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Stars Beat Blue Jackets 3-1 as Oettinger Makes 25 Saves to Close Homestand

Dallas beat Columbus 3-1 at American Airlines Center on Saturday night, with Jake Oettinger making 25 saves and goals from Mikko Rantanen, Thomas Harley and Arttu Hyry.

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Stars Beat Blue Jackets 3-1 as Oettinger Makes 25 Saves to Close Homestand

Key points

  • The Dallas Stars beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday night, October 31, 2026.
  • Jake Oettinger made 25 saves for Dallas, and Mikko Rantanen, Thomas Harley and Arttu Hyry scored the goals in the finale of a six game homestand.
  • Dallas took control early.

The Dallas Stars beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Saturday night, October 31, 2026. Jake Oettinger made 25 saves for Dallas, and Mikko Rantanen, Thomas Harley and Arttu Hyry scored the goals in the finale of a six game homestand.

Dallas took control early. Columbus goaltender Jet Greaves took a delay of game penalty at 1:43 of the first period for clearing the puck over the glass, and Rantanen scored on the power play early in the period. The goal was his seventh of the season, the most on the Stars roster. Greaves finished with 14 saves in the loss.

Harley made it 2-0 in the final second of the first period. He scored his first goal of the season on a one timer from above the left circle, with 0.2 seconds left in the period in the Columbus Dispatch timing. Dallas carried that two goal lead through a scoreless second period, with Oettinger steady at the other end.

Columbus pushes back in the third

Columbus thought it had cut the lead early in the third period. A goal by Valeri Nichushkin was taken off the board after an offside review at 2:23 of the third. Damon Severson then scored for real at 6:21 of the third, taking a feed from Zach Werenski to make it 2-1 and end Oettinger's shutout bid.

Dallas held the one goal lead from there. The Stars killed the only Columbus power play of the game, running their penalty kill streak to 28 straight successful kills dating to October 13, according to Associated Press reporting. Hyry sealed the result with an empty net goal with 0.3 seconds left in Associated Press timing, making the final score 3-1.

What the result means

Dallas came into the game off back to back one sided losses that followed a five game winning streak. The win closed the six game homestand at 4-2-0 in Associated Press accounting, a steadier finish after the two heavy defeats.

Columbus has lost two games in a row and fell to 5-7. The Blue Jackets finished their three game road trip at 1-2-0. Ivan Provorov made his season debut for Columbus and played 19 minutes, 31 seconds.

The teams meet again next Thursday in Columbus. Before that, Columbus hosts Colorado on November 3.

Timeline

  1. Oct 31, 2026Rantanen scores on the power play early in the first period for his seventh goal of the season, and Harley scores with 0.2 seconds left in the period to give Dallas a 2-0 lead.
  2. Oct 31, 2026A Columbus goal by Nichushkin is taken off the board after an offside review at 2:23 of the third period, then Severson scores at 6:21 to cut the Dallas lead to 2-1.
  3. Oct 31, 2026Hyry scores into an empty net with 0.3 seconds left to make it 3-1, and Dallas closes its six game homestand with a win behind 25 saves from Oettinger.

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