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 ...

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).

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.

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

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

The Dallas Stars (31-17-1, 2nd in the Central Division) have won two straight games and are looking to keep up their winning ways as they head to Nevada to take on the Vegas Golden Knights (31-15-4, 1st in the Pacific Division). Here’s everything you need to know for Tuesday night’s matchup:

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

Vegas outshot the Stars in the first and third periods, but Dallas' whopping 15-5 edge in the second period led to a 3-1 scoring advantage in the middle stanza, which was the difference in the game. The Golden Knights have been outscored 52-48 in the second period this season.

Two of the Western Conference's top teams meet in a nationally televised game at the American Airlines Center on Friday night.

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.

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

Wyatt Johnston scored 20 seconds into overtime to complete a natural hat trick and rally the Dallas Stars to a 4-3 victory Tuesday night over the Vegas Golden Knights.