STARS (28-13-9) at BLUE JACKETS (22-20-7)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, Victory+
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Mavrik Bourque
Sam Steel -- Matt Duchene -- Wyatt Johnston
Oskar Back -- Justin Hryckowian -- Jamie Benn
Colin Blackwell -- Radek Faksa -- Nathan Bastian
Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley -- Nils Lundkvist
Ilya Lyubushkin -- Alexander Petrovic
Casey DeSmith
Jake Oettinger
Scratched: Adam Erne, Kyle Capobianco
Injured: Tyler Seguin (ACL), Lian Bichsel (lower body), Mikko Rantanen (illness)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Mason Marchment -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner -- Sean Monahan -- Kent Johnson
Cole Sillinger -- Charlie Coyle -- Mathieu Olivier
Dimitri Voronkov -- Isac Lundestrom -- Danton Heinen
Zach Werenski -- Damon Severson
Ivan Provorov -- Erik Gudbranson
Jake Christiansen -- Egor Zamula
Jet Greaves
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Brendan Gaunce, Zach Aston-Reese
Injured: Brendan Smith (knee surgery), Miles Wood (lower body), Denton Mateychuk (upper body), Dante Fabbro (lower body)
Status report
The Stars will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 6-2 win against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. ... Rantanen did not travel and will miss a second straight game but could be available against the St. Louis Blues on Friday, Dallas coach Glen Gulutzan said. ... Lundestrom will return after missing 13 games with a lower-body injury. ... Marchment is back in the lineup after missing eight games with an upper-body injury. ... Forwards Gaunce and Aston-Reese will come out. … Mateychuk, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Jan. 11 after Marchment was activated Thursday. ... Greaves makes his first start in four games; Merzlikins started the previous three but left after the first period of a 4-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday because of an illness.
