DeSmith has allowed nine goals in his last two starts, both losses. But prior to that, he had allowed just six goals in his previous four games, all wins. Dallas has hit a bit of skid lately, but the team will rebound soon enough. And that will put DeSmith back into a strong fantasy role for spot starts in daily.

PHILADELPHIA — Casey DeSmith stopped 27 shots to lead the Dallas Stars to their sixth straight victory, 4-1 over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

The Dallas Stars have not had to face much adversity through the first few weeks of the new year, only dropping two of their last eight games. Dallas had a tough task ahead of them on Saturday as they took on their Central Division rivals,

Dallas struggled to get out of the gate on time, leaving the door open for Colorado to take advantage with a scoring assault

Streak snapped: Stars’ second period proves costly vs. Senators in first loss of 2025 OTTAWA, Ontario — Leevi Merilainen made 24 saves in his Ottawa home debut and the Senators ended the Dallas Stars ’ seven-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory Sunday night.

DeSmith will guard the road net versus Ottawa on Sunday, Mike Heika of the Stars ' official site reports.

Dallas Stars netminder Casey DeSmith has a 6-4-1 record with a career-best 2.24 goals against average this season

Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and two assists, Cale Makar also scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 6-3.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Casey DeSmith stopped 27 shots to lead the Dallas Stars to their sixth straight victory, 4-1 over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

Cale Makar shook off a puck to the skate to score twice, Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and two assists to tie a career high for points, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 in Denver on Saturday.

DENVER — Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and two assists, Cale Makar also scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Saturday. Jonathan Drouin and Casey Mittelstadt each had a goal and two assists, and Josh Manson also had two assists for the Avalanche. Scott Wedgewood stopped 26 shots.

Detroit trailed 4-0 on Saturday before Lucas Raymond's power-play goal put the Red Wings on the board with 5:48 left in the second period. Starter Cam Talbot allowed all five goals on 16 shots before being pulled in favor of Alex Lyon, who made six saves. Lyon returned after missing four games with an upper-body injury.