With two games in two nights, Carey Price gets the start in nets tonight against the Dallas Stars while Michael Ryder remains on the sidelines for a third consecutive game (good luck getting any thing of value for Ryder when the trade deadline comes around!!). Guy Carbonneau will keep the same line combinations he had for the Atlanta game.

Tonight’s lineup against the Stars:

Forwards:

Higgins/Koivu/S. Kostitsyn

Kovalev/Plekanec/A. Kostitsyn

Streit/Chipchura/Kostopoulos

Dandenault/Lapierre/Latendresse

Defense:

Komisarek/Markov

Hamrlik/O’Byrne

Bouillon/Gorges

Goaltender: Price

Press box: Brisebois (injured?), Ryder

Dallas Stars-Montreal Canadiens preview

Mattias Norstrom, who was injured in the second period at Calgary, is scheduled to get an MRI Sunday. D Mark Fistric is expected to make his NHL debut on Sunday against Montreal. – Dallas Morning News