Dallas Stars at New York Rangers: Game Info, Broadcast, Injuries

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 11: Jamie Benn #14 of the Dallas Stars skates against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on December 11, 2017 in New York City. The Dallas Stars won 2-1 in a shootout. (Photo by Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 11: Jamie Benn #14 of the Dallas Stars skates against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on December 11, 2017 in New York City. The Dallas Stars won 2-1 in a shootout. (Photo by Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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After playing one of their best games of the year, the Dallas Stars are looking to grab another win in New York as they take on the Rangers tonight.

The Dallas Stars are sitting at a 4-4-1 road record right now, which is a major improvement from how they started the season.

Since starting out 0-3-0 on the road, the Stars have gone 4-1-1 and really put the worst of their road woes behind them for now.

The Stars have also gone 2-1-1 since losing John Klingberg, including an overtime loss to the Central-leading Predators. That’s probably better than many fans were expecting when Klingberg went down, but they’ve got a tough week coming up to keep staying at least above .500.

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With Klingberg, Marc Methot, Connor Carrick, and Stephen Johns missing, the Stars have had to call up quite a few young defensemen to have seven on the roster.

During yesterday’s game, Jim Montgomery decided to use all seven of them, scratching Brett Ritchie for the extra spot in the line-up.

Ritchie hasn’t had a very good season so far, so it’s interesting to see Montgomery choose seven defensemen over having him in the line-up.

Clearly, the choice worked out well since the Stars won in spectacular fashion.

When Montgomery chooses to go back to six guys on defense, Julius Honka will probably be the odd one out. He had the lowest ice time on Sunday and has made some costly mistakes in recent games.

Game Information

Dallas Stars (11-7-2) at New York Rangers (10-8-2)
6:00 PM CT – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
Away TV: FOX Sports Southwest Plus (Josh Bogorad and Daryl Reaugh)
Home TV: MSG Network (Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti)
Away Radio: Sportsradio 1310 AM and 96.7 FM The Ticket (Josh Bogorad and Daryl Reaugh)
Home Radio: ESPN New York 98.7 FM (Kelly Albert and Dave Maloney)
Online Streaming: NHL.tv, Fubo.tv
Last Season vs. New York: 2-0-0

Dallas Stars Injury Report

Connor Carrick: Carrick probably won’t be back until December as he recovers from his injury.

Martin Hanzal: Hanzal is still looking like he’ll be returning in December.

Stephen Johns: Johns has no update recently, but things don’t seem to be getting better reliably.

John Klingberg: Klingberg’s longer timeline still has him about a month from returning.

Marc Methot: Methot should hopefully be back soon.

Devin Shore: Shore is scheduled to be back potentially later this week when the Stars get home from the trip.

New York Rangers Injury Report

Pavel Buchnevich: Buchnevich is on IR for another month or so after suffering a broken thumb.

Adam McQuaid: McQuaid has been on IR for almost a month with no return date set.

Mats Zuccarello: Zuccarello could potentially be back tonight after dealing with an upper-body injury.

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