How to watch Stars vs. Sharks: Live stream, game time, TV channel

What you need to know about Saturday's game between the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks at SAP Center:

Game 25: Dallas Stars (13-9-2, 28 points) vs. San Jose Sharks (14-12-1, 29 points)

When: Saturday, Dec. 11 at 9:30 p.m. CT
Where:SAP Center - San Jose, CA
TV:
Bally Sports Southwest
(Josh Bogorad, Daryl "Razor" Reaugh, Lauren Callender, Brien Rea, Brent Severyn, Michelle McMahon)
Radio:
The Ticket 96.7-FM, 1310-AM
(Josh Bogorad, Daryl "Razor" Reaugh, Owen Newkirk, Bruce LeVine)
Online stream:
Bally Sports
Live stats:
NHL GameCenter

'Biting the bait, pulling me down'

• The Stars wrap up their three-game road trip on Saturday night in San Jose, their first of three meetings with the Sharks this season.
• The teams didn't meet in the 2020-21 season and met only once in 2019-20 (2-1 loss for Dallas on Jan. 11, 2020 at SAP Center).
• Defenseman Miro Heiskanen has recorded a point in each of his four career games against the Sharks (two goals, two assists). His four-game point streak is his longest active streak against any opponent.
• Forward Tyler Seguin has recorded points in two consecutive games (two assists) against the Sharks and three consecutive games (three assists) at SAP Center. In 20 career games against the Sharks, Seguin has recorded 19 points (nine goals, 10 assists).
• Goaltender Braden Holtby has backstopped his team to a win in his last three appearances against the Sharks (3-0-0). In those contests, he posted a 1.99 goals against average and .924 save percentage. In 11 career games, Holtby holds a record of 5-4-1 against San Jose.
• Captain Jamie Benn has recorded points in two consecutive games (one goal, one assist) against the Sharks, including the lone Stars goal in the teams' most recent contest. Benn has also recorded points in three consecutive games at SAP Center (four goals, one assist) including a hat trick on April 3, 2018.

'I know it's been a while'

• Forward Joe Pavelski returns to San Jose for the second time since signing with the Stars as a free agent on July 1, 2019.
• In 13 seasons with the Sharks, Pavelski appeared in 963 games, recording 761 points (355 goals, 406 assists).
• Pavelski ranks second in Sharks history in goals, third in points and fourth in games played. He also holds three of the top 10 records for most goals in a Sharks season with 41 goals in 2013-14 and 38 goals in 2015-16 and 2018-19.
• The native of Plover, Wisconsin lit the lamp twice on Nov. 26 against the Colorado Avalanche, recording the 400th goal of his NHL career on the second marker. Pavelski became the 10th American-born player to reach 400 career goals and the first since Patrick Kane did so on Feb. 28, 2021.
• Pavelski leads the Stars with 21 points (nine goals, 12 assists) on the season and has recorded 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past seven games.

'I wanna watch him play, wanna see him score'

• Forward Jason Robertson was kept off the scoresheet on Thursday night against LA and saw his season-long seven-game point streak come to an end.
• Robertson earned points in seven consecutive games (five goals, six assists) from Nov. 23 to Dec. 8, his longest point streak since last season when he recorded points in nine straight contests from April 13-27, 2021 (four goals, nine assists).
• The native of Arcadia, California has earned points in 13 of his 18 games (eight goals, 12 assists) in 2021-22.
• This season, Robertson ranks second among Stars skaters with 20 points and third with eight goals.
• He also paces the team with a +6 plus/minus rating so far this season and shares second with 12 assists.
• Robertson is currently tied for 10th in the NHL and first on Dallas with three game-winning goals this season, matching his career high which he set in 2020-21.
This story was not subject to the approval of the National Hockey League or Dallas Stars Hockey Club.
Kyle Shohara is the Digital Manager for DallasStars.com and writes about the Stars/NHL. Follow him on Twitter @kyleshohara.