March 12, 2026; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Stars goalie Jake Ottinger (29) and defenseman Tyler Myers (57) celebrate their victory over the Edmonton Oilers at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Image The Dallas Stars will be chasing a franchise record when they host the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.
The Stars extended their point streak to 14 games (13-0-1) with a 7-2 home win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. That’s one game short of the team’s franchise-record 15-game point streak of 12 wins and three ties established during the 1998-99 season.
Dallas won its only Stanley Cup in 1999.
The 14-game point streak is the third-longest in the NHL this season, following the Colorado Avalanche (17 games) and Tampa Bay Lightning (15 games).
The Stars took a 5-0 lead early in the second period Thursday.
“I thought we got off to a good start and we did a really good job early on,” Dallas coach Glenn Gulusan said. “It wasn’t our typical game. We were down 3-0 and the dynamic changed. I thought they applied a little pressure at times. The power play continued to sting (Edmonton) a little bit and they could never get any traction.
“We talked a little bit about needing a little more effort in the second. We started the second and got a little loose. I liked our effort and the way we composed ourselves and got the third period back on track.”
Wyatt Johnston’s goal in the 4-0 win was his 22nd power play goal of the season. This ties Dino Ciccarelli for the single-season franchise record.
“It’s awesome, just try to do the best I can. I didn’t expect to score a lot on the power play this year,” said Johnston. “Our goal is not to win every game (the remaining games). It is important to win now, but we want to win in April, May and June. That is why we are working.”
The Stars have been eliminated from the Western Conference finals each of the last three seasons.
Meanwhile, the Red Wings are experiencing another March slump, going 2-3-1 on the month and 4-8-1 in their last 13 games. They lost 4-1 at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.
Detroit is clinging to a wild-card playoff spot, one point ahead of Boston and two points ahead of the bubble, and trying not to let a March slippage derail its playoff chances as has been the case the past two seasons.
The fact that the Red Wings are without their top two centers due to lower-body injuries to captain Dylan Larkin and Andrew Copp for at least the next two weeks will make it even more difficult for the team to end its nine-year playoff drought.
Larkin was injured in a 3-1 home loss to the Florida Panthers on March 6 and Copp was injured in Tuesday’s 4-3 loss at the Panthers. Florida scored twice in the final 90 seconds to shock Detroit and further jeopardize its playoff aspirations.
“No one feels sorry for the Red Wings and no one in the locker room should feel sorry,” Detroit coach Todd McLellan said after Thursday night’s loss. “We have a job to do. The first thing we have to do is repair this loss. Then we have to figure out how to plug the hole.”
–Field level media
