STARS (40-20-7) at CANADIENS (30-30-6)
TV: 7:30 p.m. ET; RDS, SNE, FS-SW, NHL.TV
Season series: The Dallas Stars defeated the Montreal Canadiens 6-2 at American Airlines Center on Dec. 19. Left wing Jamie Benn had two goals and an assist, center Jason Spezza had one goal and two assists, and forward Patrick Sharp and center Tyler Seguin each had a goal and an assist for Dallas. Stars goalie Antti Niemi made 21 saves. Forwards Paul Byron and Daniel Carr scored for Montreal.
Stars team scope: Defenseman John Klingberg is not expected to play after missing his first game of the season in a 2-1 win at the Ottawa Senators on Sunday. Klingberg did not travel to Ottawa because of a lower-body injury. "We're missing (Klingberg) back there, and he's our stud, so we know it's going to be a little different game when he's not there," Spezza told the Dallas Morning News on Sunday. Dallas won its second straight game, but coach Lindy Ruff was not impressed with the Stars' execution against Ottawa. "I wasn't happy with our puck movement," Ruff said. "It might have been our worst puck-movement game for missing passes and not making plays in the three years I have coached here." Forward Patrick Eaves will likely return to the lineup Tuesday after missing the past seven games recovering from pneumonia.
Canadiens team scope: Right wing Brendan Gallagher, who did not practice Monday after sustaining a lower-body injury during the first period of a 4-2 loss at the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday, will not play. Forwards Alex Galchenyuk and Lars Eller also did not practice and are questionable; Galchenyuk sustained a lower-body injury Saturday. Canadiens coach Michel Therrien said Eller has been playing with an upper-body injury for a while. "You can't judge the lines (Monday) because we gave a therapy day to Lars and (Galchenyuk)," Therrien said. "So we hope that they're going to be able to play (Tuesday) but we had to juggle the lines for (Monday) morning." Goalie Carey Price, forward David Desharnais and defenseman Nathan Beaulieu skated before practice Monday.
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