Jets at Stars preview

JETS (1-0-0) at STARS (1-0-0)
7 p.m. ET; FS-SW, SN360, SNW, NHL.TV

The Game

The Dallas Stars will try to match their best start in eight seasons when they host the Winnipeg Jets at American Airlines Center on Saturday.
After winning their opener 3-0 against the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday in Jim Montgomery's first game as coach, the Stars can begin a season 2-0-0 for the first time since 2010-11, when they got off to a 4-0-0 start.
Goaltender Ben Bishop will start after making 30 saves against the Coyotes for his 25th NHL shutout.
Winnipeg has a five-game winning streak against Dallas; the Jets swept their four-game regular-season series last season, outscoring the Stars 18-8.
Winnipeg is looking to begin a season 2-0-0 for the first time since 2015-16.

Players to watch

Jets forward Patrik Laine has 18 points (14 goals, four assists) in nine games against Dallas, his most against any NHL team.
Bishop is 4-3-1 with a 2.32 goals-against average and .925 save percentage in 10 games against Winnipeg.

They said it

"It doesn't matter how many goals you've scored before. So it's always a new game. That's how we're treating this one, too." -- Jets forward Patrik Laine on his success against the Stars
"We've got to take time and space away from them in the offensive zone. Catch them going east-west. Don't let them get a head of steam going." -- Stars coach Jim Montgomery on defending against the Jets

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Mathieu Perreault -- Bryan Little -- Patrik Laine
Kristian Vesalainen -- Jack Roslovic -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Andrew Copp -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Dustin Byfuglien
Joe Morrow -- Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Nic Petan , Marko Dano, Dmitry Kulikov, Tucker Poolman
Injured:None

Stars projected lineup

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

Status report

Petan remains away from the Jets indefinitely following the death of his father. … Nichushkin skated for the second consecutive day and is day to day. … Hanzal, not expected to play until late November or early December, skated Saturday.

Stat pack

Hellebuyck is 6-1-1 with a 1.86 GAA and .938 save percentage in eight games against the Stars. … Seguin has 33 points (18 goals, 15 assists) in 32 games against Winnipeg.