Kane has 43 points (17 goals, 26 assists) during his streak, which is the longest in the NHL this season. Chicago is 3-3-0 in its past six games following a seven-game winning streak and is four points behind the Colorado Avalanche for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. Dallas, which is playing the second game of a back-to-back following a 3-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, is 1-4-0 in its past five games and is tied with Colorado in points but holds the first wild card into the playoffs from the West, one point ahead of the Minnesota Wild. The Stars acquired forward Mats Zuccarello from the New York Rangers for a conditional second-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft and a conditional third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft on Saturday. They also picked up defenseman Ben Lovejoy from the New Jersey Devils for defenseman Connor Carrick and a third-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft on Saturday. Both Zuccarello and Lovejoy will play against the Blackhawks.
Players to watch
Stars forward Tyler Seguin has 12 points (eight goals, four assists) in his past 10 games. Blackhawks forward Alex DeBrincat has eight points (five goals, three assists) during a four-game point streak and 24 points (11 goals, 13 assists) in his past 14 games.
They said it
"The way [Kane is] playing is remarkable. I don't think anybody's playing as good as him in the League right now, and I don't know if anybody's as important to their team as [Kane] is to us." -- Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook "That I didn't have them prepared to play with passion and emotion, I have no explanation for our effort and our lack of execution and that's where I look inwardly, and I don't have an answer for you. But that's all I know is there was no passion and emotion in our team tonight." -- Stars coach Jim Montgomery on his team's loss to the Hurricanes
Seabrook (abdominal strain) is likely to return after missing three games in a row. … Kruger is questionable. … Defenseman Henri Jokiharju was reassigned to Rockford of the American Hockey League on Saturday.
Stat pack
Kane is one goal shy of becoming the third player in Blackhawks history to score at least 40 goals in a season at age 30 or older (Bobby Hull, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1971-72; Jim Pappin, 1972-73). … Toews has seven points (three goals, four assists) in a five-game point streak. …The Stars have been shut out in three of their past five games.
