Dallas Stars vs. Winnipeg Jets: Game Time, Broadcast, Lines, Injuries
By Summer LeBel
The Dallas Stars opened the season strong with a 3-0 shutout, but tonight is their first Central Division test.
Both the Dallas Stars and the Winnipeg Jets are undefeated going into tonight’s game.
Last season, the Jets made it to the conference finals, and they look ready to make a deep run again this season. They didn’t make any major changes in the offseason, but they didn’t need to.
The Stars may not be able to get ahead of them in the standings by the end of the year, but if they want a chance, they need every point against them that they can get.
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If the Stars hope to make the playoffs this year, it’s crucial to not just take every opportunity to get points, but to also make sure every one of their Central Division opponents leaves Dallas without a point.
When the Stars played Thursday, there were quite a few games that went to overtime. The Stars won in regulation then, and they’re best off if they can make that happen again tonight because the “loser point” can have a major impact on the standings.
The Stars are going to be keeping the same line-up for tonight, which is understandable after how they played on opening night. There’s no reason to change something that’s working for now.
It’s also going to be the latest iteration of the long-running game between Tyler Seguin and Mark Scheifele to see who can be the last off the ice.
Game Information
Winnipeg Jets (1-0-0) at Dallas Stars (1-0-0)
6:00 PM CT – American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX
Home TV: FOX Sports Southwest (Josh Bogorad and Daryl Reaugh)
Away TV: Sportsnet 360 (John Bartlett and Greg Millen)
Home Radio: Sportsradio 1310 AM and 96.7 FM The Ticket (Josh Bogorad and Daryl Reaugh)
Away Radio: TSN1290 (Dennis Beyak, Paul Edmonds, and Brian Munz)
Online Streaming: NHL.tv, Fubo.tv
Last Season vs. Winnipeg: 0-4-0
Projected Dallas Stars Line-Up
Jamie Benn – Tyler Seguin – Alexander Radulov
Mattias Janmark – Jason Spezza – Blake Comeau
Devin Shore – Radek Faksa – Tyler Pitlick
Jason Dickinson – Roope Hintz – Brett Ritchie
Esa Lindell – John Klingberg
Marc Methot – Miro Heiskanen
Connor Carrick – Roman Polak
Ben Bishop
Scratches: Julius Honka, Valeri Nichushkin, Gemel Smith
Projected Winnipeg Jets Line-Up
Kyle Connor – Mark Scheifele – Blake Wheeler
Mathieu Perreault – Bryan Little – Patrik Laine
Andrew Copp – Adam Lowry – Brandon Tanev
Kristian Vesalainen – Jack Roslovic – Nikolaj Ehlers
Josh Morrissey – Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot – Dustin Byfuglien
Joe Morrow – Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratches: Marko Dano, Dmitry Kulikov, Brendan Lemieux
Dallas Stars Injury Report
Martin Hanzal: Hanzal is still on injured reserve, where he will stay until probably early December.
Stephen Johns: Johns is suffering from post-traumatic headaches and is out indefinitely on IR, though he can be activated at any time.
Valeri Nichushkin: Nichushkin will miss a second game, but he’s skating with the team and could be back for the next game.
Winnipeg Jets Injury Report
The Jets don’t have any missing injured players at this point.
While Patrik Laine missed skate yesterday and Bryan Little missed skate this morning, both are expected in the line-up tonight. Nic Petan is also still missing on bereavement leave.
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While the Stars started the season strong against the Coyotes, they’ve got a much tougher match-up ahead of them tonight. They’ll need to be sure they’re ready to go and make a strong statement to start divisional play.