Gameday: Dallas Stars at Winnipeg Jets

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❯❯ About the STARs

Dallas is coming off a pair of one-goal victories against Pacific Division teams, thanks to the heroics of RW Alexander Radulov. On Monday, he made good on his second two-on-one break of overtime, firing a wrist shot past Vancouver G Jacob Markstrom to lift his squad to a 2-1 triumph. Three nights earlier, he scored the winner in the final frame as Dallas edged the Calgary Flames 2-1.

It’s business as usual for the Stars, who once again have been getting good offensive production from the combination of LW Jamie Benn (7G, 7A) and C Tyler Seguin (7G, 5A). Talented D John Klingberg (3G, 8A) and Radulov (4G, 6A) are also having splendid starts to the season.

G Ben Bishop is having an up-and-down campaign with the Stars after he was acquired from the L.A. Kings in May. The star puck-stopper is 6-2-0, but has also been pulled in two starts. He has a goals-against average of 2.51 and a .920 save percentage.

Special-teams play is proving to be a great source of strength. The Stars own the NHL’s best power play (30.8 per cent success rate) and the second-best penalty kill (90.5 per cent efficiency). Last season, Dallas finished 20th on the PP (17.9) and had the worst PK (73.9) in the league.

Winnipeg Jets 1.0 forward Stu Barnes is back as an assistant coach with Dallas after joining head bench boss Ken Hitchcock’s staff over the summer. Barnes, 46, serves in the same role he previously held with the team for three seasons (2008-11). Barnes spent 16 seasons as a player in the NHL, including parts of three with the Jets, who drafted him in the first round (fourth overall) in 1989.

DALLAS STARs

30 Ben Bishop G

32 Kari Lehtonen G

2 Dan Hamhuis D

3 John Klingberg D

5 Jamie Oleksiak D

10 Martin Hanzal C

12 Radek Faksa C

13 Mattias Janmark C

14 Jamie Benn LW

17 Devin Shore C

18 Tyler Pitlick RW

21 Antoine Roussel LW

23 Esa Lindell D

25 Brett Ritchie RW

28 Stephen Johns D

29 Greg Pateryn D

33 Marc Methot D

40 Remi Elie LW

46 Gemel Smith C

47 Alexander Radulov RW

90 Jason Spezza C

91 Tyler Seguin C

Head coach: Ken Hitchcock

Assistant coaches: Rick Wilson, Stu Barnes, Curt Fraser

Goalie coach: Jeff Reese

WINNIPEG JETs

35 Steve Mason G

37 Connor Hellebuyck G

3 Tucker Poolman D

5 Dmitry Kulikov D

7 Ben Chiarot D

8 Jacob Trouba D

9 Andrew Copp C

13 Brandon Tanev LW

15 Matt Hendricks C

16 Shawn Matthias LW

17 Adam Lowry C

18 Bryan Little C

26 Blake Wheeler RW

27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW

29 Patrik Laine RW

33 Dustin Byfuglien D

39 Toby Enstrom D

40 Joel Armia RW

44 Josh Morrissey D

48 Brendan Lemieux LW

55 Mark Scheifele C

56 Marko Dano LW

57 Tyler Myers D

81 Kyle Connor LW

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistant coaches: Charlie Huddy, Jamie Kompon, Todd WoodcroftGoalie coach: Wade Flaherty

— Jason Bell