Dallas Stars Center Wyatt Johnston Making History Early and Poised for a Breakout Season

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Wyatt Johnston’s rise in Dallas has been nothing short of impressive. Drafted 23rd overall in 2021, the young center quickly proved he belonged. After signing his entry-level deal that fall, Johnston broke into the NHL a year later and scored in his debut against Nashville — becoming the youngest North American to play for the Stars since 1994. He set a franchise record for goals by a teenager with 15 and finished his rookie season with 24 goals and 41 points in all 82 games. The milestones kept coming. In 2024, he recorded his first hat trick against San Jose. A year later, he became the youngest player in Stars history to notch a natural hat trick in a win over Vegas. Johnston capped off the 2024–25 campaign with career highs across the board, finishing with 71 points. Now entering another season, the 22-year-old looks ready to elevate his game even further.

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00:00D210 Sports, Savannah Humoller here with Wyatt Johnston. Wyatt, this is your fourth year coming

00:11in the NHL right now. How excited are you for this season, setting the tone early on? We're

00:17just a couple days away from the season opening up. Yeah, I'm super excited. The

00:22summer has been more than long enough and I feel ready, ready to go. And I mean, obviously been

00:29wanting to get back to playing again pretty quickly after we ended up losing in playoffs

00:36last year. So it's exciting and it'll be important to have a good start. Now last year you hit

00:42a career high in goals, assists with 71 points overall. Now, how do you take that momentum

00:48going into this season? I think just keep building. I mean, we've done a lot of things

00:55in the off season and, you know, to help try to, you know, bring to my game this year

01:02and, yeah, just keep building, keep, you know, working on different things, keep improving

01:07on what I, you know, already do well and, you know, try to improve my weaknesses.

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