Sam Nestler

Miss y’all ❤️ Thank you for all the kind words. Means a lot.

Oettinger starts. DeSmith will go tomorrow in Denver. Faksa is in, Kiviranta is not ready but should be a game-time decision tomorrow.

Stars morning skate lines ahead of COL: Robertson - Hintz - Benn Steel - Johnston - Rantanen Hryckowian - Hyry - Seguin Bäck - Faksa - Blackwell Lindell - Heiskanen Harley - Lundkvist Bichsel - Myers Oettinger DeSmith

Full attendance at morning skate ahead of Colorado. Oettinger the expected starter.

Gulutzan on replacing Matt Duchene: “Take those guys out of your lineup, you lose offense… That’s the reality. 
No offense to anybody in this room, but if I plug you in that hole, you're not going to give me any offense. So, you can't just put anybody in there, right?” 😂

Glen Gulutzan said he still has to get updates from the medial staff, but the assumption is that Radek Faksa and Joel Kiviranta will be good to go. Faksa tried to play after blocking the shot on the inside of his knee, but it tightened up and he had to leave the game.

Kiviranta and Faksa both look like full participants in practice today.

"That had to feel so, so, so, so, so good for Seguin, who looked frustrated throughout the game tonight. And, to be honest, it felt dang good for all of us watching." @DLLS_Stars

Dallas lost in the shootout, but they stole a point late and gave us all some excitement after a fairly dull game through 59 minutes. Next up, a home-and-home with Colorado.

Robertson got everything he wanted on that move. Just missed.

That has to feel so freakin good for Tyler Seguin. Got the chance out there 6-on-5 and scored the tying goal with less than 30 seconds to go.

Radek Faksa will not return with a lower-body injury. Not sure if this is from the initial shot block in the first period or something else.

Jake Oettinger has moved into 4th in franchise history with a shutout streak of 186:55 and counting. Just Belfour, Maniago, and Bishop ahead of him. He can catch Maniago with just a couple more minutes in the third.

Nick Robertson is 5-3-0 against his brother Jason in the NHL. Felt like the Stars would never beat Toronto for a while. Here are the Robertson head-to-head stats, courtesy of the Penguins' official site.

Is Ditka driving? I gotta go with the Bear Bus. RIP to the legend, Mike Ditka

Brat Burger or Brat Trick? @DLLS_Stars

Oettinger finished the game with his second consecutive shutout. He has not allowed a goal in 146:55, which ranks 10th in franchise history. Ben Bishop holds the franchise record with 233:04 of shutout time in 2018-19, while Oettinger's best was 154:20 in 2023-24.

Jake Oettinger's last goal against came about 13 minutes into the second period of opening night vs STL.

The Stars will not be shut out on the power play this season. Rantanen and Johnston draw a crowd, and Hintz opens the hips and rips one far side over the blocker off the rush. Beauty. Stars steamrolling the Sabres 4-0 in the 2nd.

Oofa-Pekka Luukkonen. 2-0 Stars.

Huge play from Johnston with a stick lift in tight after Oettinger spit a Tage Thompson shot back into the slot.

“It’s really a simple recipe... I say to our guys all the time, it’s the best league in the world, but it’s really the simplest league in the world." @DLLS_Stars

Likely the shot block that hurt Joel Kiviranta… friendly fire on a clapper by Tyler Myers. Looks like it hit his raised left foot as he tried to get out of the way. This was only a few minutes into the game, and Kiviranta still played 10:37 and scored a goal.

Joel Kiviranta will not go on the trip after blocking a shot vs SJS. Gulutzan said they will know more today, but hope he only misses a week.

Stars practice lines: * No Kiviranta Steel - Johnston - Rantanen Robertson - Hintz - Benn Hryckowian - Hyry - Seguin Bäck - Faksa - Blackwell Lindell - Heiskanen Harley - Lundkvist Bichsel - Myers Capobianco Oettinger DeSmith

Heavy optional skate with only Capobianco and Blackwell skating in Frisco today.

5-0 🙌

"It takes time. I get that. But it is a bit alarming to see the same 5v5 production issues that essentially ended their season early last spring creeping in to start 2026-27. And no power-play heroics to overcome it, so far." @DLLS_Stars

Stars lose 2-1 in Nashville after scoring the first goal just 47 seconds in. Offense non-existent to start 2026-27. Back at it Monday at home vs San Jose. Go Canes.

The second period happened. I hear the third period will happen next.

Nashville power play has two tonight. 2-1 Preds. Dallas has not created a whole lot since the opening goal.

Stars lines in Nashville: Robertson - Hintz - Seguin Hryckowian - Johnston - Rantanen Steel - Hyry - Benn Bäck - Faksa - Blackwell Harley - Heiskanen Lindell - Lundkvist Bichsel - Myers DeSmith Oettinger

Gulutzan told Heika that he really liked Jamie Benn’s game last night. Said Benn needs to play more than the 10 mins he did when he is going well. “We have to make some plays” is the common theme heading into tonight.

Per Heiks, Colin Blackwell comes in for Kiviranta tonight in Nashville. Casey DeSmith in net.

"I thought that they got to their game quicker than we did. We were a little sloppy, kind of fed their attack." @DLLS_Stars

Roope Hintz said he feels fine. Said he thought he was badly hurt when it first happened, but got lucky with the actual contact that there wasn’t more of an injury.

Snuggerud ices it. Stars will lose game 1 of 2026-27 at home to St. Louis. Blues add another empty netter for good measure. 4-0. Penalties and a couple of silly mistakes really hurt them. Good second period, but lots of room to grow. Right back at it tomorrow in Music City.

Steady dose of Robertson-Johnston-Rantanen in the third period.

Great news. Roope Hintz is back on the Stars bench.

The main focus is on Roope Hintz, of course. But for now, Dallas has two minutes of 4v4 followed by three minutes of PP time to get back in this game.

Roope Hintz stays down for a bit and is helped off the ice after a knee on knee hit from Brandon Carlo. Hintz leaves the game, Carlo gets a major penalty that will be reviewed. Shit.

Oettinger makes a great pad save in tight, but again gets tied up with his own players in front, who are also unable to clear the puck. Another somewhat wide-open net goal for the Blues, and it's 3-0 just like that. Dallas challenging for offside.

Hintz and Oettinger click skates on the breakout, Oettinger goes swimming, and the Blues wire one into the wide-open net to make it 2-0. Dallas had momentum too. Tough one.

Anything but a clean game in front of Oettinger to get back into the swing of things after not playing since April. All bouncing pucks and blocked shots around his crease with STL controlling most of the play. 29 has tracked it well so far.

Damn, is it ever good to hear "Number 91, Tyler Seguin" from Jeff K again.

Quite the ovation for Glen Gulutzan inside the AAC.

Stars warmup lines vs STL: Robertson - Hintz - Seguin Hryckowian - Johnston - Rantanen Steel - Hyry - Benn Bäck - Faksa - Kiviranta Harley - Heiskanen Lindell - Lundkvist Bichsel - Myers Oettinger DeSmith

Yup. We back.

These are fun.

Jake Oettinger starts vs STL. Here we go.