starts.
• Heiskanen posted three points (1-2—3), including the game-winning goal, in the Stars’ most recent game at Honda Center on Oct. 19. He has tallied 11 points (4-7—11) in 13 career games against the Ducks, including five points (2-3—5) in six games on the road.
• Oettinger has earned a 7-0-0 record in seven career appearances against Anaheim, posting a 1.83 goals-against average and a .930 save percentage.

Players To Watch 👀

Forward Wyatt Johnston logged five points (3-2--5) Monday night in San Jose, including his first career hat trick. At 20 years and 296 days, Johnston became the youngest player in franchise history to record five points in a game, besting the previous mark set by Dino Ciccarelli (21 years, 276 days on Nov. 11, 1981), as well as the fifth player in franchise history to record a hat trick at 20 years old or younger. His first goal of the night also marked his 20th of the season, making him the third player in franchise history to record multiple 20-goal seasons before age 21, joining  Brian Bellows (3) and Mike Modano (2). The Toronto, Ontario native ranks third on the club with 22 goals and ranks fifth with 48 points (22-26--48) through 64 games this season. He surpassed his career high in points (41) on Feb. 29 vs. Winnipeg and sits two shy of matching his career high in goals (24).