Ehlers was injured in the first period of a 4-0 loss at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday on a hit by Penguins forward Sidney Crosby and will be out at least one month with an upper-body injury. The Jets, 3-4-0 in their past seven games after a five-game winning streak, have scored one goal or fewer in five of those games. Forward Jamie Benn is expected to return after missing one game because of an upper-body injury. The Stars have won two straight and are 6-2-1 in their past nine games. They have scored two goals or fewer in seven of those nine.
Players to watch
Stars forward Tyler Seguin has four goals in his past two games and six points (four goals, two assists) in a four-game point streak. He is one assist shy of 300 in the NHL. Jets forward Mark Scheifele has no points in his past four games after having 17 (six goals, 11 assists) in his previous eight.
They said it
"They're just a really talented team that plays hard and plays well. They got a top-end goalie, their d-core is really solid and a couple forward lines that can really score and a couple forward lines that are hard. It's a good hockey team." -- Stars coach Jim Montgomery on the Jets "Everybody is going through it, every team is going to lose key guys. We may look a little bit different because of it … you'd like to think you're capable of [managing it]." -- Jets coach Paul Maurice on Ehlers' injury
Lindell and Nichushkin each will play his 200th NHL game. … Connor moves to Ehlers' spot on Winnipeg's top line. Roslovic moves from third-line center to second-line right wing. Laine moves from right wing on the second line to left wing.
Stat pack
Radulov has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past four games. ... Bishop is 4-1-1 with a 2.01 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage in his past six starts. ... Wheeler has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past six games and 25 points (three goals, 22 assists) in his past 19. … Laine has one goal in his past seven games.
