Scouting the Stars

The Kings and Dallas Stars face off for the second time in six days and for the second of their six meetings this season. This time, the Kings will get a look at No. 1 goalie Kari Lehtonen, who, along with Jonathan Quick, ranks among the NHL’s top five goalies in wins, goals-against average and save percentage so far this season. For the latest on the Stars, check out this morning’s update from The Dallas Morning News, followed by the expected lineups for the Kings and Stars…

Morning skate: Wandell in; Petersen, Barch out

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KINGS LINEUP
Gagne-Kopitar-Williams
Parse-Richards-Brown
Penner-Stoll-Richardson
Clifford-Lewis-Moreau

Mitchell-Voynov
Scuderi-Johnson
Martinez-Greene

Quick
Bernier

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STARS LINEUP
Brenden Morrow-Mike Ribeiro-Michael Ryder
Steve Ott-Jamie Benn-Loui Eriksson
Eric Nystrom-Vernon Fiddler-Radek Dvorak
Tom Wandell-Jake Dowell-Adam Burish

Alex Goligoski-Adam Pardy
Sheldon Souray-Stephane Robidas
Nicklas Grossman-Trevor Daley

Kari Lehtonen
Andrew Raycroft

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