There are no changes on defense. The Stars will role with the same six and same defense pairs that they've used in four of the last five games: Esa Lindell-Miro Heiskanen; Gavin Bayreuther-Roman Polak; Joel Hanley-Taylor Fedun.
The Stars held an optional skate this morning at the AAC and Heiskanen was told to stay off the ice because he's been logging some big minutes in games.
"It is important because sometimes you feel like everybody is going out and I've got to," Montgomery said. "[Heiskanen] is not a rookie, not for us. He's playing way too many minutes. And same with Esa, who is a guy that likes to go out and we told him that it's not an option, you're not going out. Those guys are playing so many important minutes. Said the same thing to Jamie Benn, but he didn't listen."
Anton Khudobin will get the start in goal. Montgomery opted not to give Ben Bishop a second straight start since Saturday was Bishop's first game back after missing five games with a lower-body injury.
"We're not going to take any chances right now," Montgomery said. "Bish is our No. 1. He played great in Vancouver, but the travel and coming back, we don't want to take any chances."
The Stars (14-10-3) are coming off a 2-1-1 road trip that included a 1-0 overtime loss to the Oilers on Tuesday. They play Edmonton tonight and San Jose on Friday before heading back out on another four-game road trip next week. The Stars have played 13 of their last 18 games on the road, so they are looking to make the most of this time at home.
"It feels like we've been gone a month," said forward Tyler Pitlick. "It's nice to be home and see my family. Hopefully, we can find a little comfort here at home. But we can't get too comfortable. We got to get some points. We've got to play hard and play our game. It would be nice to get some points at home."
