STARS (50-25-6) at PREDATORS (29-44-8)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, Victory+
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Mikko Rantanen
Evgenii Dadonov — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Mavrik Bourque
Oscar Back — Sam Steel – Colin Blackwell
Matt Dumba — Ilya Lyubushkin
Brendan Smith — Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel — Alexander Petrovic
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Mason Marchment, Esa Lindell, Thomas Harley
Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Tyler Seguin (hip)
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Michael Bunting — Steven Stamkos — Matthew Wood
Zachary L’Heureux — Fedor Svechkov — Jonathan Marchessault
Cole Smith — Michael McCarron — Jakub Vrana
Brady Skjei — Nick Blankenburg
Jordan Oesterle — Justin Barron
Andreas Englund — Marc Del Gaizo
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Ryan Ufko
Injured: Adam Wilsby (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (lower body), Roman Josi (upper body), Colton Sissons (lower body)
Status report
Stars coach Pete DeBoer said Dallas is working through several game-time lineup decisions. … Seguin, who has been out since Dec. 1, could play, DeBoer said; the center had hip surgery Dec. 5 and was expected to need 4-6 months to recover. … Predators coach Andrew Brunette said there will be lineup decisions to be made involving their defensemen.
