Stars at Flames preview
Dallas forward Perry to play 1,000th NHL game; Calgary 4-1-1 in past six
by Aaron Vickers / NHL.com Independent Correspondent
STARS (8-8-2) at FLAMES (10-7-3)
9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SN1, FS-SW, NHL.TV
The Game
Corey Perry will play his 1,000th game in the NHL when the Dallas Stars face the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Wednesday.
Perry, the No. 28 pick in the 2003 NHL Draft, will become the 340th NHL player to reach the milestone. He has 780 points (374 goals, 406 assists) with the Stars and Anaheim Ducks, where he played the first 988 games of his NHL career.
Dallas is 4-0-1 in its past five games and 7-1-1 in its past nine after starting the season 1-7-1.
Calgary is 4-1-1 in its past six games and 6-1-2 at home.
Players to watch
Stars forward Radek Faksa has four points (three goals, one assist) in a three-game point streak.
Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk has nine points (six goals, three assists) in his past six games.
They said it
"It is crazy. I was told young in my career to take it all in, it's going to go quick. I didn't believe it but 15 years later, a thousand games later, it's gone by quick. There's still a lot of hockey left in me and I'm still looking forward to that, but one day I'll sit back and remember this day." -- Stars forward Corey Perry
"I think we're starting to play a more complete game the last little while. We're going to need another one like that tonight. It starts from the drop of the puck. I think sometimes our starts aren't our best. I think if we start the game on the right foot it carries over for us." -- Flames goalie Cam Talbot
Stars projected lineup
Alexander Radulov -- Jason Dickinson -- Corey Perry
Jamie Benn -- Justin Dowling -- Tyler Seguin
Nick Caamano -- Joe Pavelski -- Denis Gurianov
Andrew Cogliano -- Radek Faksa -- Blake Comeau
Esa Lindell -- Andrej Sekera
Jamie Oleksiak -- Miro Heiskanen
Joel Hanley -- Taylor Fedun
Ben Bishop
Anton Khudobin
Scratched: None
Injured: Roope Hintz (lower body), Mattias Janmark (lower body), John Klingberg (lower body), Roman Polak (upper body), Stephen Johns (post traumatic headaches), Martin Hanzal (back)
Flames projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Andrew Mangiapane -- Mikael Backlund -- Matthew Tkachuk
Sam Bennett -- Derek Ryan -- Michael Frolik
Milan Lucic -- Mark Jankowski -- Tobias Rieder
Mark Giordano -- Travis Hamonic
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
TJ Brodie -- Michael Stone
Cam Talbot
David Rittich
Scratched: Alan Quine, Brandon Davidson
Injured: Austin Czarnik (lower body)
Status report
The Flames held an optional morning skate. …The Stars recalled Caamano from Texas of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. …Frolik will play after being a healthy scratch the past two games. … Talbot will make his fifth start of the season.
Stat pack
Benn hasn't scored in 13 games and is without a point in each of the past four. … Lindholm has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past 10 games.