Stars at Sabres preview

STARS (26-17-4) at SABRES (11-25-9)1 p.m. ET; MSG-B, FS-SW, NHL.TV

Benn has seven points (two goals, five assists) during his point streak, and has 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) in the past 13 games. The Stars are 2-0-1 on their road trip and coming off a 2-1 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets in which Benn had an assist on a goal by Alexander Radulov.
Kari Lehtonen will start for Dallas. He's 6-5-1 this season with a .910 save percentage.
The Sabres recalled forward Nicholas Baptiste from Rochester of the American Hockey League on Friday. Coach Phil Housley said some players are "banged up" and he could play. Kyle Okposo had a maintenance day Friday and didn't practice, but Housley said he would be "OK" for Saturday.
Robin Lehner will start. He has not had a win since Dec. 29.

Players to watch

Stars defenseman John Klingberg had his eight-game point streak end against the Blue Jackets on Thursday, but has 16 points (two goals, 14 assists) over his past 13 games
Sabres center Jack Eichel has eight points (three goals, five assists) during a four-game point streak and has 19 points (10 goals, nine assists) in the past 13 games.

They said it

"This is our last home game here in a little while so hopefully we can show up to play, and show up to play early, and kind of build off the effort that we brought the last game. Not the result, but the effort that we brought. I think if we bring that on a nightly basis we'll win more games for sure." -- Sabres right wing Jason Pominville
"I think for us, it's more how we play the game. We've played, for me, in every one of these games we've played 40 minutes of really good hockey… So whatever the score is, it is, but look we're not going to win every hockey game but we have to push ourselves to play 60 minutes and that's a big key for me [on Saturday]." -- Stars coach Ken Hitchcock on trying to finish their road trip 3-0-1.

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Mattias Janmark -- Jason Spezza -- Devin Shore
Antoine Roussel -- Radek Faksa -- Tyler Pitlick
Remi Elie -- Martin Hanzal -- Brett Ritchie
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Dan Hamhuis -- Greg Pateryn
Dillon Heatherington -- Stephen Johns
Kari Lehtonen
Ben Bishop
Scratched:Julius Honka, Gemel Smith
Injured: Marc Methot (knee)

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Sabres projected lineup

Benoit Pouliot -- Jack Eichel -- Kyle Okposo
Evander Kane -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Jason Pominville
Zemgus Girgensons -- Evan Rodrigues -- Sam Reinhart
Scott Wilson -- Johan Larsson -- Jordan Nolan
Marco Scandella -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Jake McCabe -- Justin Falk
Josh Gorges -- Casey Nelson
Robin Lehner
Chad Johnson
Scratched:Nicholas Baptiste, Victor Antipin
Injured: Nathan Beaulieu (illness), Zach Bogosian (lower body), Jacob Josefson (lower body)

Status update

Honka left practice on Friday after he fell into the boards during a drill, but Hitchcock said he would be fine. Beaulieu did not skate on Friday and will not play against Dallas.

Stat pack

Radulov has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) during a six-game point streak. Okposo has seven points (two goals, five assists) in the past three games.