The Detroit Red Wings aren’t going to hold a morning skate today ahead of tonight’s back-to-back match-up against the 28-16-and-1 Dallas Stars (8 PM EST start on FanDuel SportsNet Detroit/Victory+/Sportsnet/97.1 FM), but tonight’s game is definitely going to provide a challenge.
As you know by now, the Red Wings are coming off a 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, but they aren’t the only team feeling the mugglywumps this morning.
Dallas is not happy with itself after dropping a 6-3 decision to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday, and the Stars have lost 2 straight and 3 of their past 4, but they preceded their rough stretch with 7 straight victories, and I’m certain that the Stars believe that they can get back to “normal” against Detroit.
Field Level Media posted a game preview which distills some important quotes from the Stars’ loss to Colorado on Saturday night…
Matt Duchene scored on the power play 3:24 into the game to give Dallas a 1-0 lead but the Avalanche scored the next five goals.
“We’ve played these guys,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said. “We beat them in the playoffs (in the Western Conference second round) last year. We’ve played them a lot over the last two years. So anytime you play them, you want to give your best game. I’m not sure we learned anything tonight. We know how dangerous they are and they burnt us. They just made us pay for any of the mistakes we made.”
Jason Robertson scored two goals and set up another. Duchene also had an assist and Casey DeSmith made 30 saves for Dallas.
“They’re a skilled, fast team. We know that. We’re very familiar with it,” Robertson said. “I think we could have done a better job weathering instead of taking on so much water. It’s only a matter of time, if you can’t get enough pushback, that they’re going to break through.”
DallasStars.com’s Mike Heika posted some daunting stats ahead of tonight’s match-up, noting that the Stars have won 7 straight games against the Wings…
- The Dallas Stars face the Detroit Red Wings Sunday night for the first time this season. Entering Sunday’s match, the Stars are 28-15-1 while the Red Wings are 21-19-4. The two teams will face each other once more this season on April 14 in Detroit.
- Dallas is 121-112-38 all-time vs. Detroit, including a 69-44-22 mark at home.
- The Stars have won 13 of their last 15 games against the Red Wings and enter Sunday’s contest with seven consecutive wins against Detroit dating back to April 24, 2021.
- Defenseman Miro Heiskanen has 15 points (2-13—15) in 16 career games against the Red Wings. He enters Sunday’s game riding a five-game point streak vs. Detroit, earning nine points during that span (2-7—9).
- Forward Jason Robertson rides his longest active point streak against a single opponent entering Sunday’s contest with 17 points (8-9—17) in his last 10 games against Detroit. Robertson has earned points in 11 of his 12 career games played against the Red Wings. Dallas is 9-2-0 when Robertson has tallied at least one point vs. Detroit.
And here are tonight’s game notes:
