Final
SJS at DAL game report
Monday, October 5, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. CT · American Airlines Center
Stars beat the Sharks 5–0 and earned it, out-chancing them 4.0–1.9 in expected goals and 17–5 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
- 5Goals0
- 3.97Expected goals1.88
- 2.965-on-5 expected goals1.15
- 17High-danger chances5
- 26Shots on goal13
- 66Shot attempts34
- 575-on-5 shot attempts27
- 6:23Power-play time4:32
5-on-5 shares for DAL: 67.9% of shot attempts, 71.9% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
By strength
| DAL at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 49:02 | 57–27 | 2.96–1.15 | 5–0 |
| Power play | 6:23 | 8–4 | 1.02–0.33 | 0–0 |
| Shorthanded | 4:32 | 1–2 | 0.00–0.10 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 0:03 | 0–1 | 0.00–0.29 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as DAL–SJS. “Power play” means DAL had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Oettinger DAL | 13/13 | 1.000 | 1.88 | +1.88 |
| Yaroslav Askarov SJS | 21/26 | .808 | 3.97 | -1.03 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Player ratings
Out of 10, from each player's Game Score (goals, assists, shots, blocks, penalties, faceoffs and 5-on-5 shot and goal differential while on the ice) compared with every NHL game of the last two seasons. 6 is above average, 7 very good, 8 excellent. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. ★ = top three of the night. How ratings work
Average ratingStars7.1Sharks4.6
| ★Top three of the night: Jason RobertsonFDAL | 9.1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17:46 | 78.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: Jamie BennFDAL | 8.9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14:20 | 77.3 |
| ★Top three of the night: Roope HintzFDAL | 8.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:31 | 80.0 |
| Miro HeiskanenDDAL | 8.4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:37 | 75.0 |
| Mikko RantanenFDAL | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:34 | 65.4 |
| Jake OettingerGDAL | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | — | 60:00 | — |
| Joel KivirantaFDAL | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:37 | 76.9 |
| Thomas HarleyDDAL | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:31 | 71.9 |
| Sam SteelFDAL | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:44 | 57.7 |
| Oskar BäckFDAL | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:48 | 68.8 |
| Radek FaksaFDAL | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:30 | 62.5 |
| Esa LindellDDAL | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:54 | 66.7 |
| Nils LundkvistDDAL | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:22 | 65.6 |
| Wyatt JohnstonFDAL | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:45 | 64.0 |
| Tyler SeguinFDAL | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:28 | 63.6 |
| Arttu HyryFDAL | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 | 63.6 |
| Tyler MyersDDAL | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:19 | 66.7 |
| Justin HryckowianFDAL | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:14 | 65.0 |
| Lian BichselDDAL | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:23 | 57.7 |
| Kiefer SherwoodFSJS | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 | 47.6 |
| Zack OstapchukFSJS | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:35 | 33.3 |
| Yaroslav AskarovGSJS | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | — | 59:49 | — |
| Ivar StenbergFSJS | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:45 | 33.3 |
| Tyler ToffoliFSJS | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:05 | 29.4 |
| Luca CagnoniDSJS | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:01 | 38.9 |
| Collin GrafFSJS | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 | 33.3 |
| Dmitry OrlovDSJS | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:19 | 50.0 |
| Barclay GoodrowFSJS | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:14 | 35.3 |
| Michael MisaFSJS | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 | 31.6 |
| Alexander WennbergFSJS | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:39 | 31.0 |
| Michael KesselringDSJS | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:50 | 30.3 |
| Igor ChernyshovFSJS | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 | 22.2 |
| Ty DellandreaFSJS | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:20 | 33.3 |
| Jacob TroubaDSJS | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:50 | 30.0 |
| Darnell NurseDSJS | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:16 | 25.6 |
| Sam DickinsonDSJS | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 | 28.6 |
| Mason MarchmentFSJS | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:12 | 26.7 |
| Will SmithFSJS | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 | 31.3 |
Lines used
Each team's most-used forward lines and defence pairs at 5 on 5, from the NHL's shift charts · time together · shot attempts for–against · expected goals for–against
Stars
Forward lines
- Seguin – Hryckowian – Hyry10:25 · 10–6 · xG 0.4–0.2
- Benn – Hintz – Robertson10:19 · 15–4 · xG 0.7–0.1
- Rantanen – Steel – Johnston9:41 · 13–9 · xG 0.9–0.2
- Faksa – Bäck – Kiviranta8:06 · 10–3 · xG 0.5–0.3
Defence pairs
- Myers – Bichsel13:12 · 12–4 · xG 0.5–0.2
- Lundkvist – Harley11:41 · 17–8 · xG 0.8–0.3
- Lindell – Heiskanen9:14 · 17–6 · xG 1.4–0.4
Sharks
Forward lines
- Marchment – Dellandrea – Smith7:24 · 5–9 · xG 0.1–0.7
- Toffoli – Wennberg – Sherwood6:26 · 5–5 · xG 0.5–0.2
- Chernyshov – Misa – Stenberg6:15 · 3–7 · xG 0.0–0.5
- Goodrow – Ostapchuk – Graf5:19 · 2–3 · xG 0.2–0.0
Defence pairs
- Nurse – Kesselring14:51 · 9–22 · xG 0.2–1.2
- Orlov – Cagnoni13:07 · 7–7 · xG 0.6–0.6
- Trouba – Dickinson12:14 · 7–19 · xG 0.3–0.9
Three stars
- ★J. BennDAL · 1G 1A
- ★★J. OettingerDAL · 1.000 SV%
- ★★★M. HeiskanenDAL · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 1
- 18:51DAL M. Heiskanen (from R. Hintz, J. Benn)0–1
Period 2
- 03:17DAL J. Kiviranta (from O. Bäck, R. Faksa)0–2
- 06:19DAL J. Benn (from J. Robertson, R. Hintz)0–3
- 16:30DAL J. Robertson0–4
Period 3
- 15:22DAL M. Rantanen (from S. Steel)0–5