Jets at Stars preview

JETS (31-14-2) at STARS (23-21-4)
7 p.m. ET; SN360, SNW, SNP, FS-SW+, NHL.TV

The Jets, who have outscored opponents 17-7 in four straight victories, are 14-5-0 in their past 19 games. They won five in a row from Dec. 9-16.
The Stars, who try to avoid their fifth consecutive loss, have scored two goals or fewer in six of their past seven games.
Forward Jamie Benn will move off Dallas' top line and play on its second line with Radek Faksa and Blake Comeau. Mattias Janmark will move to the No. 1 line alongside Tyler Seguin and Alexander Radulov.
Each team will begin its NHL-mandated five-day break following the game.

Players to watch

Jets forward Kyle Connor has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past seven games and is one point shy of 100 in the NHL.
Stars forward Alexander Radulov has one assist in his past four games after having eight points (one goal, seven assists) in a four-game point streak.

They said it

"I think the biggest thing is we get traffic in front, creates a little bit of chaos." -- Jets center Mark Scheifele on their offensive success during their winning streak
"Jamie worked really hard last game, and putting him with two other hard workers will be able to give us that identity that we're looking for tonight." -- Stars coach Jim Montgomery on moving forward Jamie Benn off the top line

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Patrik Laine -- Bryan Little -- Jack Roslovic
Mathieu Perreault -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux -- Andrew Copp -- Mason Appleton
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Dmitry Kulikov -- Tyler Myers
Joe Morrow -- Sami Niku
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Nic Petan, Cameron Schilling
Injured: Dustin Byfuglien (lower body), Nikolaj Ehlers (upper body), Ben Chiarot (lower body)

Stars projected lineup

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

Status report

Chiarot, who will miss his third straight game, should return after the break. … With neither Nichushkin nor Pitlick ready to return, Gurianov was recalled from Texas of the American Hockey League on Friday.

Stat pack

Little has nine points (five goals, four assists) in a seven-game point streak, matching his longest in the NHL. … Laine has 14 goals in 11 games against the Stars. … The Jets are 12-for-12 on the penalty kill in their past three games. … Dallas' power play is 0-for-11 in their past four games after scoring one goal with the man advantage in in a season-best six straight games.