Two teams looking to pull themselves out of losing skids will face at the Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday night as Lindy Ruff's Dallas Stars (21-23-10) are on the road to take on Guy Boucher's Ottawa Senators (27-18-6). Game time is 6:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Southwest Plus.

Winless their last three games, the Stars enter this game coming off a 3-1 loss to Ottawa Senators that dropped Ruff's team two games below .500 on the season. The Stars are seven points out in the chase for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Ottawa has been shut out in two straight games, including a 6-0 shellacking at the hands of the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.

Kari Lehtonen is expected to get the start in goal for the Stars, opposing Ottawa's Mike Condon. Ottawa will start seven defensemen. Per Star's Inside Edge, the expected starting lineups for the respective teams are:

STARS

Jamie Benn - Cody Eakin - Patrick Eaves
Jiri Hudler - Tyler Seguin - Brett Ritchie
Devin Shore - Radek Faksa - Patrick Sharp
Antoine Roussel - Adam Cracknell - Curtis McKenzie

Esa Lindell - John Klingberg
Dan Hamhuis - Jordie Benn
Patrik Nemeth - Stephen Johns

Kari Lehtonen
[Antti Niemi]

Scratches: Julius Honka (healthy), Curtis McKenzie (healthy), Jamie Oleksiak (hand), Jason Spezza (upper body), Johnny Oduya (ankle), Ales Hemsky (IR, hip), Mattias Janmark (IR, knee).

Senators

Zack Smith - Derick Brassard - Mark Stone
Ryan Dzingel - Kyle Turris - Bobby Ryan
Mike Hoffman - Jean-Gabriel Pageau - Tom Pyatt
Tommy Wingels - Chris Kelly -- [mix-and-match]

Marc Methot - Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf - Cody Ceci
Mark Borowiecki - Chris Wideman/Fredrik Claesson

Mike Condon
[Andrew Hammond]

Scratches: Chris Neil (healthy), Curtis Lazar (healthy), Craig Anderson (family-related leave), Clarke MacArthur (concussion).

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