EDM @ DAL Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-03-12 Posted by kaylee on 2026-03-12 04:00:16

EDM @ DAL

Venue: American Airlines Center

Puck drop: Thu Mar 12, 2026 8:00pm EDT

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.


Game Preview

EDM (last 10)
  • Record 4-6-0
  • Streak W2
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 4.1 · 4.3
  • Power play 11/26 (42.3%)
  • Last game W vs COL (4–3)
DAL (last 10)
  • Record 9-0-1
  • Streak W2
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 4.1 · 2.2
  • Power play 11/36 (30.6%)
  • Last game W vs VGK (2–1)

Recent meetings:

  • 2025-11-25 DAL 8 @ EDM 3
  • 2025-11-04 EDM 3 @ DAL 4 OT/SO

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

EDM
  • Leon Draisaitl 10 pts · 4 G · 17 SOG
  • Connor McDavid 10 pts · 1 G · 15 SOG
  • Evan Bouchard 9 pts · 2 G · 13 SOG
  • Zach Hyman 4 pts · 3 G · 9 SOG
DAL
  • Matt Duchene 8 pts · 1 G · 10 SOG
  • Mavrik Bourque 6 pts · 2 G · 13 SOG
  • Jason Robertson 6 pts · 1 G · 13 SOG
  • Miro Heiskanen 5 pts · 2 G · 13 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: EDM 3.25 · DAL 4.4 · Win odds: EDM 32.9% · DAL 67.1% · OT/SO chance: 13.6%

  • 3-4 36.4%
  • 4-4 32.3%
  • 2-4 31.3%

Box Score

EDM 2 Final DAL 7

2026-03-12

Stat EDM DAL
Goals27
Shots3227
Power Play 0/3 (0.0%) 2/4 (50.0%)
PIM2422
Faceoffs27 / 2626 / 27
Blocks77
Saves2030
EDM Scorers
GAPTS
Evan Bouchard 1 0 1
Jason Dickinson 1 0 1
Jack Roslovic 0 1 1
Kasperi Kapanen 0 1 1
Leon Draisaitl 0 1 1
Mattias Ekholm 0 1 1
DAL Scorers
GAPTS
Jason Robertson 2 2 4
Jamie Benn 2 0 2
Wyatt Johnston 1 2 3
Matt Duchene 1 1 2
Sam Steel 1 1 2
Miro Heiskanen 0 3 3
Colin Blackwell 0 1 1
Esa Lindell 0 1 1
Mavrik Bourque 0 1 1

Lineups

As of 2026-03-12 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

EDM Away

Forwards

Line 1
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
#93 · LW
TOI 17:32xGF/60 2.99xGA/60 4.21CF/60 54.1SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -13.53CF% 38.1xGF% 41.5
Connor McDavid
#97 · C
TOI 17:45xGF/60 4.22xGA/60 5.96CF/60 77.4SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -29.03CF% 38.1xGF% 41.4
Zach Hyman
#18 · RW
TOI 17:57xGF/60 3.33xGA/60 3.93CF/60 61.0SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -22.88CF% 47.1xGF% 45.8
Line 2
Vasily Podkolzin
#92 · LW
TOI 14:44xGF/60 2.72xGA/60 2.21CF/60 52.9SC±/60 +5.87G±/60 +5.87CF% 60.0xGF% 55.2
Leon Draisaitl
#29 · C
TOI 17:36xGF/60 2.17xGA/60 1.26CF/60 44.5SC±/60 +11.13G±/60 +5.56CF% 61.5xGF% 63.2
Jack Roslovic
#28 · RW
TOI 14:47xGF/60 3.22xGA/60 2.29CF/60 64.5SC±/60 +5.86G±/60 +5.86CF% 61.1xGF% 58.5
Line 3
Matthew Savoie
#22 · LW
TOI 14:21xGF/60 2.79xGA/60 3.51CF/60 49.7SC±/60 -22.09G±/60 -11.04CF% 42.9xGF% 44.3
Jason Dickinson
#16 · C
TOI 13:16xGF/60 4.17xGA/60 3.95CF/60 69.0SC±/60 -21.24G±/60 0.00CF% 50.0xGF% 51.4
Kasperi Kapanen
#42 · RW
TOI 14:50xGF/60 3.10xGA/60 2.81CF/60 51.6SC±/60 -5.16G±/60 0.00CF% 47.6xGF% 52.4
Line 4
Adam Henrique
#19 · LW
TOI 11:17xGF/60 2.14xGA/60 2.62CF/60 58.3SC±/60 -6.47G±/60 -6.47CF% 56.3xGF% 45.0
Josh Samanski
C
TOI 11:53xGF/60 0.92xGA/60 1.12CF/60 34.2SC±/60 +6.85G±/60 0.00CF% 62.5
Trent Frederic
#10 · RW
TOI 11:49xGF/60 1.60xGA/60 2.96CF/60 51.0SC±/60 -14.58G±/60 0.00CF% 43.8xGF% 35.1

