Scouting the Stars

This is the third of six meetings this season between the Kings and Dallas Stars, with the Kings having won the first two (one in Dallas, one in Los Angeles). The Stars, one of the NHL’s hottest teams through early November, recently went through a five-game losing streak but got back on track with a 4-1 home victory over Edmonton on Monday. The Stars had scored a total of four goals in their previous five games. The Stars will be without Brenden Morrow, who has an upper-body injury. For the latest on the Stars, check out today’s report from The Dallas Morning News, followed by the expected lineups for the Kings and the Stars…

Morning skate: Brenden Morrow out with upper body injury

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KINGS LINEUP
Gagne-Kopitar-Williams
Loktionov-Richards-Brown
Clifford-Stoll-Hunter
Moreau-Fraser-Westgarth

Scuderi-Doughty
Mitchell-Johnson
Voynov-Greene

Quick
Bernier

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STARS LINEUP
Loui Eriksson-Jamie Benn-Michael Ryder
Steve Ott-Mike Ribeiro-Tomas Vincour
Eric Nystrom-Vernon Fiddler-Radek Dvorak
Jake Dowell-Tom Wandell-Toby Petersen

Sheldon Souray-Stephane Robidas
Nicklas Grossman-Trevor Daley
Mark Fistric-Philip Larsen

Kari Lehtonen
Andrew Raycroft