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Columbus Blue Jackets vs Dallas Stars — Sunday, February 2, 2025 Game Analysis

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Columbus Blue Jackets at Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center. Final.

Game Analysis
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American Airlines Center

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DAL

  • Mason Marchment (13)1st 13:36 · Tip-InAssists: Lian Bichsel (1), Mavrik Bourque (8)
  • Logan Stankoven (7)2nd 6:03 · Snap ShotAssists: Mikael Granlund (31)
  • PPWyatt Johnston (15)2nd 15:49 · Snap ShotAssists: Thomas Harley (18), Jason Robertson (31)
  • Evgenii Dadonov (14)3rd 11:22 · Tip-InAssists: Thomas Harley (19), Ilya Lyubushkin (11)
  • Evgenii Dadonov (15)3rd 15:47 · BackhandAssists: Wyatt Johnston (30), Jamie Benn (19)

CBJ

  • Cole Sillinger (9)1st 6:43 · Snap ShotAssists: Kent Johnson (19), James van Riemsdyk (13)
  • Adam Fantilli (16)2nd 4:58 · Snap ShotAssists: Dmitri Voronkov (17), Kirill Marchenko (34)
  • Ivan Provorov (4)2nd 12:02 · Snap ShotAssists: Mikael Pyyhtia (3), Justin Danforth (7)

Columbus Blue Jackets vs Dallas Stars Game Summary — Sunday, February 2, 2025

By Hockey in 60

Dallas Stars won 5–3 at American Airlines Center.

A brief summary of the verified result. Source: ESPN game record. Detailed reporting is shown when available.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs Dallas Stars Game Analysis — Sunday, February 2, 2025

By Hockey in 60

Dallas Stars paired the victory with a 39–30 advantage in shots on goal, accounting for 56.5% of the two teams’ combined shots. That gives the result support beyond the scoreline: the winning side also put more attempts on target. Shot totals alone do not show the quality of those chances or how the balance changed while either team was protecting a lead.

Columbus Blue Jackets converted 0 of 3 power plays (0.0%); Dallas Stars converted 1 of 3 power plays (33.3%). The 1-goal net power-play edge accounted for part of the 2-goal final margin. This identifies special teams as a meaningful scoring difference, without proving how the game would have unfolded with different penalties.

Dallas Stars won 57.8% of faceoffs. That is a clear edge in restarts, but faceoff percentage should not be treated as a possession percentage: the totals do not show where the draws occurred or what happened immediately afterwards.

Hockey in 60’s interpretation of verified game statistics, highlighting meaningful differences and what they suggest about the result. Comparisons describe this game, not season averages. Source: ESPN game statistics.

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Columbus Blue Jackets vs Dallas Stars Game Statistics — Sunday, February 2, 2025

Reported team totals. — means unavailable.
StatisticColumbus Blue JacketsDallas Stars
Shots on goal3039
Power-play goals01
Power-play opportunities33
Power-play conversion (%)0.033.3
Faceoffs won (%)42.257.8
Hits3122
Blocked shots1715
Takeaways33
Giveaways1517
Penalty minutes66

Source: ESPN game statistics.

Scoring and goaltending

Dallas Stars won 5–3 at American Airlines Center.

Who scored

Goalies

  • Elvis Merzlikins stopped 34 of 39 for Columbus Blue Jackets.
  • Casey DeSmith stopped 27 of 30 for Dallas Stars.

Evgenii Dadonov Goal (14) Tip-In, assists: Thomas Harley (19), Ilya Lyubushkin (11) That made the score 3–4 in the 3rd, and Dallas Stars stayed ahead.

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