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Nashville Predators vs. Dallas Stars Game Thread: MIIKKA!!

Miikka Salomaki will start in his first NHL game tonight.

By Jonathan Garcia Jan 8, 2015, 6:58pm EST

Congrats to Number 67!

Projected lineups via NHL.com:

Dallas Stars

Jamie Benn - Tyler Seguin - Brett Ritchie

Erik Cole - Jason Spezza- Ales Hemsky

Antoine Roussel - Cody Eakin - Ryan Garbutt

Shawn Horcoff - Vernon Fiddler - Travis Moen

Alex Goligoski - John Klingberg

Jamie Oleksiak - Trevor Daley

David Schlemko - Jordie Benn

Anders Lindback

Scratched: Colton Sceviour, Jason Demers

Injured: Patrik Nemeth (wrist laceration), Valeri Nichushkin (hip), Patrick Eaves (lower body) Rich Peverley (heart issues)

Nashville Predators

Filip Forsberg - Mike Ribeiro - Craig Smith

Colin Wilson - Mike Fisher - Mark Arcobello

Miikka Salomaki - Calle Jarnkrok - Olli Jokinen

Gabriel Bourque - Paul Gaustad - Viktor Stalberg

Roman Josi - Shea Weber

Mattias Ekholm - Ryan Ellis

Victor Bartley - Seth Jones

Scratched: Anton Volchenkov

Injured: James Neal (lower body), Matt Cullen (upper body), Taylor Beck (illness), Eric Nystrom (unknown)