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St. Louis Blues Look for Third Straight Win Over Dallas Stars

By Patrick Karraker

May 3, 2016; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Blues right wing Ryan Reaves (75) fights with Dallas Stars left wing Curtis McKenzie (11) during the third period in game three of the second round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scottrade Center. The St. Louis Blues defeat the Dallas Stars 6-1. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
May 3, 2016; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Blues right wing Ryan Reaves (75) fights with Dallas Stars left wing Curtis McKenzie (11) during the third period in game three of the second round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scottrade Center. The St. Louis Blues defeat the Dallas Stars 6-1. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 22, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Stars center Colton Sceviour (22) skates away after Minnesota Wild scores a goal in game five of the first round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the American Airlines Center. The Wild defeat the Stars 5-4. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 22, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Stars center Colton Sceviour (22) skates away after Minnesota Wild scores a goal in game five of the first round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the American Airlines Center. The Wild defeat the Stars 5-4. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

Stars Lineup

We’ll see if Lindy Ruff has any more tricks up his sleeve on Thursday; it wouldn’t be a surprise for the coach who decided to play forward Curtis McKenzie, a participant in three NHL games this season, rather than Val Nichushkin, and who has consistently switched back and forth between goalies Antii Niemi and Kari Lehtonen. After his team gave up six goals on Tuesday, it would almost be surprising if he didn’t make some changes to his defensive corps. Jordie Benn (64 regular season games played, one playoff game this season), Patrick Nemeth (38 regular season games), or Jamie Oleksiak (19 regular season games) could be candidates for insertion if Ruff really wants to shake things up on the blueline.

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Here’s a guess at what Dallas’s lineup might look like on Thursday:

Jamie Benn–Cody Eakin–Patrick Sharp

Mattias Janmark–Jason Spezza–Colton Sceviour

Antoine Roussel–Radek Faksa–Ales Hemsky

Curtis McKenzie–Vernon Fiddler–Travis Moen

Alex Goligoski–John Klingberg

Johnny Oduya–Stephen Johns

Kris Russell–Jason Demers

Kari Lehtonen

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