Preview: Stars aim to keep rolling at home vs. Jets

Winnipeg Jets at Dallas Stars

About the Stars

The Stars (8-6-0) extended their home winning streak to five games with a 5-1 victory over Buffalo Saturday night. Five different Dallas players scored, and Kari Lehtonen stopped 27 of 28 shots. The Stars led 4-0 after one period and 5-1 after two.
"The first few minutes we were a little behind and [the Sabres] were dictating the game. But, we then got some scoring from guys who haven't done it too much, so that was huge. That got the ball rolling, and we went from there," said Lehtonen.
C Radek Faksa (lower body) and RW Tyler Pitlick (upper body) both were injured in Saturday's game. Both are doubtful for Monday. RW Brett Ritchie, who has missed the past two games with an upper-body injury, was placed on injured reserve Sunday. C Martin Hanzal, who has missed the past three games with a lower-body injury, practiced Sunday. He is questionable for Monday.
Ben Bishop will start in goal against the Jets.
Monday's game is the second of a three-game homestand for the Stars.
Injuries:C Martin Hanzal (lower body) is questionable. C Radek Faksa (lower body) and RW Tyler Pitlick (upper body) are doubtful. RW Brett Ritchie (upper body) is out.

About the Jets

The Jets (7-3-3) are coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to Montreal on Saturday. The Jets took a 4-2 lead in the third period with a pair of power-play goals, but Montreal bounced back to tie and then won it on Max Pacioretty's power-play goal in extra playing time.
"Obviously we'd like to close that one out," Jets captain Blake Wheeler told media. "You play 82 games, it's going to happen at some point. These guys came out hard. They were a desperate team. We got a point. We'll learn some things from this one and move on."
Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck stopped 45 of 50 shots in the loss.
The Jets are 0-3 in overtime games this season.
The overtime loss snapped the Jets winning streak at three games but extended their points streak to seven games (4-0-3).
Forward Adam Lowry is probable to play Monday after missing the last nine games with an upper-body injury.
Monday's game opens a three-game road trip for Winnipeg.
Injuries:F Adam Lowry (upper body) is probable. F Mathieu Perrault (lower body) is out.

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