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San Jose Sharks vs Dallas Stars

Regular season · Monday, October 5, 2026 · American Airlines Center

San Jose SharksSan JoseSharksAway

0–5

Final

SOG 13–26

Dallas StarsDallasStarsHome

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Recap

Stars shut out Sharks behind Oettinger's 13-save night

The Dallas Stars blanked the San Jose Sharks 5-0 on Monday at American Airlines Center. Dallas never trailed, outshot San Jose 26-13, and pulled away with three goals in the second period. Miro Heiskanen opened the scoring late in the first, and Joel Kiviranta, Jamie Benn and Jason Robertson added goals in the second before Mikko Rantanen capped it in the third.

Heiskanen's first-period goal stood as the winner, with Roope Hintz and Benn assisting. Benn finished with a goal and an assist, Robertson also had a goal and an assist, and Hintz collected two assists. Benn took first-star honors, Jake Oettinger was the second star, and Heiskanen the third.

Oettinger stopped all 13 shots he faced for the shutout win, while Yaroslav Askarov made 21 saves on 26 shots in the loss. The Stars went 0 for 3 on the power play and the Sharks 0 for 2.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
San Jose SharksSJS000013
Dallas StarsDAL131526

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJamie BennDAL · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starJake OettingerDAL · 1.000 SV%
  3. ★3rd starMiro HeiskanenDAL · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:21

0–5 · 3rd 15:22 · Rantanen. Smith was 1:21 into his shift when it went in.

GoalSJS on iceDAL on ice

0–1 DAL

1st 18:51 · Heiskanen

Long shift: Orlov 1:15

0–2 DAL

2nd 3:17 · Kiviranta

Dickinson 0:27

0–3 DAL

2nd 6:19 · Benn

Orlov 0:30

0–4 DAL

2nd 16:30 · Robertson

Long shift: Trouba 1:02

0–5 DAL

3rd 15:22 · Rantanen

Long shift: Smith 1:21

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

SJSDAL
13Shots on goal26
43%Faceoff %57%
0/2Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes4
30Hits11
21Blocked shots13
18Giveaways10
5Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 13:01Tyler Toffoli · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 08:21Oskar Bäck · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 11:04Sam Dickinson · holding2 min
  • 3rd 02:11Lian Bichsel · interference2 min
  • 3rd 07:37Dmitry Orlov · tripping2 min

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