Predators host the Stars after Niederreiter's 2-goal game

Dallas Stars vs. Nashville Predators

Nashville, Tennessee; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Nashville Predators host the Dallas Stars after Nino Niederreiter's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Predators' 3-2 win.

Nashville had a 45-30-7 record overall and went 16-11-3 in Central Division play last season. The Predators allowed 3.0 goals per game while scoring 3.2 last season.

Dallas went 46-30-6 overall and 14-8-4 in division play last season. The Stars scored 54 power-play goals last season on 240 total chances (2.9 chances per game).

INJURIES: Predators: None listed.

Stars: Nick Caamano: out (back), Ty Dellandrea: day to day (finger).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.