Blue Jackets at Stars preview

BLUE JACKETS (9-6-2) at STARS (9-6-2)
8:30 p.m. ET; FS-SW, FS-O, NHL.TV

Radulov has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in seven games. He will be reunited with left wing Jamie Benn and center Tyler Seguin on the first line.
The Stars are 1-1-2 in their past four games, including a 4-1 loss at Columbus on Nov. 6. That was the second of back-to-back games at the end of a season-long six-game road trip.
The Blue Jackets have points in four of their past five games (3-1-1). They lost 5-4 in a shootout against the New York Rangers on Saturday.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky moves from fourth-line center to third-line left wing. He has four points (one goal, three assists) in seven games.
Seguin has three points (two goals, one assist) in his past three games after going 12 games without a goal. He leads the NHL with 78 shots on goal.

They said it

"I feel comfortable over there. We'll see if we can mix things up and finish a couple of chances that we've had lately." -- Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky on being moved from center to left wing
"He plays the game with such great passion that it rubs off on everybody, and I think it brings life to our bench and to our fans." -- Stars coach Jim Montgomery on Alexander Radulov

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno -- Boone Jenner -- Josh Anderson
Brandon Dubinsky -- Alex Wennberg -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Markus Hannikainen -- Riley Nash -- Anthony Duclair
Ryan Murray -- Seth Jones
Zach Werenski -- Scott Harrington
Markus Nutivaara -- David Savard
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Adam Clendening, Dean Kukan, Lukas Sedlak
Injured:None

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Devin Shore -- Jason Spezza -- Valeri Nichushkin
Blake Comeau -- Radek Faksa -- Tyler Pitlick
Mattias Janmark -- Jason Dickinson -- Gemel Smith
Esa Lindell -- Julius Honka
Miro Heiskanen -- Roman Polak
Joel Hanley -- Ben Gleason
Anton Khudobin
Ben Bishop
Scratched:N one
Injured:Brett Ritchie (upper body), Marc Methot (lower body), Connor Carrick (foot), Stephen Johns (upper body), Martin Hanzal (back)

Status report

Dubois will play his 100th NHL game. … Ritchie will be a game-time decision and would replace Smith. Polak returns after missing one game because of illness. Khudobin will make his fourth start in seven games.

Stat pack

Bobrovsky is 2-0-0 with a 1.01 goals-against average and .968 save percentage in his past two starts. The Blue Jackets are 4-for-8 on the power play in their past three games after an 0-for-20 stretch. … Spezza, who scored a goal Saturday, is one point from 900 in his NHL career.