The Dallas Stars take on the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
STARS (42-20-2) at JETS (45-17-4)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, NHLN, Victory+
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson — Wyatt Johnston — Mikko Rantanen
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Jamie Benn — Mavrik Bourque — Evgenii Dadonov
Oskar Back — Sam Steel — Colin Blackwell
Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell — Cody Ceci
Brendan Smith — Matt Dumba
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: None
Injured: Roope Hintz (face), Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Tyler Seguin (hip), Lian Bichsel (illness)
Status Report:
Smith will enter the lineup for Bichsel, a defenseman.
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Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Gabriel Vilardi
Nikolaj Ehlers — Vladislav Namestnikov — Cole Perfetti
Nino Niederreiter — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton
Brandon Tanev — Morgan Barron — Alex Iafallo
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg — Luke Schenn
Haydn Fleury — Colin Miller
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Ville Heinola, David Gustafsson, Rasmus Kupari, Logan Stanley
Injured: Neal Pionk (lower body)
Status report:
Pionk is week to week; the defenseman, who had been trying to play through his injury, had not missed a game this season and played 16:18 in a 2-1 win against the New York Rangers on Tuesday. … Schenn will move up to partner with Samberg, and Miller will come into the lineup on the third pair. … Ehlers said he will play after missing practice the past two days with an undisclosed injury.
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