Dallas Stars vs. Ottawa Senators: Game Time, Broadcast, Lines, Injuries
By Summer LeBel
After a four-game homestand to start the season, the Dallas Stars are finally taking things on the road.
The Dallas Stars will play tonight in Ottawa and then tomorrow night in New Jersey before coming back home for another three games.
Seven out of nine at home is certainly a nice way to start the season, and the Stars have done well with the home ice advantage, starting out 3-1-0.
Last season, the team went 1-3-0 to start, so this is a much better start for them.
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Coming into the season, Ottawa was a bit of a mess. They lost their captain and had the whole Hoffman fiasco happen, in addition to their usual issues with owner Eugene Melnyk. There was also the looming reality that they traded away their first-round pick in 2020 and that it may end up being a high pick because they were looking like they might be terrible.
So far, they haven’t been as bad as they could’ve been, going a mediocre 2-2-1, which includes a win over the Leafs. It should definitely be a winnable game for the Stars, but probably not the pushover that teams may have expected after the departure of Erik Karlsson.
As the two road games are back-to-back, expect Ben Bishop in goal tonight and Anton Khudobin to get the start tomorrow. The scratched players will also probably draw into the line-up tomorrow, though that will depend on how everyone plays tonight.
Game Information
Dallas Stars (3-1-0) at Ottawa Senators (2-2-1)
6:30 PM CT – Canadian Tire Center – Ottawa, ON
Away TV: FOX Sports Southwest (Josh Bogorad and Daryl Reaugh)
Home TV (English): TSN5 (Gord Miller and Chris Cuthbert)
Home TV (French): RDS2 (Michel Y. Lacroix and Norman Flynn)
Away Radio: Sportsradio 1310 AM and 96.7 FM The Ticket (Josh Bogorad and Daryl Reaugh)
Home Radio (English): TSN 1200 (Dean Brown and Gord Wilson)
Home Radio (French): 94.5 Unique FM (Nicolas St. Pierre and Alain Sanscartier)
Online Streaming: NHL.tv, Fubo.tv
Last Season vs. Ottawa: 0-0-2
Projected Dallas Stars Line-Up
Jamie Benn – Tyler Seguin – Blake Comeau
Valeri Nichushkin – Jason Spezza – Alexander Radulov
Mattias Janmark – Radek Faksa – Tyler Pitlick
Devin Shore – Jason Dickinson – Brett Ritchie
Esa Lindell – John Klingberg
Marc Methot – Julius Honka
Miro Heiskanen – Connor Carrick
Scratches: Roope Hintz, Roman Polak, Gemel Smith
Dallas Stars Injury Report
Martin Hanzal: Hanzal is still on IR after his back surgery and isn’t skating yet.
Stephen Johns: Johns is out indefinitely after suffering post-traumatic headaches, but he has started skating again.
Ottawa Senators Injury Report
Cody Ceci: Ceci is out indefinitely after being placed on IR on Friday with an upper-body injury.
Ryan Dzingel: Dzingel was placed on IR at the same time as Ceci, and is also out indefinitely but with a lower-body injury.
Alex Formenton: Formeton suffered a concussion in the game against the Bruins last Wednesday and he was also place on IR last Friday.
Marian Gaborik: Gaborik is on IR indefinitely with a back injury.
Max McCormick: McCormick is the Sens’ fifth and last player to be on IR without a timetable for his return, and he has a lower-body injury.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau: Pageau is on IR due to an injury to his Achilles, but he actually has a return timetable. He should be back sometime between January and March.
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Tonight and tomorrow will be a good test for the Stars as they start road play with a back-to-back.