"We didn't do Jamie any favors by flipping him over to the [right] side," Hitchcock said. "We just decided we'll keep going lefty-righty. There is so much speed in the league that to play the right side you've either got to have quick feet or a quick stick. So, we'll keep him on the left side and keep putting him in there. We've liked a lot of his game, and he had two mental mistakes that can impact any player. We just think to do our whole team a favor and to do him a favor we need to keep him on the side that is natural rather than flip him back and forth."
As for Honka, he'll be playing for the fifth time in the past six games. He was scratched Thursday, but it had nothing to do with play.
"He's not a big guy, so if he starts to wear down we pull him out," Hitchcock said. "We don't ever pull him out based on play. The next time we'll have to think about that and whether he just has to fight through that stuff."
No changes expected on the forward lines. Hitchcock will go with the same lines he switched to early in Thursday's game. That includes Mattias Janmark centering the second line with Jason Spezza playing the right wing.
"We've got to get Spezza ahead of the play. He's too far under the play right now," Hitchcock said. "He's at his best when he can hang onto the puck in the offensive zone, when he can break ahead of the play. His anticipation on 50-50 pucks is excellent. When you are playing center in our system, you've got to come from a low holding pattern all the time. That's tough. This will allow him to have extended offensive zone time."
Ben Bishop will make his sixth straight start in goal for the Stars. He is 4-1-0 with a 1.93 goals against average and .929 save percentage.
