{"id":123611,"date":"2026-01-15T01:08:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/123611\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T01:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:08:21","slug":"can-dallas-end-its-extensive-road-trip-on-a-high-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/123611\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Dallas end its extensive road trip on a high note?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/\">Dallas Stars<\/a> wrap up an extensive road trip on Thursday night when they visit the Utah Mammoth. Dallas has not played a home game since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2026\/01\/04\/stars-cant-overcome-mistakes-see-losing-skid-continue-with-ot-stumble-vs-canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2026\/01\/04\/stars-cant-overcome-mistakes-see-losing-skid-continue-with-ot-stumble-vs-canadiens\/\">Jan. 4 when it fell to the Canadiens in overtime<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Stars (27-11-9, 2nd in the Central Division) are coming off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2026\/01\/14\/dallas-stars-anaheim-ducks-nhl-score\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2026\/01\/14\/dallas-stars-anaheim-ducks-nhl-score\/\">a difficult road loss to an Anaheim Ducks team that entered the game on a nine-game losing strak<\/a>. The Mammoth (23-20-4, 4th in the Central Division) are in the thick of the Western Conference Wild Card race and are currently holding the top Wild Card spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Here\u2019s everything to know about Thursday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Stars vs. Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n<p>Sports Roundup<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, Kevin Sherrington&#8217;s A La Carte.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">When: Thursday, 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Where: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">TV\/streaming: Victory+<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Radio: Sportsradio 96.7\/1310 The Ticket<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Mammoth host the Stars after Dylan Guenther scored two goals in the Mammoth\u2019s 6-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Utah is 23-20-4 overall with a 7-6-0 record against the Central Division. The Mammoth have a 22-7-0 record in games they score at least three goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Dallas is 27-11-9 overall with a 7-3-1 record against the Central Division. The Stars have a 12-1-0 record in games they score one or more power-play goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The teams square off Thursday for the second time this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2025\/11\/28\/wyatt-johnstons-10th-power-play-goal-the-difference-as-stars-rally-to-beat-mammoth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2025\/11\/28\/wyatt-johnstons-10th-power-play-goal-the-difference-as-stars-rally-to-beat-mammoth\/\">The Stars won the last meeting 4-3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Top performers<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">John-Jason Peterka has scored 16 goals with 16 assists for the Mammoth. Guenther has seven goals and five assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Mikko Rantanen has 18 goals and 44 assists for the Stars. Wyatt Johnston has scored six goals and added five assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Last 10 games<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Mammoth: 6-3-1, averaging 3.3 goals, 6.1 assists, 3.7 penalties and 8.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.3 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Stars: 2-4-4, averaging 2.8 goals, 4.6 assists, 3.6 penalties and 7.5 penalty minutes while giving up 3.4 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">On Twitter\/X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dmn_stars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dmn_stars\">@dmn_stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2026\/01\/14\/dallas-stars-anaheim-ducks-nhl-score\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stars\u2019 late rally falls short vs. Ducks as Anaheim snaps nine-game losing streak<\/a><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/2026\/01\/13\/miro-heiskanen-out-dallas-stars-anaheim-ducks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miro Heiskanen ruled out of Dallas Stars\u2019 game against Anaheim Ducks<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/stars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find more Stars coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Stars wrap up an extensive road trip on Thursday night when they visit the Utah Mammoth.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,1115,6079,3626,2484,154,2486,3632],"class_list":{"0":"post-123611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-headlines","10":"tag-dallas-news","11":"tag-dallas-stars","12":"tag-how-to-watch","13":"tag-mikko-rantanen","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-stars","17":"tag-wyatt-johnston"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}