Stars at Devils preview

STARS (3-2-0) at DEVILS (3-0-0)
7 p.m. ET; MSG+, FS-SW, NHL.TV

The forward, who has scored twice in each of the Devils' first three games this season, will try to equal Cy Denneny (Ottawa Senators, 1917-18) and Patrick Marleau (San Jose Sharks, 2012-13). Palmieri's six goals through the opening three games of the season is a Devils/Colorado Rockies/Kansas City Scouts record.
New Jersey will attempt to begin a season 4-0-0 for the first time since 1995-96.
Forward Alexander Radulov has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in a five-game point streak to open the season for Dallas, which plays the second of a back-to-back after a 4-1 loss at the Ottawa Senators on Monday.

Players to watch

Stars defenseman John Klingberg has six points (four goals, two assists) in a five-game point streak to begin the season, and can set a Dallas/Minnesota North Stars record for the longest season-opening point streak at the position. Darryl Sydor had 10 points (four goals, six assists) in his first five games in 1998-99.
Devils goalie Keith Kinkaid is 3-0-0 with a a 1.34 goals-against average, .949 save percentage and one shutout.

They said it

"I didn't think we managed the game really well for being on the road [at Ottawa]. That's probably been the biggest surprise for me is our lack of knowledge on how to manage games." -- Stars coach Jim Montgomery
"[Dallas] has two of the top 10 scorers in the League in Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin, and they rank second in the League on the power play (46.7 percent). They're explosive and have good size and present a lot of challenges for us." -- Devils coach John Hynes

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Gemel Smith -- Jason Spezza -- Brett Ritchie
Devin Shore -- Radek Faksa -- Tyler Pitlick
Mattias Janmark -- Roope Hintz -- Blake Comeau
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Miro Heiskanen -- Connor Carrick
Julius Honka -- Roman Polak
Anton Khudobin
Ben Bishop
Scratched: Valeri Nichushkin, Jason Dickinson, Marc Methot
Injured: Martin Hanzal (back), Stephen Johns (head)

Devils projected lineup

Taylor Hall -- Nico Hischier -- Kyle Palmieri
Marcus Johansson -- Pavel Zacha -- Stefan Noesen
Miles Wood -- Travis Zajac -- John Quenneville
Brian Boyle -- Blake Coleman -- Jean-Sebastien Dea
Mirco Mueller -- Sami Vatanen
Andy Greene -- Damon Severson
Will Butcher -- Ben Lovejoy
Keith Kinkaid
Eddie Lack
Scratched:Steven Santini, Eric Gryba, Drew Stafford
Injured:Jesper Bratt (jaw), Cory Schneider (hip)

Status report

Khudobin could get the start after Bishop played against Ottawa. ... The Stars did not hold a morning skate Tuesday. … Bratt will resume skating on his own on Thursday, and Schneider could return next week.

Stat pack

Seguin has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in his past four games. ... Benn has eight points (four goals, four assists) in his first five games.