Jake Oettinger News

The Dallas Stars have not allowed a goal in consecutive games while alternating between Oettinger and Casey DeSmith in net. The Stars will return to Oettinger between the pipes on Tuesday in a matchup where the Stars are significant -341 home favorites against the San Jose Sharks. Two games into his 2024-25 campaign (2-0-0), Oettinger is sporting a spectacular 1.51 GAA and .957 SV%. That said, Oettinger has a .860 SV% in six career games against the Sharks (4-2-0), his lowest total against any team.

Oettinger stopped 33 of 36 shots in the Stars win in Nashville on Thursday. The Stars were outplayed but Oettinger turned in an excellent performance on opening night. On Saturday he'll face the Islanders as large -172 home favourites. Oettinger was 17-8-2 with a 2.78 GAA and .898 SV% in 28 home games last year.

Oettinger stopped 33 of 36 shots in the Stars win in Nashville on Thursday. The Stars were outplayed but Oettinger turned in an excellent performance on opening night. On Saturday he'll likely face the Islanders as large -172 home favourites. Oettinger was 17-8-2 with a 2.78 GAA and .898 SV% in 28 home games last year.

To no one's surprise, Oettinger will start for the Stars in their season opener against the Nashville Predators, who will likely turn to Oettinger's former understudy between the pipes, Scott Wedgewood. With the departure of Wedgewood from Dallas, the Stars signed Casey DeSmith to serve as Oettinger's backup this season. The 33-year-old DeSmith has started more than 30 games only once in his career, an indication that Oettinger will likely start more than the 53 times he did last season. As an impending RFA, Oettinger will also be hoping to improve on his statistics from last season when he posted an unspectacular 2.72 GAA and .905 SV% in 54 appearances (35-14-4).

Oettinger allowed four goals on 28 shots in the Stars' loss in Edmonton in Game 4. Oettinger gave up seven goals in two games in Edmonton and now has a .912 SV% in the series and a .917 SV% across 17 postseason games. Oettinger and the Stars come into Game 5 as -117 home favourites.

Oettinger allowed three goals on 38 shots (.921 SV%) in crushing Game 1 overtime defeat but will expectedly take the crease again for Game 2 on Saturday. The 25-year-old towering netminder has been a brick wall all playoffs, with his 8-6-0 record, 2.10 GAA and .917 SV% in 14 games played. He will host the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday for Game 2, who are in the midst of a three-game win streak and will be looking to take a commanding 2-0 series lead.

Oettinger allowed one goal on 30 shots in the Stars' 2-1 overtime win over the Avalanche in Game 6. Oettinger backed up the .925 SV% he posted vs. Vegas with a .911 SV% vs. Colorado, giving him an 8-5 record and .918 SV% in 13 playoff games so far. He was 1-0-1 with a 2.00 GAA, .932 SV% and one shutout vs. the Oilers in the regular season.

Oettinger was fantastic in Game 4 yet again stopping 24 of 25 shots (.960 SV%) for his third-straight win over Colorado as Dallas took a commanding 3-1 series lead and will start Game 5 as expected on Wednesday. The 25-year-old has been a brickwall the entire playoffs, with his 7-4-0 record, 2.02 GAA and .923 SV%. He'll host the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday, who are on the brink of elimination and have only won six games in their last three playoff series'.

Oettinger stopped 28 of 31 shots (.903 SV%) in Game 2 as Dallas evened their second-round series with a 6-3 win over Colorado and will remain with the same lineup for Game 3. The 25-year-old has been a wall this offseason between Dallas' crease, with his 5-4-0 record, 2.24 GAA and .914 SV%. He will head to Colorado to take on the Avalanche on the road, who have won five of their first seven playoff games.

Oettinger was sensational in the Stars' opening seven-game series as he helped lead Dallas over Vegas with a 4-3-0 record, 1.95 GAA and .925 SV%. The 25-year-old surpassed the 30-win mark for a third straight season (35) but had his first ever below .910 SV% since joining the NHL four seasons ago (.905 SV%). He will host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday, who have won their last four games after taking down the Winnipeg Jets in a five-game opening series.

Oettinger stopped 28 of 29 shots (.966 SV%) in a hard-fought Game 6 loss and will start as expected as Dallas hosts Vegas for Game 7 on Sunday. The 25-year-old has started every game of the playoffs thus far for Dallas and holds a 3-3-0 record, 2.10 GAA and .921 SV% through six games. He'll look to close out the series on Sunday as he hosts the Vegas Golden Knights, who finished the regular season 13th in goals per game (3.21).

Oettinger picked up his second straight 32-save victory (.941 SV%) in Game 4 as he evened out the Stars' opening series last time out and will start Game 5 on Wednesday as expected. The 25-year-old had a down season as far as counting stats but has pulled it together in the playoffs and has a decent 2-2-0 record, 2.38 GAA and .907 SV% in four games played. He'll look to pick up the series first home victory and take a lead over Vegas as they host the Golden Knights for Game 5 on Wednesday.

The Stars will unsurprisingly be sticking with their number-one netminder after Oettinger guided the team to their first victory of the series in Game 3. Oettinger had a terrific game, stopping 32 of the 34 shots he faced before Wyatt Johnston won the game for Dallas in overtime. Oettinger has rebounded nicely from a disappointing effort in Game 1, allowing just four goals on 59 shots (.932 SV%) across the last two games. He and the Stars enter action on Monday as slight favourites at -125 despite being on the road.