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BLACKHAWKS (27-26-8) at STARS (35-20-6)
3 p.m. ET; ESPN+, TVAS, FS-SW, NBCSCH, NHL.TV

The Stars, who are 5-1-1 in their past seven games and 7-2-2 in February, trail the St. Louis Blues by four points for the division lead.
Dallas lost 5-1 to St. Louis at American Airlines Center on Friday to end a six-game point streak.
Goalie Corey Crawford will start for the Blackhawks, who are 3-6-2 in their past 11 games. Chicago can gain ground in the Western Conference wild-card race with a win. It begins a four-game road trip on Sunday.

Players to watch

Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane has seven points (two goals, five assists) during a four-game point streak.
Stars forward Tyler Seguin has six points (three goals, three assists) in the past six games.

They said it

"It's a big road trip. Obviously, there are three really good teams and [the Florida Panthers have] been playing really well too. I feel like we've been saying it the past few road trips. It's the time of the year where you have to start winning games. There are some good teams that are fighting for position as well. You have to go in every game like life or death." -- Blackhawks forward Dylan Strome
"I think it will hopefully work in our favor in terms of getting back after it and not continuing to dissect what happened [on Friday]. I think that for us, we have to get back on the horse. It's now about responding tomorrow and getting back to our game, and that's what we've been very proud of over the recent stretch. We're a hard team to play against, play the right way, and when we do that, we usually win." -- Stars forward Andrew Cogliano

Blackhawks projected lineup
Stars projected lineup
Status report

Gustafsson, a defenseman, did not make the trip to Dallas. … Carlsson, a defenseman, was recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Saturday and will make his NHL debut.

Stat pack

Toews has 46 points (17 goals, 29 assists) in 49 games against Dallas. … Chicago is 1-for-21 on the power play in its past seven games. … Benn needs one goal for 300 in the NHL.