Blues at Stars preview

BLUES (18-20-4) at STARS (23-18-4)
9 p.m. ET; FS-SW, FS-MW, NHL.TV

Dallas is 5-2-1 in its past eight games, including a 3-1 win at Enterprise Center on Tuesday when Stars center Tyler Seguin scored twice. Seguin has six goals and five assists during a seven-game point streak.
Rookie goalie Jordan Binnington, who made 28 saves for the Blues in a 4-1 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday, will make back-to-back starts for the first time in the NHL. Binnington is 2-0-0 with a 1.60 goals-against average, a .937 save percentage and one shutout in four games (two starts).
The Blues are 3-4-0 in their past seven games after going 5-2-0 in their previous seven. St. Louis will play without forward Robert Thomas, who left the win against Montreal during the first period with an upper-body injury.

Players to watch

Blues forward Ryan O'Reilly has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in his past eight games, including two assists against Montreal.
Stars goalie Ben Bishop, who grew up in St. Louis, made 26 saves in the win against the Blues. He is 5-2-1 in his past eight starts with a 2.14 GAA and a .929 save percentage.

They said it

"He's got a lot of confidence. His aggressiveness is big. He comes out and challenges." -- Blues coach Craig Berube on goalie Jordan Binnington
"We played 40 minutes of pretty good hockey. We need to close out a little better, but we got the job done." -- Stars forward Jamie Benn on the win at St. Louis, when Dallas was outshot 12-2 during the scoreless third period

Blues projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz -- Brayden Schenn -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Zach Sanford -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron
Pat Maroon -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Robby Fabbri
Mackenzie MacEachern
-- Ivan Barbashev --
Sammy Blais
Joel Edmundson -- Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester -- Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn -- Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched:None
Injured:Tyler Bozak (upper body), Alexander Steen (shoulder), Robert Thomas (upper body), Carl Gunnarsson (illness)

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Mattias Janmark -- Jason Spezza --
Erik Condra
Blake Comeau -- Radek Faksa -- Tyler Pitlick
Devin Shore --
Roope Hintz
-- Valeri Nichushkin
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Miro Heiskanen -- Roman Polak
Julius Honka -- Taylor Fedun
Ben Bishop
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Connor Carrick, Brett Ritchie
Injured:Stephen Johns (upper body), Marc Methot (lower body), Jason Dickinson (upper body), Martin Hanzal (back)

Status report

Gunnarsson will be a game-time decision. Steen, who will miss his third straight game, skated Saturday morning and could return later during the four-game road trip. … Dickinson, who hasn't played since Dec. 22, could return Thursday against the Los Angeles Kings.

Stat pack

O'Reilly won 22 of 28 faceoffs Thursday and is fourth in the NHL with 563 faceoff wins. … Radulov has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in his past five games. ... Janmark will play his 200th NHL game.