Hintz left the game late after blocking a shot and did not return. Stars' head coach Glen Gulutzan did not have an update on Hintz's status post-game, so consider him questionable to play Tuesday vs. the Bruins.
Johnston was a late scratch for Tuesday's game against the Colorado Avalanche due to illness and remained sidelined for Wednesday's rematch. Before Tuesday, Johnston had never missed a game in his young career, playing 333 consecutive games. The 23-year-old forward, who scored a career-high 45 goals last season, has just four assists in five games so far in 2026-27.
Back exited Dallas' previous game after only 3:04 time-on-ice due to an upper-body injury and will be sidelined for approximately a month. The 26-year-old bottom-six forward has one assist in seven games this season.
Back exited Dallas' previous game after only 3:04 time-on-ice due to an upper-body injury. The 26-year-old bottom-six forward has one assist in seven games this season. He will miss at least two games before he is eligible to be activated from Injured Reserve.
Johnston was a late scratch for Tuesday's game against the Colorado Avalanche due to illness and will remain sidelined for Wednesday's rematch. Before Tuesday, Johnston had never missed a game in his young career, playing 333 consecutive games. The 23-year-old forward, who scored a career-high 45 goals last season, has just four assists in five games so far in 2026-27.
Kiviranta scored a goal in last week's 5-0 win over the San Jose Sharks, but he was dinged up after blocking a shot. He has missed the last three games but is expected to play Wednesday against his former team, the Colorado Avalanche.
The Stars have been stout defensively early in the 2026-27 season, allowing only 11 goals in six games. Unfortunately for their goaltending tandem of Jake Oettinger and Casey DeSmith, the team's offence has been nearly nonexistent, scoring just 13 goals and paving the way for a subpar 2-3-1 record. DeSmith will return to the crease for only the second time this season. The 35-year-old goalie was solid in his only outing, saving 24 of 26 shots (.923 SV%), but again lacked goal support, as the Stars lost 2-1 to the Nashville Predators. The Stars enter Wednesday's contest as +119 road underdogs against an Avalanche team that beat them 3-2 yesterday.
Johnston was a late scratch for Tuesday's game against the Colorado Avalanche due to illness and will remain sidelined for Wednesday's rematch. Before Tuesday, Johnston had never missed a game in his young career, playing 333 consecutive games. The 23-year-old forward, who scored a career-high 45 goals last season, has just four assists through five games in 2026-27.
Oettinger was trending towards a career-best three-game shutout streak in his previous outing, but allowed a goal in the third period of an eventual 2-1 shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 27-year-old Oettinger has been outstanding to start the 2026-27 season, posting an absurd 0.74 GAA and .963 SV% in four games (2-1-1). The Stars enter the front end of a back-to-back against the 3-2-0 Colorado Avalanche as slight +103 home underdogs.
Oettinger was trending towards a career-best three-game shutout streak in his previous outing, but allowed a goal in the third period of an eventual 2-1 shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 27-year-old Oettinger has been outstanding to start the 2026-27 season, posting an absurd 0.74 GAA and .963 SV% in four games (2-1-1). The Stars enter the front end of a back-to-back against the 3-2-0 Colorado Avalanche as slight +103 home underdogs.
Kiviranta scored a goal in last week's 5-0 win over the San Jose Sharks, but he was dinged up after blocking a shot. He has missed the following two games, but is expected to play on Tuesday against his former team, the Colorado Avalanche.
Duchene was sidelined for training camp, hasn't played yet this season, and was just ruled out for the next three months after surgery to address a core injury. The Stars have scored fewer than two goals in three of their first five games (2-2-1) and miss Duchene's offensive production. The 35-year-old forward scored 45 points (16G / 29A) in 57 games last season.
Faksa needed assistance leaving the ice after blocking a shot in Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, but was a full participant at practice on Monday. The 32-year-old Czech forward has one assist in five games this season. He is expected to play on Tuesday against the Colorado Avalanche.
With Joel Kiviranta (lower body) expected to miss at least a week, Blackwell will draw into the lineup as his replacement. The 33-year-old Blackwell played 7:29 and was held off the scoresheet in his only game this season.
