Stars at Canucks preview

STARS (41-31-6) at CANUCKS (33-35-10)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN360, SNP, FS-SW, NHL.TV

Dallas, which has won three in a row, is three points ahead of the Colorado Avalanche for the first wild card into the playoffs from the Western Conference, and six points ahead of the ninth-place Arizona Coyotes. The Stars are two points behind the St. Louis Blues for third in the Central Division.
Goalie Anton Khudobin starts for Dallas. Ben Bishop is day to day with a lower-body injury sustained in the second period of a 2-1 win against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday.
The Canucks, who are 1-3-0 in the past four games, were eliminated from playoff contention on Friday.

Players to watch

Stars forward Tyler Seguin has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in a six-game point streak.
Canucks forward Brock Boeser has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past 12 games.

They said it

"We got a chance to get into the playoffs tonight and that's exactly what we want to do. We've been going pretty good. We're sticking to our game plan and our style of play and keeping it pretty simple on the road and it's given us success, so we've built some confidence." -- Stars forward Jamie Benn
"I'm not going to start saying it's easy because for all I know I could be [minus]-3 tonight [but] it's really fun playing with smart players and good players. I got a couple passes that I usually wouldn't get at (the University of) Michigan." -- Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes, who had one assist in his NHL debut on Thursday

Stars projected lineup

Mattias Janmark -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Jamie Benn -- Roope Hintz -- Jason Dickinson
Andrew Cogliano -- Radek Faksa -- Blake Comeau
Valeri Nichushkin -- Jason Spezza -- Tyler Pitlick
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Miro Heiskanen -- Roman Polak
Taylor Fedun -- Ben Lovejoy
Anton Khudobin
Landon Bow
Scratched:Julius Honka, Joel L'Esperance, Jamie Oleksiak
Injured: Brett Ritchie (hand), Stephen Johns (upper body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Mats Zuccarello (arm), Justin Dowling (upper body), Ben Bishop (lower body)

Canucks projected lineup

Josh Leivo -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat -- Loui Eriksson
Sven Baertschi -- Adam Gaudette -- Ryan Spooner
Tim Schaller -- Jay Beagle -- Markus Granlund
Alexander Edler -- Alex Biega
Ben Hutton -- Troy Stecher
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Jacob Markstrom
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: Ashton Sautner, Josh Teves, Nikolay Goldobin, Derrick Pouliot
Injured: Jake Virtanen (lower body), Guillaume Brisebois (hip), Tyler Motte (upper body), Chris Tanev (ankle fracture), Antoine Roussel (knee), Brandon Sutter (lower body)

Status report

Pitlick returns after missing 30 games because of wrist surgery. … Bishop is still with the Stars but hasn't skated. … Zuccarello is practicing with the team but "at least three days" away from returning, according to coach Jim Montgomery. … Virtanen is day to day with a lower-body injury, according to coach Travis Green.

Stat pack

Radulov has 14 points (nine goals, five assists) in his past 12 games. … Horvat has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in his past 10 games, and is two goals from 100 in the NHL.