The Wings look to end their home-ice goalless streak tonight against the team that tripped them up and started their recent skid in the first place.

… The Stars have played just twice since beating the Wings on the 18th. How’s that for awesome scheduling? The Wings have played six times.

… Dallas lost their first game in between meetings with Detroit, 5-2 to Phoenix on Friday. They beat the Lightning 4-3 in overtime the next night, however.

… Both Turco and Auld played in Phoenix Friday night, but Turco was on the bench against Tampa Bay. We probably can expect JLA’s favorite visiting goalie tonight.

… The Stars apparently have no injuries right now.

… The Wings pulled out of a dive with a shootout win over St. Louis Saturday night. The win followed up a pair of shutout losses to Calgary and Atlanta. Prior to that, they’d lost to Nashville and Florida, but beaten Montreal in between.

… Looks like we’ll get the same lineup tonight, unless an unspecified player can’t go. Ansar Khan speculates it’s Patrick Eaves. If this player can’t play, Kirk Maltby will be in.

… “The same lineup” extends to the net, as Jimmy Howard will be rewarded for his win Saturday with another start.

… Last time these two teams met, the Wings were underwhelming but managed to keep it close. They’ll need to keep the Stars in the rear-view mirror tonight and not give Marc Joanette and Rob Marteli cause to doubt any goals they score.