Dallas Stars vs. Montreal Canadiens: Game Time, Broadcast, Injuries
By Summer LeBel
The Dallas Stars are headed into their fourth away game of the season tonight and they still don’t have a win on the road.
At least the Dallas Stars will have Alexander Radulov back as they try to finally get some offense going away from the American Airlines Center.
While Radulov draws back into the line-up, Tyler Pitlick and Brett Ritchie will come out.
Ritchie missed the last game with an injury, but it sounds like this is a healthy scratch based on play.
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Pitlick’s scratch is more surprising, as he played well last week, but he has room to improve and hopefully this will help him with that when he comes back in.
Radulov will start the night out reunited with Tyler Seguin, but Jamie Benn will be on a different line for now, skating with Jason Spezza and Mattias Janmark instead. Justin Dowling will take Benn’s place on the Seguin line.
The Stars couldn’t get much offense going against the Red Wings, so Montgomery elected to shake things up and separate them to see if that helps. It’s a tactic that has worked occasionally in the past, but never as a long-term solution.
No matter what the lines are, this team needs to pull it together on the road, because the longer this goes on, the deeper the hole they’re in.
Tonight also marks Spezza’s 1000th game played, meaning he earns a silver stick for himself to commemorate the occasion.
Game Information
Dallas Stars (5-5-0) at Montreal Canadiens (6-2-2)
6:30 PM CT – Bell Centre – Montreal, QC
Away TV: FOX Sports Southwest (Josh Bogorad and Daryl Reaugh)
Home TV (English): TSN2 (Bryan Mudryk)
Home TV (French): RDS (Pierre House and Marc Denis)
Away Radio: Sportsradio 1310 AM and 96.7 FM The Ticket (Josh Bogorad and Daryl Reaugh)
Home Radio (English): TSN Radio 690 (Dan Robertson and Sergio Momesso)
Home Radio (French): 98.5 FM Montreal (Martin McGuire and Dany Dube)
Online Streaming: NHL.tv, Fubo.tv
Last Season vs. Montreal: 1-1-0
Dallas Stars Injury Report
Connor Carrick: Carrick is dealing with his foot injury from Sunday’s game and won’t play tonight.
Martin Hanzal: Hanzal is expected to be on IR for another month or so.
Stephen Johns: Johns is still out right now, but he’s on the road trip and getting closer to playing.
Montreal Canadiens Injury Report
Noah Juulsen: Juulsen has an upper-body injury and he’ll miss another game tonight.
Tomas Plekanec: Plekanec injured his back a few weeks ago and is out on IR indefinitely for now.
David Schlemko: Schlemko has a knee injury that’s kept him out all season, and he’ll probably be back in mid-November.
Shea Weber: Weber had surgeries on his knee and foot over the summer and has been on IR all year. The Habs won’t get their new captain back until December at the earliest.
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Tonight’s game is the fourth shot the Stars have at getting a road win, and they need to make it happen.