Stars at Jets preview

STARS (38-31-6) at JETS (45-26-4)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, FS-SW, NHL.TV

The Stars, who lead the Colorado Avalanche by one point, have lost two straight and are 1-3-1 in their past five games after winning six of their previous seven (6-1-0). Ben Bishop, who is 6-1-0 with a 0.78 goals-against average, .973 save percentage and three shutouts in his past seven games, will start in goal.
Winnipeg clinched a berth into the playoffs with a 5-0 win against the Nashville Predators on Saturday and leads them by four points for first place in the Central Division. Nashville plays the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Monday.
Connor Hellebuyck, who is 4-0-0 with a 1.32 goals-against average, .960 save percentage and two shutouts in his past five games (four starts) will be in goal for Winnipeg, which is 5-1-0 in its past six games.

Players to watch

Stars forward Tyler Seguin has six points (two goals, four assists) during a three-game point streak and 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in his past nine games.
Jets forward Kyle Connor has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past four games and was named NHL First Star of the Week on Monday.

They said it

"Urgent. You feel the urgency. I don't know if there's a comfort level right now. I don't feel comfortable but I don't think we feel panicked." -- Stars forward Tyler Seguin
"It's always nice to get some recognition but it's all business from here on out. We're pretty focused as a group, and me personally. It's task-at-hand for me."-- Jets forward Kyle Connor on being named NHL First Star of the Week on Monday

Stars projected lineup

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

Jets projected lineup

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Kevin Hayes -- Patrik Laine
Brandon Tanev -- Adam Lowry -- Bryan Little
Mathieu Perreault -- Andrew Copp -- Matt Hendricks
Nathan Beaulieu -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Sami Niku
Dmitry Kulikov -- Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Par Lindholm, Bogdan Kiselevich, Jack Roslovic, Joe Morrow
Injured: Dustin Byfuglien (lower body), Josh Morrissey (upper body), Laurent Brossoit (lower body)

Status report

Spezza will be scratched for a second straight game and third in his past four. … Byfuglien took the morning skate in a non-contact jersey and is expected to practice Wednesday. He last played Feb. 14.

Stat pack

Radulov has 15 points (nine goals, six assists) in his past 14 games. ... Benn has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past four games. … Laine has no goals in his past 12 games, four in his past 30 and six in his past 43. … Wheeler has no points in his past three games after 20 points (eight goals, 12 assists) in his previous 13 games.