Golden Knights at Stars preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (11-10-4) at STARS (14-8-2)
8:30 p.m. ET; FS-SW, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

The Stars have won their past six games, the longest active winning streak in the NHL; they last won seven straight games from Jan. 29-Feb. 11, 2008.
Dallas is on an 11-game point streak (10-0-1), its longest since the 2011-12 season and is 13-1-1 in its past 15 games after starting the season 1-7-1. This is the final game of a four-game homestand; the Stars defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 in a shootout on Saturday.
The Golden Knights are 2-1-1 in their past four games after a five-game winless streak (0-4-1). They lost 4-2 to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday to finish a four-game homestand.

Players to watch

Golden Knights center Cody Eakin has four points (three goals, one assist) in his past five games.
Stars goaltender Ben Bishop is 5-0-0 with a 1.86 goals-against average and .942 save percentage in his past six starts.

They said it

"They have to find [the fire]. We'll find it. We've got to be ready to play harder, that's all. Dallas is the most competitive team I've seen this year with the way they're playing right now in the last number of games. We better have some fire tonight, or we'll have a long night if we don't." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant
"The struggle we went through hardened us quickly. It got us kind of intense and in the right mindset of playing hard and almost playoff-esque hockey where it's still early in the season and it's not always going to be that way. I think it forced us to think that way and get into that groove right away because we knew we had a tall task ahead." -- Stars center Jason Dickinson on their turnaround

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Max Pacioretty -- Cody Eakin -- Mark Stone
Alex Tuch -- Paul Stastny -- Cody Glass
William Carrier -- Tomas Nosek -- Ryan Reaves
Brayden McNabb -- Nate Schmidt
Nicolas Hague
-- Shea Theodore
Nick Holden -- Deryk Engelland
Malcolm Subban
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched:Jon Merrill
Injured: None
Suspended: Valentin Zykov

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Roope Hintz -- Tyler Seguin
Alexander Radulov --
Jason Dickinson
-- Corey Perry
Mattias Janmark -- Joe Pavelski -- Denis Gurianov
Andrew Cogliano -- Radek Faksa -- Blake Comeau
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Jamie Oleksiak -- Miro Heiskanen
Andrej Sekera -- Roman Polak
Ben Bishop
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Taylor Fedun, Joel Hanley
Injured:Justin Dowling (upper body), Stephen Johns (post-traumatic headaches)

Status report

Dowling is day-to-day after he was injured against the Blackhawks on Saturday.

Stat pack

Vegas is 5-1-0 all-time against Dallas, including 3-0-0 at American Airlines Center. … Stastny will play his 900th NHL game and is two points from 700 in the NHL. … The Stars have outscored opponents 24-12 during their six-game winning streak. … Dallas last had a 12-game point streak from Dec. 27, 2002-Jan. 22, 2003 (9-0-0 with three ties).