The Dallas Stars open their 2024-25 regular season schedule on Wednesday on the road against the Nashville Predators (7:00 p.m. CDT, ESPN+). For what it's worth, the Stars went 5-0-1 in the preseason while Nashville was 2-3-0. All time, the Stars are 23-24-8 on the road against the Predators.
Jake Oettinger is expected to get the start in goal for Dallas. With Juuse Saros dealing with a lower-body injury and considered day-to-day, the Predators recalled former Dallas/Texas Stars netminder Matt Murray on Wednesday from the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals. Veteran backup Scott Wedgewood is also available for duty for the Predators. The game will mark longtime Tampa Bay Lightning superstar Steven Stamkos' debut for Nashville.
Per Mike Heika, the Stars' practice combinations on Wednesday were as follows:
21 Jason Robertson - 24 Roope Hintz - 11 Logan Stankoven 27 Mason Marchment - 95 Matt Duchene - 91 Tyler Seguin 14 Jamie Benn - 53 Wyatt Johnston - 63 Evgenii Dadonov 18 Sam Steel - 10 Oskar Bà¤ck - 15 Colin Blackwell
4 Miro Heiskanen - 3 Matt Dumba 55 Thomas Harley - 46 Ilya Lyubushkin 23 Esa Lindell - 5 Nils Lundkvist
29 Jake Oettinger [1 Casey DeSmith]
PP1: Benn, Hintz, Robertson, Johnston, Heiskanen PP2: Marchment, Duchene, Stankoven, Seguin. Harley