Stars at Panthers preview

STARS (9-8-0) at PANTHERS (5-9-2)
7:30 p.m. ET; FS-F, FS-SW+, NHL.TV

The Stars are coming off a 5-1 loss against the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday in the opener of a three-game road trip. The Hurricanes scored four third-period goals to break a 1-1 tie.

Players to watch

Stars forward Alexander Radulov's power-play goal Monday extended his point streak to eight games (5-6-11), which is tied with Ottawa Senators forward Mike Hoffman (3-8-11) and Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar (2-8-10) for the longest active streak in the League.
Forward Jonathan Huberdeau leads the Panthers with 19 points (five goals, 14 assists), the highest total in their history through the first 16 games.

They said it

"This is more the norm right now than it is an accident. This is not an accident. It's a lot easier to play at home than on the road. If we are going to get to another level, we are going to have to play a much firmer game on the road." -- coach Ken Hitchcock on the Stars' 3-6-0 road record

"The last two games we played the right way. We played the way (coach Bob Boughner) and the coaches want us to play. When we do that and we continue to do that, we'll be fine." -- Panthers defenseman Keith Yandle

Stars projected lineup

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

Panthers projected lineup

Jonathan Huberdeau -- Aleksander Barkov -- Evgenii Dadonov
Dryden Hunt -- Vincent Trocheck -- Radim Vrbata
Jamie McGinn -- Nick Bjugstad -- Colton Sceviour
Micheal Haley -- Curtis Valk -- Connor Brickley
Keith Yandle -- Aaron Ekblad
Ian McCoshen -- Mark Pysyk
Mike Matheson -- MacKenzie Weegar
Roberto Luongo
James Reimer
Scratched:Alexander Petrovic
Injured:Jared McCann (lower body), Derek MacKenzie (lower body)

Status report

Pitlick played 9:01 Monday in his return from a two-game absence because of an upper-body injury. The Stars did not have a morning skate. ... Valk, recalled Monday from Springfield of the American Hockey League, will make his NHL debut.

Stat pack

Dallas has allowed four or more goals in seven of its nine road games and five goals four times. … Florida allowed six goals in its past three games after giving up 20 the previous three.