"We think there is chemistry on the Hintz line, and Denis looks like he's ready to jump off the page," Montgomery said. "We haven't seen great chemistry with Seggy yet, so it's an opportunity for him (Gurianov) to develop chemistry. Faksy and Rads played well two games ago, and Dowling and Cogliano, we'd like to see what Pavelski can do with them."
The Stars on the season rank last in scoring at 2.08 goals per game. They rank 30th in shots on goal per game at 28.0. And they rank 28th in power play success at 8.8 percent. Seguin has six points in 12 games (two goals, four assists), Benn has five points (one goal, four assists), Radulov has four points (one goal, three assists) and Pavelski has three points (two goals, one assist).
Last game, Montgomery didn't include Radulov in a 5-on-3 power play and reduced his time on ice to 12:23.
"Like our team, we all need to be better, he needs to be better," Montgomery said. "He's just one of us."
Coaches have talked to Radulov about a two-minute shift he had on the power play against Ottawa and also are concerned with the fact he has taken six minor penalties. Anaheim got its only goal on a Radulov penalty Thursday and Radulov led the team in minor penalties last season with 27.
"We've had video meetings and talked about the two-minute shift the previous game on the power play," Montgomery said. "He's a very proud individual and we all know how talented a hockey player and how much he's going to help us, but you just can't go off the team page."
That could be one of the reasons for the possible line shuffling Saturday.