Wins on the road have been tough to come by thus far but Lindy Ruff's Dallas Stars (9-9-6 overall, 3-6-4 in away games and winless in the last four) will try to reverse that trend on Thursday night as they take on Mike Sullivan's defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins (13-7-3). Game time at PPG Paints Arena (formerly Consol Energy Center) is 6:00 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Southwest Plus.

Dallas enters this game coming off a frustrating 3-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. Pittsburgh, which has slogged through a 4-5-1 stretch over its last 10 games and is playing the second half of back-to-back games, is coming off a 5-3 loss to the New York Islanders on Wednesday. Antti Niemi is expected to get the start in goal for the Stars, while Marc-Andre Fleury is expected to start for the Penguins.

Projected lineups are posted below:

STARS

Jamie Benn - Cody Eakin - Tyler Seguin
Patrick Sharp - Jason Spezza - Patrick Eaves
Antoine Roussel - Radek Faksa - Brett Ritchie
Curtis McKenzie - Devin Shore - Lauri Korpikoski

Esa Lindell - John Klingberg
Jordie Benn - Julius Honka
Dan Hamhuis - Stephen Johns

Antti Niemi
[Kari Lehtonen]

Projected healthy scratches : Jamie Oleksiak, Patrik Nemeth, Adam Cracknell.

PENGUINS

Conor Sheary - Sidney Crosby - Patric Hörnqvist
Jake Guentzel - Evgeni Malkin - Bryan Rust
Carl Hagelin - Nick Bonino - Phil Kessel
Tom Kuhnhackl - Matt Cullen - Scott Wilson

Olli Maatta - Kris Letang
Brian Dumoulin - Trevor Daley
Ian Cole - Justin Schultz

Marc-Andre Fleury
[Matt Murray]

Projected scratches: Steve Oleksy, Tom Sestito, Eric Fehr, Derrick Pouliot.

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