Mavrik Bourque (Jerome Miron-Imagn Images)The stars are out tonight.
After falling in Game 4, the Dallas Stars are looking to rebound in a big way on Monday night.
Back on their home turf, the Stars will attempt to put the Colorado Avalanche on the brink of elimination once Game 5 concludes.
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To do that, the Stars will go with (mostly) the same lineup:
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Stars Forward Lines
Granlund - Hintz - Rantanen
Marchment - Duchene - Seguin
Benn - Johnston - Dadonov
Back - Steel - Blackwell
The only substitution coming for the Stars is putting Oskar Back into the lineup and giving the healthy scratch to Mavrik Bourque.
Bourque came in for Back in Game 4, to give him the time necessary to be healthy enough to play in Game 5. Bourque filled in admirably, putting two shots on net, throwing two hits, and blocking one shot in 13:11 of ice time.
Stars Defense Pairings
Lindell - Ceci
Harley - Lyubushkin
Bichsel - Petrovic
No changes here for the Stars’ blueline. Esa Lindell and Cody Ceci have been receiving the tough defensive assignments, so expect that to continue.
Head coach Pete DeBoer confirmed that Miro Heiskanen won’t play in Game 5. He is inching closer to a return, but that return won’t be for Game 5 on Monday night.
The Stars will go back to Jake Oettinger between the pipes. There shouldn’t be any big concern about his ability to stop the puck after the bad game he had in Game 4. However, the Stars are going to have to find a way to limit high danger chances so that their goaltender has a less difficult time than last game.
Puck drop will be 8:30 PM Central time.
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