Kraken at Stars

KRAKEN (10-20-4) at STARS (17-13-2)

Kraken projected lineup
Marcus Johansson -- Jared McCann -- Jordan Eberle
Calle Jarnkrok -- Yanni Gourde -- Colin Blackwell
Mason Appleton -- Alex Wennberg - Ryan Donato
Max McCormick
-- Riley Sheahan -- Joonas Donskoi
Mark Giordano -- Jamie Oleksiak
Carson Soucy -- Adam Larsson
Vince Dunn -- Jeremy Lauzon
Philipp Grubauer
Chris Driedger
Scratched: Will Borgen, Haydn Fleury
Injured: Jaden Schwartz (hand), Morgan Geekie (upper body)
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Tanner Kero -- Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin
Michael Raffl -- Radek Faksa -- Luke Glendening
Joel Kiviranta -- Jacob Peterson -- Rhett Gardner
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Ryan Suter -- Miro Heiskanen
Andrej Sekera -- Jani Hakanpaa
Jake Oettinger
Anton Khudobin
Scratched: Joel Hanley
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Denis Gurianov, Braden Holtby, Alexander Radulov
Status report
Kero is expected to return after missing the past four games. He sustained a broken nose and concussion Dec. 18. ... Radulov, a forward, entered NHL COVID-19 protocol Wednesday. Gurianov, a forward, and Holtby, a goalie, were placed in protocol Tuesday. ... Khudobin and Gardner were recalled from Texas of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.