Thornton, who will become the 19th player in NHL history to reach the milestone, is one goal from 400. The Sharks are 2-0-1 in their past three road games and 4-2-2 away from home this season. The Stars, who begin a four-game homestand, have lost two straight (0-1-1) after winning three in a row.
Players to watch
Sharks goaltender Martin Jones is 6-0-1 in his past seven starts but is 2-5-0 with a 3.18 goals-against average and an .879 save percentage against the Stars. Stars forward Tyler Seguin has no goals in his past 12 games. He leads the NHL with 71 shots on goal and has 14 points (three goals, 11 assists) this season.
They said it
"Fifteen-hundred games is pretty special, but a thousand assists is pretty special, too." -- Sharks forward Joe Thornton, who is one of 13 players in NHL history with 1,000 assists "We think he's a natural goal scorer and play him with a possession center."--Stars coach Jim Montgomery on using Denis Gurianov, playing his second NHL game and first since 2016-17, with Jason Spezza and Jamie Benn
Khudobin will start for the third time in five games. … Hertl will miss his second straight game after he was injured against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. … Radulov has missed nine of the past 10 games. … Dallas recalled Gurianov from Texas of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and assigned forward Justin Dowling to Texas.
Stat pack
Meier has 15 points (10 goals, five assists) in his past 12 games. … Burns is tied for second in points among defensemen with 18 (three goals, 15 assists). Klingberg is tied for second in goals among defensemen with five. … Benn has three goals in his past four games.
