Dallas Weekend in Sports: Stars Host Columbus on Halloween Night, Cowboys Face Arizona on Sunday
The Stars (7-5-1) welcome the Blue Jackets to American Airlines Center at 7 p.m. Saturday, and the Cowboys return to AT&T Stadium at noon Sunday against the Cardinals after a 38-21 win in Philadelphia.
Halloween night belongs to hockey in Dallas: the Dallas Stars host the Columbus Blue Jackets at American Airlines Center on Saturday, Oct. 31, with puck drop at 7 p.m. CT, according to the NHL schedule carried by Sportradar. Dallas enters at 7-5-1 and Columbus at 5-6-0, and the Stars will be shorthanded - forwards Radek Faksa and Matt Duchene are both out with injuries, according to DIRECTV's game preview.
The Stars are home for the second time in three nights: Montreal beat Dallas 5-2 at American Airlines Center on Thursday, Oct. 29, in the most recent result on the club's schedule. After Saturday, the Stars head east to face Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 3, and Columbus again on Thursday, Nov. 5.
On Sunday, the focus shifts to Arlington, where the Dallas Cowboys host the Arizona Cardinals at AT&T Stadium at noon CT. Dallas comes in off a 38-21 win over the Eagles in Philadelphia on Monday, Oct. 26, and the Cardinals game opens a home stretch that continues with San Francisco on Nov. 15 and Tennessee on Nov. 22 before the Thanksgiving meeting with Philadelphia.
