Getting to know the Stars<\/p>\n
Sam Steel – Wyatt Johnston – Mikko Rantanen<\/p>\n
Jason Robertson – Roope Hintz – Jamie Benn<\/p>\n
Justin Hryckowian – Arttu Hyry – Tyler Seguin<\/p>\n
Oskar Back – Radek Faksa – Colin Blackwell<\/p>\n
Esa Lindell \/ Miro Heiskanen<\/p>\n
Thomas Harley \/ Nils Lundkvist<\/p>\n
Lian Bichsel \/ Tyler Myers<\/p>\n
Goalies: Jake Oettinger and Casey DeSmith<\/p>\n
Potential scratches: Kyle Capobianco, Joel Kiviranta<\/p>\n
Injured Reserve: Matt Duchene<\/p>\n
Joel Kiviranta is sitting out the Stars\u2019 two-game road trip with a lower-body injury<\/a>. The Stars called up Colin Blackwell from the AHL to slot in on the fourth line in his absence.Jake Oettinger started the Stars\u2019 season opener, during which he allowed two goals on 22 shots in the shutout loss. He\u2019s been perfect since then after stopping 39 consecutive shots against the Sharks and Sabres. The Stars have two days off after tonight\u2019s matchup before a back-to-back against the Colorado Avalanche, so Oettinger could potentially get a third straight start tonight. Projected lines (based on Friday\u2019s lineup)<\/p>\n Rickard Rakell – Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust<\/p>\n Egor Chinakhov – Tommy Novak – Evgeni Malkin<\/p>\n Hendrix Lapierre – Ben Kindel – Ville Koivunen<\/p>\n Connor Dewar – Blake Lizotte – Nick Robertson<\/p>\n Declan Carlile \/ Erik Karlsson<\/p>\n Sam Girard \/ Kaeden Korczak<\/p>\n Trevor van Riemsdyk \/ Kris Letang<\/p>\n Goalies: Arturs Silovs (Sergei Murashov started last night)<\/p>\n Potential Scratches: Ilya Solovyov, Spencer Stastney, Elmer Soderblom<\/p>\n IR: Ryan Graves, Justin Brazeau<\/p>\n Non-Roster: Andrei Kuzmenko<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-09-at-3.27.12-PM.png\"\/)
<\/a>Stars first-line winger Mikko Rantanen is heating up. He scored a highlight-reel goal against the Sharks before recording the first four-point night (1-3\u20144) of his regular-season Stars career in his team\u2019s Thursday night win over the Sabres.The Stars\u2019 power play, which had struggled through the first three games of the season, broke through Thursday when Rantanen, Wyatt Johnston and Roope Hintz finished off a passing play against the Sabres.Another aspect that started clicking for the Stars recently is the addition of Sam Steel, a player Stars coach Glen Gulutzan has described<\/a> as a \u201cutility knife,\u201d to the top line. He scored his first goal of the season Thursday against the Sabres.The Penguins defense could be tested tonight with limiting some of their quickest opponents yet. Rantanen said after the Stars\u2019 Thursday win he felt the key to his team\u2019s recent victory streak was better skating.\u201cWe had our legs again, I think that\u2019s the key,\u201d Rantanen said, per NHL.com\u2019s Heather Engel<\/a>. \u201cPlaying well, you need to skate well, and I think the last two games we\u2019ve been playing really fast.\u201d<\/p>\n