The Latest Breaking News from Jake Oettinger

CALGARY, Alberta — By 8:15 p.m., when the Stars’ 1-0 loss to the Flames in Game 1 began on Tuesday night, the city of Calgary had whipped itself into a feverish fury.

The Dallas Stars will have to wait a little while longer to clinch a playoff spot.

The Stars want to play playoff hockey. Tuesday night against the Lightning was a good preview.

DALLAS — After Saturday’s 3-1 loss to the Devils, Stars coach Rick Bowness delivered a clear message to his team.

This being “Kids’ Night” at Climate Pledge Arena, several Kraken players had dual youth and adult portraits of themselves shown on the two video scoreboards.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — If you didn’t stay up to watch the Dallas Stars’ 3-2 overtime win over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night, you didn’t miss much — in the first 55 minutes.

DALLAS — In the dying moments of a third-period power play during the Stars’ 4-1 loss to Vancouver, the puck found Esa Lindell abandoned in front of the Canucks net.

DALLAS -- In the span of 43 seconds, it looked like the Stars unraveled on Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON — In the third period of the Stars’ 3-2 win over the Capitals on Sunday night, Jake Oettinger dispatched his stick and launched himself to his right. He sprung off his left foot directly into John Carlson’s oncoming one-timer, catching the puck with his right shoulder and preserving a…

DALLAS — Before the Dallas Stars’ 4-2 win over Buffalo on Sunday afternoon, when a newly-shorn Michael Raffl discovered that he was missing his helmet, he knew what he had to do.

DALLAS —At the end of the season, the Stars and the Jets are going to wonder what could have been.