The Dallas Stars play their first game of the season on the road against the Nashville Predators.
The regular season is finally here for the Dallas Stars, who kick off their season on a one game road trip in Nashville before coming back to Dallas for their home opener on Saturday.
Dallas went 5-0-1 in the preseason and the Predators went 2-3-0. Nashville had one of their preseason games against Tampa Bay canceled due to weather.
The Stars have recorded points in 13 of their last 15 appearances at Bridgestone Arena, including four consecutive wins.
Nashville spent a lot of money this offseason trying to change the theme of barely squeaking into the playoffs scenario they've found themselves in the last several years. They added several players including Steven Stamkos from Tampa, Brady Skjei from Carolina, Jonathan Marchessault from Vegas and of course Scott Wedgewood from Dallas.
What to watch for:
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Projected lines:
Robertson-Hintz-Stankoven
Marchment-Duchene-Seguin
Benn-Johnston-Dadonov
Steel-Back-Blackwell
Heiskanen-Dumba
Lindell-Lundkvist
Harley-Lyubushkin
Oettinger
DeSmith
Mavrik Bourque is out with an injury that he sustained at the beginning of the preseason. Borque has been unable to play since leaving mid-game in one of the first exhibition contests. Brendan Smith will be the healthy scratch as the seventh defenseman. The defensive pairings are still a work in progress, but after trying several different combinations during the preseason, this seems to be the six that head coach Pete DeBoer feels will give Dallas the most depth for the start of the regular season.
Puck drop is at 7 p.m. CDT and can be seen exclusively on ESPN+ and Hulu.
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