Tuesday, October 21, 2025 – 8:00 PM ET
American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX
TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 97.1 FM
Columbus Blue Jackets (2-3-0, 4 points, 7th Metro, 12th East)
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Dallas Stars (3-2-0, 6 points, 7th Central, 10th West)
Player to Watch
Cole Sillinger
His underlying numbers have been excellent so far. He’s second among the forwards in CF%, iCF (individual shot attempts), and iSCF (individual scoring chances). Yet, he only has one assist in five games. Also, his skating has improved slightly. According to NHL Edge, he’s in the 76th percentile in the league in speed bursts 20-22 MPH.
So, is he snake-bit? Hopefully, he can have a big game tonight.
Jackets Notes
Gudbransen and Wood are both listed as day-to-day and, according to the club, progressing as expected … Dysin Mayo was called up from Cleveland to be the extra defenseman while Gudbransen recovers … 2025 Fifth-round pick Owen Griffin now has 8 goals and 8 assists in 11 games for Oshawa of the OHL – keep it up, kid!
The Other Bench
Duchene is battling an injury, but is listed as probable for tonight.
Stay out of the box. The Stars have the second-best PP in the league. Rantanen, Hintz, Robertson, Johnston, and Heiskanen will make you regret that unnecessary slash or hook.
Season Series
10/21/25 CBJ @ DAL
01/22/26 DAL @ CBJ
Stats
| Dallas | Columbus | |
| 3.60 (6) | GPG | 2.80 (21) |
| 3.60 (25) | GAPG | 3.00 (16) |
| 33.3 (2) | PP% | 7.7 (32) |
| 72.2 (25) | PK% | 54.7 (5) |
| 44.1 (29) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 49.3 (18) |
| 47.0 (25) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 48.1 (24) |
| 11.2 (6) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.6 (17) |
| 91.3 (14) | 5v5 Save % | 96.1 (1) !!!! |
| Wyatt Johnston (4) | G Leader | Kirill Marchenko (5) |
| T. Harley, R. Hintz (5) | A Leader | B. Jenner, Z. Werenski, D. Voronkov, I. Provorov (3) |
| Mikko Rantanen (7) | P Leader | Kirill Marchenko (6) |
| Alexander Petrovic (17) | PIM Leader | Dmitri Voronkov (8) |
| 1-1-0 | Home/Road | 1-1-0 |
| 3-2-0 | Last 10 | 2-3-0 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Dmitri Voronkov | Sean Monahan | Kirill Marchenko |
| Boone Jenner | Adam Fantilli | Kent Johnson |
| Cole Sillinger | Charlie Coyle | Mathieu Olivier |
| Zach Aston-Reese | Isac Lundestrom | Yegor Chinakhov |
| Zach Werenski | Denton Mateychuk |
| Ivan Provorov | Damon Severson |
| Jake Christiansen | Dante Fabbro |
| Jet Greaves |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
Dallas Stars
| Sam Steel | Roope Hintz | Mikko Rantanen |
| Jason Robertson | Wyatt Johnston | Mavrick Bourque |
| Adam Erne | Matt Duchene | Tyler Seguin |
| Colin Blackwell | Radek Faksa | Nathan Bastian |
| Esa Lindell | Miro Heiskanen |
| Thomas Harley | Ilya Lyubushkin |
| Lian Bichsel | Alex Petrovic |
| Jake Oettinger |
| Casey DeSmith |