Blackhawks at Stars preview

BLACKHAWKS (28-30-9) at STARS (35-27-5)
8 p.m. ET; ESPN+, FS-SW, NBCSCH, NHL.TV

Goalie Anton Khudobin will start for the Stars, who hold the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference, one point ahead of the Minnesota Wild. They are 6-2-0 in their past eight games and have not allowed a goal in 144:20.
The Blackhawks are nine points behind the Wild for the second wild card into the playoffs from the West and are 2-4-0 in their past six games. Chicago, which defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in a shootout on Thursday, seek consecutive wins for the first time since Feb. 18 and 20.

Players to watch

Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane has 46 points (18 goals, 28 assists) in his past 25 games and points in 29 of his past 33 games.
Stars forward Alexander Radulov had his first NHL hat trick in a 4-0 win against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday, and has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past six games.
They said it
"It's up to him to give us a chance to win, and I think he will."-- Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton on Corey Crawford, who has a 4.23 GAA and an .865 save percentage in three starts after missing 28 games because of a concussion
"It'll be a good test tonight with a good offensive team. We have to be at the top of our game." -- Stars captain Jamie Benn

Blackhawks projected lineup

Brandon Saad -- Jonathan Toews -- Dylan Sikura
Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Strome -- Brendan Perlini
Dominik Kahun -- Artem Anisimov -- Patrick Kane
Chris Kunitz -- David Kampf -- Marcus Kruger
Duncan Keith -- Brent Seabrook
Slater Koekkoek -- Erik Gustafsson
Gustav Forsling -- Connor Murphy
Corey Crawford
Collin Delia
Scratched:John Hayden, Carl Dahlstrom
Injured: Cam Ward (right knee), Drake Caggiula (concussion)

Stars projected lineup

Roope Hintz -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Jamie Benn -- Jason Dickinson -- Blake Comeau
Mattias Janmark -- Jason Spezza -- Brett Ritchie
Andrew Cogliano -- Joel L'Esperance -- Valeri Nichushkin
Miro Heiskanen -- John Klingberg
Esa Lindell -- Roman Polak
Taylor Fedun -- Ben Lovejoy
Anton Khudobin
Ben Bishop
Scratched:Julius Honka, Jamie Oleksiak
Injured: Stephen Johns (upper body), Marc Methot (upper body), Martin Hanzal (back), Tyler Pitlick (upper body), Mats Zuccarello (arm), Radek Faksa (neck)

Status report

Faksa, who missed his first game of the season on Thursday, will be a game-time decision.

Stat pack

Perlini has three goals in his past three games after having none in his previous 12. … Dallas ranks third in goals-against per game (2.54), and Chicago is last (3.78). … Benn has six goals in his past six games after having none in his previous nine.