With new head coach Jim Montgomery at the helm, the Dallas Stars (0-0-0) begin the 2018-19 regular season on Thursday night against the visiting Arizona Coyotes (0-0-0) at the American Airlines Center in Big D. Game time is 7:30 p.m. CDT. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Southwest.

Last season, the Stars went a perfect 3-0-0 in their season series with the Coyotes. Overall, Dallas brings a 10-game winning streak at the AAC against the Coyotes into this opening-night tilt.

The Coyotes are already dealing with some key injuries. Alex Galchenyuk and Jakob Chychrun will start the season on injured reserve. Likewise, Christian Dvorak and Josh Archibald are on season-opening IR. In the meantime, 2018 first-round pick Barrett Hayton earned a spot on the Coyotes' opening-night roster but is expected to be a healthy scratch in head coach Rick Tocchet's lineup in Dallas.

PROJECTED STARS LINES

14 Jamie Benn – 91 Tyler Seguin – 47 Alexander Radulov
13 Mattias Janmark – 90 Jason Spezza – 15 Blake Comeau
17 Devin Shore – 12 Radek Faksa – 18 Tyler Pitlick
16 Jason Dickinson – 24 Roope Hintz – 25 Brett Ritchie

23 Esa Lindell – 3 John Klingberg
33 Marc Methot – 4 Miro Heiskanen
5 Connor Carrick – 45 Roman Polak

30 Ben Bishop
[35 Anton Khudobin]

Scratches: 6 Julius Honka (healthy), 46 Gemel Smith (healthy), 43 Valeri Nichushkin (day-to-day), Stephen Johns (IR), Martin Hanzal (IR).


PROJECTED COYOTES LINES

11 Brendan Perlini -21 Derek Stepan - 36 Christian Fischer
14 Richard Panik - 9 Clayton Keller- 13 Vinnie Hinostroza
67 Lawson Crouse - 20 Dylan Strome - 12 Laurent Dauphin
40 Michael Grabner - 15 Brad Richardson - 25 Nick Cousins

23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson - 55 Jason Demers
33 Alex Goligoski - 4 Niklas Hjalmarsson
44 Kevin Connauton - 46 Ilya Lyubushkin

32 Antti Raanta
[35 Darcy Kuemper]

Scratches: 22 Barrett Hayton (healthy), 29 Mario Kempe (healthy), 82 Jordan Oesterle (healthy), 6 Jakob Chychrun (IR, ACL), 18 Christian Dvorak (IR), 17 Alex Galchenyuk (IR), 45 Josh Archibald (IR).

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