One of the reasons the Dallas Stars have been as good as they've been in recent years is the emergence of goalie Jake Oettinger as a superstar. And in this cover story from THN's 2022 Goalie ...

Jason Robertson had one of three first-period goals plus a third-period assist and Jake Oettinger made 33 saves as the Dallas Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Sunday night.

Oettinger has since refueled and found a new motivation: to be named the starter for the United States in its tournament opener against Finland at Bell Centre in Montreal on Feb. 13 (8 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS).

The Vegas Golden Knights struggled to stop Wyatt Johnston all night as he scored a hat trick goal 20 seconds into overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-2 win over the Vegas Golden

Plenty of attention has been paid to Dallas' struggles on the man advantage. It's time more is given to its successes while playing a man down.

Wyatt Johnston’s natural hat trick helped Dallas navigate past an early deficit and injury to Miro Heiskanen to secure the win in Vegas

Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger has a 4-2-2 record, a 2.17 goals against average and a .925 save percentage in eight career starts versus the Vegas Golden Knights

Vancouver is on a three-game winning streak. The Canucks are led by Quinn Hughes' 58 points, J.T. Miller's 37 points, Brock Boeser and Conor Garland's 33 points and Elias Pettersson's 32 points. Vancouver is expected to start Thatcher Demko who is 4-5-3 with a 3.

Jason Robertson scored twice, captain Jamie Benn tipped in a goal and the Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3.

Canucks No. 1 goalie Thatcher Demko also turned away 31 of 32 shots during Vancouver’s 3-1 road win over the Nashville Predators on Wednesday. His .877 SV% and 3.27 GAA both have screaming statistical correction ahead, too. Demko posted high-end .918 and 2.45 marks last season, after all.

The Stars will look to win their second straight game on home ice and continue their climb up the Central Division standings.

DALLAS — Jason Robertson had one of three first-period goals plus a third-period assist and Jake Oettinger made 33 saves as the Dallas Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Sunday night.