PREVIEW 6:30 AM CDT

In the third match of a five-game homestand, the Dallas Stars (15-14-3) will play the second of two successive games against the Minnesota Wild (20-10-2) in a rematch of Monday's game at the American Airlines Center. Tonight's game starts at 7:30 p.m. CDT and will be televised locally on Fox Sports Southwest.

This is the third and final meeting between the teams. On Jan. 20, the Stars received a strong NHL debut from goaltender Cristopher Nilstorp but were unable to get him any goal support, going down to a 1-0 defeat. On Monday, the Stars led early and the game was tied 4-4 in the third period but the Wild pulled away to win, 7-4.

Minnesota has been the hottest team in the Western Conference of late. They are riding a seven-game winning streak heading into tonight and have racked up 20 of a possible 22 points in their last 10 games.

On the Stars injury front, Ryan Garbutt (hand, IR) remains out of the lineup. For the Wild, Mike Rupp (lower body) is doubtful while backup goalie Josh Harding (illness) is out.


PROJECTED LINEUPS (subject to change)


STARS

24 Eric Nystrom - 14 Jamie Benn - 68 Jaromir Jagr
21 Loui Eriksson -11 Derek Roy - 13 Ray Whitney
72 Erik Cole - 20 Cody Eakin - 18 Reilly Smith
60 Antoine Roussel - 38 Vernon Fiddler - 81 Tomas Vincour

4 Brenden Dillon - 3 Stephane Robidas
33 Alex Goligoski - 6 Trevor Daley
27 Aaron Rome - 36 Philip Larsen

32 Kari Lehtonen
[31 Richard Bachman]


WILD (per Dailyfaceoff.com)

11 Zach Parise - 9 Mikko Koivu - 63 Charlie Coyle
96 Pierre-Marc Bouchard - 7 Matt Cullen - 10 Devin Setoguchi
15 Dany Heatley - 21 Kyle Brodziak - 22 Cal Clutterbuck
18 Jake Dowell - 28 Zenon Konopka - 17 Torrey Mitchell

20 Ryan Suter - 25 Jonas Brodin
44 Justin Falk - 77 Tom Gilbert
4 Clayton Stoner - 46 Jared Spurgeon

31 Matt Hackett
[35 Darcy Kuemper]

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