Stars at Blue Jackets projected lineups

STARS (28-13-9) at BLUE JACKETS (22-20-7)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, Victory+

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Mavrik Bourque

Sam Steel — Matt Duchene — Wyatt Johnston

Oskar Back — Justin Hryckowian — Jamie Benn

Colin Blackwell — Radek Faksa — Nathan Bastian

Esa Lindell — Miro Heiskanen

Thomas Harley — Nils Lundkvist

Ilya Lyubushkin — Alexander Petrovic

Casey DeSmith

Jake Oettinger

Scratched: Adam Erne, Kyle Capobianco

Injured: Tyler Seguin (ACL), Lian Bichsel (lower body), Mikko Rantanen (illness)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Mason Marchment — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko

Boone Jenner — Sean Monahan — Kent Johnson

Cole Sillinger — Charlie Coyle — Mathieu Olivier

Dimitri Voronkov — Isac Lundestrom — Danton Heinen

Zach Werenski — Damon Severson

Ivan Provorov — Erik Gudbranson

Jake Christiansen — Egor Zamula

Jet Greaves

Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: Brendan Gaunce, Zach Aston-Reese

Injured: Brendan Smith (knee surgery), Miles Wood (lower body), Denton Mateychuk (upper body), Dante Fabbro (lower body)

Status report

The Stars will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 6-2 win against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. … Rantanen did not travel and will miss a second straight game but could be available against the St. Louis Blues on Friday, Dallas coach Glen Gulutzan said. … Lundestrom will return after missing 13 games with a lower-body injury. … Marchment is back in the lineup after missing eight games with an upper-body injury. … Forwards Gaunce and Aston-Reese will come out. … Mateychuk, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Jan. 11 after Marchment was activated Thursday. … Greaves makes his first start in four games; Merzlikins started the previous three but left after the first period of a 4-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday because of an illness.