Ducks at Stars preview

DUCKS (6-4-0) at STARS (3-7-1)
8:30 p.m. ET; FS-SW, PRIME, NHL.TV

Perry signed a one-year contract with Dallas on July 1. He had 776 points (372 goals, 404 assists) in 988 games for Anaheim and won the Stanley Cup in 2007.
The Ducks have lost two straight after starting 6-2-0.
The Stars have won two in a row after a five-game losing streak (0-4-1) and six consecutive games against the Ducks on home ice.

Players to watch

Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past four games.
Stars wing Jamie Benn has three assists in a three-game point streak.

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They said it

"It's going to be non-stop adversity always. The rubber hits the road here when they drop the puck tonight, and it will be interesting to see who has the discipline to get right back into their game and that high compete level." -- Ducks coach Dallas Eakins
"I'm sure they know what I'm all about. You have dinner [Wednesday], get that out of the way, see everybody, and say hi to the trainers and staff at the rink. But once the puck drops, it's game on." -- Stars forward Corey Perry on facing his former team

Ducks projected lineup

Max Comtois -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Ondrej Kase
Rickard Rakell -- Adam Henrique -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Sam Steel -- Troy Terry
Max Jones -- Derek Grant -- Carter Rowney
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Brendan Guhle -- Cam Fowler
Jacob Larsson -- Korbinian Holzer
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched: Devin Shore, Nicolas Deslauriers, Michael Del Zotto
Injured:None

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Roope Hintz -- Corey Perry
Jason Dickinson -- Tyler Seguin -- Joe Pavelski
Mattias Janmark -- Radek Faksa -- Alexander Radulov
Andrew Cogliano -- Justin Dowling -- Denis Gurianov
Miro Heiskanen -- John Klingberg
Esa Lindell -- Andrej Sekera
Jamie Oleksiak -- Taylor Fedun
Ben Bishop
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Joel Hanley
Injured: Blake Comeau (lower body), Roman Polak (upper body), Stephen Johns (post traumatic headaches), Martin Hanzal (back)

Status report

Guhle returns after missing six games with a lower-body injury. … Cogliano will play against the Ducks for the first time since he was traded to the Stars for Shore on Jan. 14.

Stat pack

The Ducks are 1-for-25 on the power play. … Getzlaf has 54 points (14 goals, 40 assists) in 61 games against the Stars, sixth among active NHL players. … Bishop is 8-2-2 with a 1.70 goals-against average and .937 save percentage in 12 games against Anaheim.