Defense

Pair 1
Mattias Ekholm
#14 · LD
TOI 17:51xGF/60 3.89xGA/60 2.34CF/60 73.9SC±/60 +26.09G±/60 +4.35CF% 65.4xGF% 62.4
Evan Bouchard
#2 · RD
TOI 21:51xGF/60 6.95xGA/60 5.84CF/60 125.9SC±/60 +22.23G±/60 -14.81CF% 51.5xGF% 54.3
Pair 2
Darnell Nurse
#25 · LD
TOI 18:45xGF/60 1.90xGA/60 3.12CF/60 35.3SC±/60 -11.75G±/60 -7.83CF% 37.5xGF% 37.8
Connor Murphy
#5 · RD
TOI 20:18xGF/60 1.09xGA/60 1.07CF/60 25.7SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 53.3xGF% 50.4
Pair 3
Jake Walman
#96 · LD
TOI 18:17xGF/60 3.61xGA/60 3.99CF/60 61.8SC±/60 -22.06G±/60 -8.82CF% 45.2xGF% 47.5
Spencer Stastney
#24 · RD
TOI 17:50xGF/60 2.19xGA/60 2.09CF/60 41.6SC±/60 -11.36G±/60 -3.79CF% 45.8xGF% 51.2

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Tristan Jarry [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 35]
G2 Connor Ingram

DAL Home

Forwards

Line 1
Jason Robertson
#21 · LW
TOI 17:17xGF/60 3.78xGA/60 5.13CF/60 72.6SC±/60 -4.03G±/60 +8.06CF% 43.9xGF% 42.4
Wyatt Johnston
#53 · C
TOI 18:18xGF/60 4.29xGA/60 2.74CF/60 77.4SC±/60 +27.65G±/60 +16.59CF% 60.9xGF% 61.0
Mavrik Bourque
#22 · RW
TOI 16:16xGF/60 2.41xGA/60 1.80CF/60 44.7SC±/60 +18.63G±/60 +7.45CF% 57.1xGF% 57.2
Line 2
Sam Steel
#18 · LW
TOI 16:49xGF/60 2.40xGA/60 3.09CF/60 50.2SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +8.37CF% 48.0xGF% 43.8
Matt Duchene
#95 · C
TOI 15:46xGF/60 4.67xGA/60 7.39CF/60 104.7SC±/60 +8.06G±/60 +16.11CF% 48.1xGF% 38.7
Jamie Benn
#14 · RW
TOI 14:37xGF/60 4.47xGA/60 8.13CF/60 93.5SC±/60 -7.79G±/60 +7.79CF% 38.7xGF% 35.5
Line 3
Michael Bunting
LW
TOI 16:14xGF/60 1.33xGA/60 1.62CF/60 25.2SC±/60 -16.78G±/60 -4.20CF% 42.9xGF% 45.0
Justin Hryckowian
#49 · C
TOI 13:47xGF/60 2.18xGA/60 1.03CF/60 43.4SC±/60 -7.23G±/60 -7.23CF% 66.7
Adam Erne
#73 · RW
TOI 13:15xGF/60 1.42xGA/60 2.32CF/60 25.6SC±/60 -19.22G±/60 0.00CF% 33.3xGF% 38.0
Line 4
Oskar Back
#10 · LW
TOI 11:37xGF/60 2.37xGA/60 0.63CF/60 37.3SC±/60 +5.33G±/60 0.00CF% 58.3xGF% 79.0
Arttu Hyry
C
TOI 10:49xGF/60 0.71xGA/60 0.82CF/60 15.8SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 50.0
Colin Blackwell
#15 · RW
TOI 11:01xGF/60 3.89xGA/60 0.50CF/60 67.9SC±/60 +13.59G±/60 0.00CF% 71.4xGF% 88.5

Defense

Pair 1
Esa Lindell
#23 · LD
TOI 21:14xGF/60 1.70xGA/60 1.33CF/60 31.6SC±/60 +9.49G±/60 +9.49CF% 58.8xGF% 56.1
Miro Heiskanen
#4 · RD
TOI 23:00xGF/60 2.37xGA/60 1.56CF/60 45.8SC±/60 +13.08G±/60 +13.08CF% 63.6xGF% 60.3
Pair 2
Thomas Harley
#55 · LD
TOI 21:08xGF/60 1.64xGA/60 2.04CF/60 37.9SC±/60 -15.80G±/60 -3.16CF% 48.0xGF% 44.6
Nils Lundkvist
#5 · RD
TOI 18:08xGF/60 0.74xGA/60 1.94CF/60 19.6SC±/60 -27.45G±/60 -7.84CF% 29.4xGF% 27.6
Pair 3
Lian Bichsel
#6 · LD
TOI 16:00xGF/60 3.47xGA/60 1.50CF/60 55.4SC±/60 +35.24G±/60 +5.03CF% 64.7xGF% 69.8
Tyler Myers
RD
TOI 17:06xGF/60 5.29xGA/60 3.70CF/60 90.7SC±/60 +28.34G±/60 0.00CF% 53.3xGF% 58.8

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Jake Oettinger [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 60]
G2 Casey DeSmith

Injuries

As of 2026-03-12 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

EDM

Player Pos # Description Status
Mattias Janmark NA 13 IR IR
Curtis Lazar NA 20 OUT OUT
Ty Emberson NA 49 DTD DTD
Colton Dach NA 34 DTD DTD

DAL

Player Pos # Description Status
Tyler Seguin NA 91 IR IR
Radek Faksa NA 12 IR IR
Mikko Rantanen NA 96 IR IR
Roope Hintz NA 24 OUT OUT
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