NHL Game Preview: Dallas Stars at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 3/26/2025

Dallas Stars (45-21-4, 94 pts) at Edmonton Oilers (41-24-5, 87 pts)

Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Wednesday, March 26
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: TNT/MAX
Radio: 
Dallas – The Ticket 96.7 FM / 1310 AM
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Dallas: +1.5 ML +110
Edmonton: -1.5 ML -105
O/U 5.5

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Dallas Stars News & Notes:

The Stars picked up their second straight win on Monday night behind a 3-0 shutout over the Minnesota Wild. Dallas improved to 7-2-2 in March, averaging 3.4 goals per game while allowing 2.5 goals per game. Matt Duchene is on a five-game point streak, scoring two goals and three assists.

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes: 

The Oilers most recently picked up a 5-4 win over the Seattle Kraken, it was their fourth win in their last five games. In their recent stretch, they are averaging four goals per game while allowing 2.2 goals per game.

Dallas Stars Projected Lines:

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

Harley-Lyubushkin
Lindell-Ceci
Bichsel-Dumba

Oettinger
DeSmith

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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines

Podkolzin-Nugent-Hopkins-Arvidsson
Perry-Henrique-Hyman Kapanen
Skinner-Janmark-Brown
Jones-Ryan-Kapanen

Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Walman
Kulak-Stetcher

Skinner
Pickard

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Players To Watch:

Dallas Stars

Mikko Rantanen this season has 75 points on 29 goals and 46 assists. In eight games since joining the Stars, he has five points on two goals and three assists. He’s faced the Oilers 21 times in his career, recording 20 points on nine goals and 11 assists; in four games against Edmonton this season, he has four points on a goal and three assists.  

Edmonton Oilers

Zach Hyman this season has 42 points on 25 goals and 17 assists. He’s faced the Stars 18 times in his career, recording nine points on seven goals and two assists; in the two meetings this season, he’s got two goals and an assist.

Injury Report:

Dallas Stars

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

Edmonton Oilers

C Leon Draisaitl – DTD
C Connor McDavid – DTD
F Evander Kane – Out
D Alec Regula – IR
C Trent Frederic – IR  

Next game:

Dallas – March 27 at Calgary Flames  
Edmonton – March 27 at Seattle Kraken

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