7:30 p.m. Thursday, American Airlines Center, Dallas
TV: FSSW Plus
Radio: KTCK/1310 AM and 96.7 FM
Records: Red Wings 17-18-6, 40 points; Stars 17-17-8, 42 pts.
About the Red Wings: Detroit won the season’s first meeting 3-1 at home when the Stars scored in the game’s first 16 seconds but got nothing after, despite five power-play opportunities. The Red Wings are in a struggle to continue their 25-year run of reaching the postseason. They have only missed the playoffs twice in the last 32 years. This season they are at the bottom of the Atlantic Division and tied for eighth in the wild-card race.