The Stars are in Vancouver tonight for their second meeting with the Canucks this season.
Dallas enters with a 12-5-3 record through 20 games and is looking to rebound after a tough loss to the Islanders on Tuesday that ended their win streak.
This game kicks off a four-game road trip through Western Canada before the Stars continue their stretch against several West-based opponents.
Jamie Benn made his season debut on Tuesday and is inching closer to 400 career goals.
On defense, Thomas Harley remains week-to-week with a lower-body injury, and Ilya Lyubushkin is day-to-day. Kyle Capobianco and Vladislav Kolyachonok have stepped in on the blue line until the group gets healthier.
Dallas dropped the last matchup against Vancouver back on Oct. 16 at the AAC, falling 5–3.
Esa Lindell is set to play in his 705th career game tonight, giving him sole possession of 15th on the franchise’s all-time games played list. He’ll also become just the 10th skater in Stars history (since 1993–94) to reach 705 regular-season games.
Mikko Rantanen (111) and Jason Robertson (103) are both pacing for 100-point seasons. If they stay on that track, they’d become only the second pair of teammates in franchise history to hit 100 points in the same season—the last being Bobby Smith (114) and Dino Ciccarelli (106) in 1981–82 with the Minnesota North Stars.
Roope Hintz comes into tonight’s game with eight points (4-4-8) in his last five againstVancouver, and 12 points (7-5-12) in 15 career games vs. the Canucks.
