Stars at Predators preview

STARS (18-16-3) at PREDATORS (22-13-2)
8 p.m. ET; FS-SW, FS-TN, NHL.TV

Subban has missed 19 games with an upper-body injury. Arvidsson has missed 21 games with a broken thumb. Each participated in the morning skate and took part in power-play drills.
The Predators are 0-3-1 in their past four games, which is their longest losing streak of the season. They have not lost five consecutive games since they went 0-4-1 from Jan. 5-14, 2016.
The Stars are 2-6-0 in their past eight games and have scored two goals or fewer in four consecutive games.

Players to watch

Dallas forward Tyler Seguin has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past six games.
Nashville forward Ryan Johansen has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past four games.

They said it

"Just that we weren't good enough this morning in order to get prepared for tonight and that we'd better get mentally locked in and that break is over. It concerns me a lot. I believe you practice the way you play, even though it's a morning skate." -- Stars coach Jim Montgomery on what he told his team after practice Thursday
"It's always hard. You want to be out there and contribute with your abilities and stuff like that. For sure it's been hard, but I've tried to just stay positive and tried to be with the guys and have a smile on my face." -- Predators forward Viktor Arvidsson

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Valeri Nichushkin -- Jason Spezza -- Denis Gurianov
Blake Comeau -- Radek Faksa -- Tyler Pitlick
Mattias Janmark -- Devin Shore -- Brett Ritchie
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Miro Heiskanen -- Roman Polak
Gavin Bayreuther -- Taylor Fedun
Anton Khudobin
Ben Bishop
Scratched:Julius Honka
Injured: Stephen Johns (upper body), Connor Carrick (lower body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (upper body), Jason Dickinson (upper body)

Predators projected lineup

Calle Jarnkrok -- Ryan Johansen -- Viktor Arvidsson
Kevin Fiala -- Kyle Turris -- Craig Smith
Miikka Salomaki -- Nick Bonino -- Austin Watson
Ryan Hartman -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Rocco Grimaldi
Mattias Ekholm -- P.K. Subban
Roman Josi -- Ryan Ellis
Dan Hamhuis -- Matt Irwin
Pekka Rinne
Juuse Saros
Scratched:Zac Rinaldo, Anthony Bitetto
Injured:Colton Sissons (lower body), Filip Forsberg (upper body), Yannick Weber (undisclosed)

Status report

Khudobin will start against the Predators because Bishop didn't return from the break until Thursday because of a weather issue. … Weber was placed on injured reserve Thursday.

Stat pack

Radulov has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past five games. … Josi has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past four games.