Stars at Canucks

STARS (4-4-2) at CANUCKS (4-6-1)

Stars projected lineup
Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Michael Raffl -- Radek Faksa -- Denis Gurianov
Joel Kiviranta -- Luke Glendening -- Blake Comeau
Ryan Suter -- John Klingberg
Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley -- Jani Hakanpaa
Anton Khudobin
Braden Holtby
Scratched: Tanner Kero, Andrej Sekera, Joel Hanley
Injured: None
Canucks projected lineup
J.T. Miller -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat -- Nils Hoglander
Conor Garland -- Jason Dickinson -- Vasily Podkolzin
Justin Bailey -- Juho Lammikko -- Justin Dowling
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Quinn Hughes -- Tucker Poolman
Brad Hunt -- Travis Hamonic
Thatcher Demko
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Alex Chiasson, Luke Schenn, Kyle Burroughs
Injured:Matthew Highmore (upper body), Brandon Sutter (illness), Brady Keeper (leg), Tyler Motte (upper body)
Status report
Khudobin will make consecutive starts ahead of Holtby, who was bought out by the Canucks, for the first time this season. ... The Stars held an optional skate but coach Rick Bowness said no lineup changes were planned. ... Dowling was activated after missing five games with an undisclosed injury. He replaces Chiasson, who will be a healthy scratch for the second time this season and first in eight games. ... Hunt will play his third game of the season in place of Schenn. ... forward Nic Petan was loaned to Abbotsford of the American Hockey League.