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Stars lines

The Dallas Stars' lines as deployed at the Blackhawks (W 4-0) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.

Next game

Tue, Oct 20, 8:00 PM ET — home to the Bruins.

No start projection for this game yet — the model projects goalies about a day out, and the books hang saves lines later than that.

Lines, last two games

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Stars

at Blackhawks · Oct 17 · W 4-0

Forward lines5v5 together
  1. L1RobertsonLWSeguinCHintzC8:11
  2. L2JohnstonCSteelCRantanenRW5:42
  3. L3KivirantaLWFaksaCBlackwellC5:08
  4. L4BennLWHryckowianCHyryRW3:43
Defense pairs5v5 together
  1. D1HarleyDLundkvistD12:40
  2. D2HeiskanenDLindellD9:53
  3. D3MyersDBichselD8:51
Power playPP together
  1. PP1RobertsonLWJohnstonCHintzCRantanenRWHeiskanenD4:24
  2. PP2BennLWSeguinCHryckowianCHarleyDLindellD0:55
In netTOI
  1. G1OettingerG59:50
  2. G2DeSmithGDNP

Robertson also took 1:19 with L2. Seguin also took 1:03 with L4. Steel also took 1:31 with L4. Rantanen also took 1:36 with L1. Kiviranta also took 1:30 with L2. Hryckowian also took 1:28 with L2.

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Stars

at Avalanche · Oct 14 · W 3-2 SO

Forward lines5v5 together
  1. L1RobertsonLWHintzCRantanenRW8:30
  2. L2KivirantaLWHryckowianCHyryRW3:55
  3. L3BennLWSteelCSeguinC3:45
Defense pairs5v5 together
  1. D1HeiskanenDLindellD15:36
  2. D2HarleyDLundkvistD13:08
  3. D3MyersDBichselD10:19
Power playPP together
  1. PP1RobertsonLWHintzCSeguinCRantanenRWHeiskanenD2:09
  2. PP2BennLWHryckowianCSteelCRantanenRWHarleyD1:02
In netTOI
  1. G1DeSmithG65:00
  2. G2OettingerGDNP

Also dressed: Faksa (C), Blackwell (C), Bäck (C). Robertson also took 4:20 with L3. Rantanen also took 1:46 with L2. Kiviranta also took 1:05 with L3. Seguin also took 3:40 with L1.

What changed since Wed, Oct 14

New top line: Robertson, Seguin and Hintz. Moved: Seguin (L3 → L1), Rantanen (L1 → L2), Steel (L3 → L2), Kiviranta (L2 → L3), Benn (L3 → L4), Hryckowian (L2 → L4) and 5 more. In the lineup: Johnston. Out of it: Bäck.

In net this season

Jake Oettinger has started 6 of the Stars' 8 games, Casey DeSmith 2. Jake Oettinger started the last one.

GoalieGSGPSV%Last start
Jake Oettinger68.952Sat, Oct 17
Casey DeSmith28.925Wed, Oct 14

How these lines are built

Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.

Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Stars live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.

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