Kings at Stars preview

KINGS (26-18-5) at STARS (28-18-4)
8:30 p.m. ET; FS-SW, FS-W, NHL.TV

Goaltender Ben Bishop will start for Dallas, 4-1-1 in its past six games and 10-4-1 in its past 15. Stars defenseman Dan Hamhuis will become the 318th player in NHL history to skate in 1,000 games.
Backup Darcy Kuemper will start for the Kings; No. 1 goaltender Jonathan Quick will miss the game with a lower-body injury. Kuemper is 6-1-3 with a 2.07 goals-against average and .934 save percentage in 13 games.
Los Angeles is 2-1-0 in its past three games after a six-game losing streak.

Players to watch

Kings forward Anze Kopitar has six points (goal, five assists) in a five-game point streak.
Stars defenseman John Klingberg has 17 points (two goals, 15 assists) in his past 12 games.

They said it

"Get yourself into it early, going to be a little rusty, that's what we practiced for yesterday, what we skated for this morning. I think it's just trying to establish your game right off the bat, and usually the other stuff will follow suit." -- Kings defenseman Alec Martinez on the first game back after the All-Star break
"It's been neat kind of over the last couple weeks reflecting on the career and so many great memories, so many great memories of people and places … it's been a lot of fun." -- Stars defenseman Dan Hamhuis on playing his 1,000th NHL game

Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Tyler Toffoli
Tanner Pearson -- Adrian Kempe -- Dustin Brown
Andy Andreoff --
Michael Amadio
-- Jonny Brodzinski
Kyle Clifford -- Torrey Mitchell -- Trevor Lewis
Kevin Gravel -- Drew Doughty
Alec Martinez -- Christian Folin
Jake Muzzin -- Paul LaDue
Darcy Kuemper
Jack Campbell
Scratched:Marian Gaborik](https://www.nhl.com/player/marian-gaborik-8468483?season=20172018)
Injured:Jeff Carter (lower body), Derek Forbort (upper body), Jonathan Quick (lower body), Nicholas Shore (lower body)

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Gemel Smith
-- Jason Spezza -- Brett Ritchie
Devin Shore -- Radek Faksa -- Tyler Pitlick
Remi Elie
--
Jason Dickinson
-- Mattias Janmark
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Dan Hamhuis -- Greg Pateryn
Stephen Johns -- Julius Honka
Ben Bishop
Kari Lehtonen
Scratched: Dillon Heatherington](https://www.nhl.com/player/dillon-heatherington-8477471?season=20172018)
Injured:Marc Methot (knee), Martin Hanzal (lower body), Antoine Roussel (nasal infection)

Status report

Quick took part in the morning skate and practiced Monday. He is expected to return at the Nashville Predators on Thursday. … Shore and Forborth each participated in the morning skate … Hanzal is skating on his own and could play at the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday, Stars coach Ken Hitchcock said.

Stat pack

Doughty has five assists in a three-game point streak. The Kings have scored two goals or fewer in six of their past seven games, and the Stars have held opponents to two goals or fewer in five of their past six games. … Radulov has 16 points (six goals, 10 assists) in a nine-game point streak.