Benn, Radulov in lineup as Stars face Panthers in Oklahoma

The Dallas Stars held an optional skate this morning in Frisco as they prepared to take on the Florida Panthers tonight at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
This will be the third preseason game for the Stars, who are 2-0-0 so far after a 5-3 win over St. Louis on Tuesday in Dallas and a 3-1 victory in Minnesota on Thursday.

Radek Faksa will center the top line tonight with Jamie Benn and Alexander Radulov on his wings and Jason Spezza will center the second line with Gemel Smith and Brett Ritchie. The third line will have Devin Shore in the middle with Remi Elie and Erik Condra. Justin Dowling will center the fourth line with Denis Gurianov and Michael Mersch.
Julius Honka and Gavin Bayreuther, who both are getting a third straight game, will be one of the defense pairs. Stars coach Jim Montgomery said Bayreuther was the team's best player overall in the Minnesota game on Thursday.
"He was really good," Montgomery said. "He's earning everything he is getting right now. He's going to get a long look if he keeps playing like he did in game two."

The other defense pairs are Joel Hanley-Roman Polak and John Nyberg-Reece Scarlett.
Colton Point and Landon Bow will split the game in goal.
"Both have played really well in their outings so far, and both have been really good throughout camp and practice," Montgomery said. "I think both of them are going to be our guys in Texas (AHL) because our two guys up top have been great."
Center Tyler Seguin, who has missed the past couple of days due to maintenance, was back on the ice Saturday morning. Seguin, who is not playing tonight in Tulsa, skated with both the game group and non-game group.
The Panthers are expected to roll out a young lineup for tonight's game, which will be their fourth of the preseason. The Panthers are 1-2-0 in their first three games.
Tonight's game will be the first NHL preseason game in Tulsa since 1978 when the St. Louis Blues took on the Atlanta Flames. This will be the first NHL preseason game at the BOK Center.

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Tonight's game

Who:Florida Panthers at Dallas Stars
Where:BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla.
When:7 p.m.
Local TV/Radio:None

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn - Radek Faksa - Alexander Radulov
Gemel Smith - Jason Spezza - Brett Ritchie
Remi Elie - Devin Shore - Erik Condra
Denis Gurianov - Justin Dowling - Michael Mersch
Gavin Bayreuther - Julius Honka
Joel Hanley - Roman Polak
John Nyberg - Reece Scarlett
Colton Point
Landon Bow
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Mark Stepneski has covered the Stars for DallasStars.com since 2012. Follow him on Twitter @StarsInsideEdge.