NHL Game Preview: Dallas Stars at Calgary Flames with Line Combinations 3/27/2025

Dallas Stars (46-21-4, 96 pts) at Calgary Flames (34-25-11, 79 pts)

Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome
Date: Thursday, March 27
Time: 9:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/Victory+/SNW
Radio: 
Dallas – The Ticket 96.7 FM / 1310 AM
Calgary – Sportsnet 96.0

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Dallas: -1.5 ML -148
Calgary: +1.5 ML +124
O/U 5.5

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Dallas Stars News & Notes:

The Stars secured their third straight win and now have recorded a point in five straight games. They beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 last night. With that win they improved to 8-2-2, averaging 2.9 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game. Thomas Harley is on a three game point streak recording five points in that stretch on two goals and three assists.

Calgary Flames News & Notes: 

The Flames are on a four game winning streak, most recently picking up a 4-3 overtime win over the Seattle Kraken. They improved to 6-3-3 in March, averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing 2.9 goals per game. Matt Coronato, Jonathan Huberdeau, and Nazem Kadri have been red hot. Coronato is on a four-game point streak, recording four goals and two assists in that stretch. Kadri is also on a four-game point streak, recording five goals and an assist. Huberdeau is on a three-game point streak, recording two goals and five assists.

Dallas Stars Projected Lines:

Marchment-Hintz-Rantanen
Robertson-Duchene-Granlund
Benn-Johnston-Dadonov
Back-Steel-Blackwell

Harley-Lyubushkin
Lindell-Ceci
Bichsel-Dumba

DeSmith
Oettinger

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Calgary Flames Projected Lines:

Zary-Kadri-Pospisil
Huberdeau-Frost-Coronato
Farabee-Sharangovich-Coleman
Lomberg-Rooney-Klapka

Hanley-Weegar
Bahl-Andersson
Bean-Miromanov

Wolf
Vladar

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Players To Watch:

Dallas Stars

Jason Robertson this season has 71 points on 32 goals and 39 assists. He’s faced the Flames 11 times in his career recording 16 points on ten goals and six assists; in two games this season he has four points on three goals and an assist.

Calgary Flames

Jonathan Huberdeau this season has 57 points on 27 goals and 30 assists. He’s faced the Stars 29 times in his career recording 33 points on 11 goals and 22 assists; he scored a goal in one of the two meetings this season.

Injury Report:

Dallas Stars

D Miro Heiskanen – IR
C Tyler Seguin – IR
D Nils Lundkvist – IR

Calgary Flames

F Anthony Mantha – IR
F Mikael Backlund – Out

Next game:

Dallas – March 29 at Seattle Kraken
Calgary – March 29 at Edmonton Oilers

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