{"id":699360,"date":"2026-10-30T17:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/699360\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T17:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:30:20","slug":"3-things-to-know-about-stars-blue-jackets-how-to-watch-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/699360\/","title":{"rendered":"3 things to know about Stars-Blue Jackets: How to watch and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Stars<\/a> (7-5-1) return\u00a0to American Airlines Center to face the Columbus Blue Jackets (5-6-0) on Saturday looking to rediscover their winning ways.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After back-to-back rough outings against New Jersey<\/a> and Montreal, the Stars have a chance to get back in the win column against a squad they have\u00a0earned points against in 10 of their last 15 matchups.<\/p>\n

Here are three things to know about the game:<\/p>\n

When: Saturday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Where: American Airlines Center<\/p>\n

TV\/streaming: Prime Video \/ ESPN+<\/p>\n

Radio: Sportsradio 96.7\/1310 The Ticket<\/p>\n

Stars forward Mikko Rantanen put up two assists in Dallas’ loss on Thursday night against the Canadiens<\/a> and has now registered 10 points (4 goals, 6 assists) in his last seven games played. Rantanen’s assist on Jamie Benn’s goal was his 78th as a member of the Stars, which surpassed Kent Nilsson (77) for the most in franchise history through a player’s first 100 games with the team according to NHL Stats. His 111 points (33 goals, 78 assists) as a member of the Stars are the most by a Stars skater through their first 100 games played with the team since the franchise relocated to Dallas.\u00a0In his career against Columbus,\u00a0Rantanen has totaled 15 points (6 goals, 9 assists) and two game-winning goals in 14 games, averaging 1.07 points per game.<\/p>\n

Blue Jackets forward Kent Johnson enters Saturday’s matchup riding a three-game point streak, collecting six points (3 goals, 3 assists) during that span. In all, Johnson has registered 11 points (7 goals, 4 assists) and two game-winning goals through 11 games played this season. In his career against Dallas, Johnson has notched six points (2 goals, 4 assists) in seven games played, recording points in all but two games against the Stars.<\/p>\n

Fans are encouraged to wear costumes for the Halloween night matchup, and participate in fan activations including trick or treating around American Airlines Center to celebrate the holiday. Doors\u00a0open at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Stars (7-5-1) return\u00a0to American Airlines Center to face the Columbus Blue Jackets (5-6-0) on Saturday looking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5117],"tags":[196,147,5278,5,2603,4,197,9919,65733,64410],"class_list":["post-699360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-stars","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-stars","tag-dallasstars","tag-hockey","tag-how-to-watch","tag-nhl","tag-stars","tag-things-to-know","tag-tp-american-airlines-center","tag-tp-mikko-rantanen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}