Jets at Stars

JETS (19-17-7) at STARS (24-18-2)

Jets projected lineup
Paul Stastny -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Andrew Copp -- Cole Perfetti
Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Adam Lowry -- Kristian Reichel
Jansen Harkins -- Dominic Toninato -- Evgeny Svechnikov
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Brenden Dillon -- Nate Schmidt
Ville Heinola -- Neal Pionk
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Johnathan Kovacevic , Austin Poganski, Logan Stanley, Kristian Vesalainen
Injured: Nikolaj Ehlers (knee), David Gustafsson (lower body), CJ Suess (upper body), Dylan Samberg (upper body), Nathan Beaulieu (lower body)
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Denis Gurianov
Joel Kiviranta -- Jacob Peterson -- Alexander Radulov
Michael Raffl -- Luke Glendening -- Tanner Kero
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Ryan Suter -- Miro Heiskanen
Joel Hanley -- Jani Hakanpaa
Jake Oettinger
Braden Holtby
Scratched: Andrej Sekera
Injured: Radek Faksa (lower body)
Status report
Pionk, Dubois, and Poganski, a forward, each was removed from COVID-19 protocol Thursday. ... The Jets assigned defenseman
Declan Chisolm
to Manitoba of the American Hockey League on Thursday. ... Gustafsson was a regular participant in practice Thursday but the forward is expected to miss his 13th straight game. ... Beaulieu participated in Winnipeg's morning skate Friday in a non-contact jersey, but the defenseman is expected to miss his fourth straight game. ... Faksa will not play after the center left in the third period of a 4-3 win against the Nashville Predators on Wednesday. ... Pavelski is expected to play after taking a maintenance day and not practicing Thursday.