Player to watch vs. Stars: Joel Hofer

ST. LOUIS -- My player to watch for the St. Louis Blues against the Dallas Stars on Wednesday is goalie Joel Hofer.

Hofer was really good in his last start, a 4-1 win against the Florida Panthers, a game in which the goalie made an NHL career-high 37 saves and after getting three days off since their last game, a 7-5 come-from-behind win against the Chicago Blackhawks, interim coach Drew Bannister is going with Hofer in the first of three games in a four-game stretch.

And Hofer will get a big test against a very good Stars team that is at the top of the Central Division, a team the Blues just beat here 11 days ago, 4-3 in overtime on a Colton Parayko goal.

"It's a big test against a division rival," Hofer said. "It'll be a big test for us and a challenge I'm looking forward to."

It will be Hofer's second career start against the Stars.