Canucks at Stars preview

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Ben Bishop is expected to start in goal for Dallas, which has outscored opponents 19-8 during the streak.
Canucks rookie forward Brock Boeser will play despite a hand injury that kept him out of a 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday. Vancouver, which has lost four straight games, has five wins in their past 17 games (5-11-1).

Players to watch

Canucks defenseman Michael Del Zotto scored in a 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday and has 17 points (four goals, 13 assists) this season.
Stars left wing Jamie Benn had three assists in a 4-3 shootout win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.

They said it

"For me, I've got to look myself in the mirror. I've got to come up with some timely saves. Today I didn't. You've got to start with the goaltending. The past couple games, I haven't been good enough. I'm not good enough, and we've got a lot of guys on our team who are aren't playing good enough to be in this league. It's embarrassing." -- Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom after the loss to the Hurricanes
"I think the confidence comes from our competitiveness. I think we're competing at a high level, so every night we give ourselves a chance to win. These are two hungry hockey clubs that we just beat." -- Stars coach Ken Hitchcock on their current winning streak

Canucks projected lineup

Sven Baertschi -- Bo Horvat -- Brock Boeser
Daniel Sedin -- Henrik Sedin -- Jake Virtanen
Loui Eriksson-- Brandon Sutter -- Thomas Vanek
Reid Boucher -- Darren Archibald -- Nic Dowd
Alexander Edler -- Troy Stecher
Michael Del Zotto -- Derrick Pouliot
Ben Hutton -- Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Markstrom
Anders Nilsson
Scratched:Nikolay Goldobin, Alex Biega
Injured: Markus Granlund (ankle), Sam Gagner (ankle), Brendan Gaunce (foot), Chris Tanev (undisclosed)

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Mattias Janmark -- Jason Spezza -- Devin Shore
Antoine Roussel -- Radek Faksa -- Tyler Pitlick
Remi Elie -- Jason Dickinson -- Brett Ritchie
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Dan Hamhuis -- Greg Pateryn
Dillon Heatherington -- Stephen Johns
Ben Bishop
Kari Lehtonen
Scratched: Gemel Smith
Injured: Marc Methot (knee), Julius Honka (upper body), Martin Hanzal (lower body)

Status report

Honka and Hanzal took part in practice on Friday and could be available. ... The Canucks could use 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the second straight game.

Stat pack

The Stars have points in 14 straight games against the Canucks (13-0-1) dating to April 18. 2013. ... Radulov has 21 points (seven goals, 14 assists) in his past 15 games. ... Klingberg has 20 points (three goals, 17 assists) in his past 17 games. ... Seguin has eight points (five goals, two assists) during a five-game goal streak. ... Bishop is 10-5-1 with a 1.93 goals-against average and two shutouts in his previous 16 starts.