Stars at Jets

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This article was published 03/12/2019 (2105 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

• Bell MTS Place, 7 p.m.
• TV: TSN3; Radio: TSN 1290

ABOUT THE STARS

— Dallas went on an 11-0-1 run before an 0-2-1 skid, punctuated by a 3-2 shootout loss to the Wild in St. Paul, Minn., on Sunday.

— Restricted free agent D Julius Honka is ineligible to play in the NHL for the rest of the season because he was not under contract as of Dec. 1. Honka, who asked for a trade prior to training camp and was a healthy scratch for the final 35 regular-season games of 2018-19, is currently playing for JyP HT Jyvaskyla the Finnish Liiga. He has three goals and six goals in 15 games.

— The Stars have notched a win in four of their last six games against the Jets.

— RW Alexander Radulov has earned points in five of his six career games (two goals, four assists) at Bell MTS Place. C Joe Pavelski has hit the scoresheet in eight of his previous 10 games (seven goals, six assists) in Winnipeg, while LW Jamie Benn has points in nine of his last 12 contests (seven goals, seven assists) against the Jets.

— The Stars have an overall record of 15-10-3 and have gone 6-6-2 on the road. Dallas’ power play is operating at 15.4 per cent efficiency (12-for-78) and its penalty killers are successful at an 83.5 per cent clip (81-for-97).

— Twenty-year-old D Miro Heiskanen is having a superb sophomore season in the NHL with six goals and 17 points in 28 games.

— Injury report: C Martin Hanzal (back) is on long-term injured reserve… D Stephen Johns (post-traumatic headaches) on IR retroactive to Oct. 1.

 

 

DALLAS STARS

30 Ben Bishop G

35 Anton Khudobin G

 

2 Jamie Oleksiak D

3 John Klingberg D

4 Miro Heiskanen D

5 Andrej Sekera D

10 Corey Perry RW

11 Andrew Cogliano C

12 Radek Faksa C

13 Mattias Janmark C

14 Jamie Benn (C) LW

15 Blake Comeau LW

16 Joe Pavelski C

18 Jason Dickinson C

23 Esa Lindell D

24 Roope Hintz LW

34 Denis Gurianov RW

37 Justin Dowling C

42 Taylor Fedun D

45 Roman Polak D

47 Alexander Radulov RW

91 Tyler Seguin C

 

Head coach: Jim Montgomery

Assistant coaches: Rick Bowness, Todd Nelson, John Stevens

Goalie coach: Jeff Reese

 

WINNIPEG JETS

30 Laurent Brossoit G

37 Connor Hellebuyck G

 

2 Anthony Bitetto D

3 Tucker Poolman D

4 Neal Pionk D

5 Luca Sbisa D

9 Andrew Copp LW

17 Adam Lowry C

19 David Gustafsson C

23 Carl Dahlstrom D

26 Blake Wheeler (C) C

27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW

28 Jack Roslovic RW

29 Patrik Laine RW

38 Logan Shaw RW

44 Josh Morrissey D

46 Joona Luoto LW

55 Mark Scheifele (A) C

81 Kyle Connor LW

85 Mathieu Perreault LW

 

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Associate coach: Jamie Kompon

Assistant coaches: Charlie Huddy, Todd Woodcroft

Goalie coach: Wade Flaherty

 

(Lineups subject to change)