Oct 15, 2008 - 6:02 AM
0 shoutsNashville (2-1-0) at Dallas (0-1-1), 8:30 pm EDT
DALLAS (Ticker) -- The Nashville Predators can deny the Dallas Stars their first win of the season but will have to do so without injured captain Jason Arnott when the teams face off on Wednesday.
Arnott, who played with the Stars for three seasons before signing with the Predators before the 2006-07 campaign, suffered a hand injury during Nashville's 3-2 shootout win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday.
The 34-year-old veteran recorded 28 goals and 44 assists last season, so his offensive prowess will be missed by the Predators. Arnott shares the team lead with two goals and has added two assists in two games this campaign.
The center is slated to miss this contest as well as both games of the Predators' home-and-home series against the Columbus Blue Jackets this weekend. Nashville then has four days off before taking on the Calgary Flames on October 23.
Dallas still must find a way to contain J.P. Dumont, who will be playing his 600th NHL game. The right wing has yet to net a goal this season but is their leading scorer with five points in three games. I
Currently in his 10th season, he is one point away from reaching the 400-point plateau.
Goaltender Dan Ellis, a second-round pick of the Stars in 2000, made 23 saves to beat the Blackhawks on Monday. He has allowed only three goals in his last two games after surrendering five in a season-opening loss to the St. Louis Blues.
Ellis is 2-0-0 with a 0.50 goals-against average and one shutout in his career against Dallas at the American Airlines Center.
The Stars' last played on Saturday, when they dropped a 3-1 decision to the Predators. In that one, Arnott notched two power-play goals.
From the Bleachers
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NASHVILLE: 4
DALLAS: 6
Final
Oct 15 11:12 PM -
NHL
NASHVILLE 4
DALLAS 6
3RD PRD: DAL - (EN) MIKE MODANO 2 (BRENDEN MORROW) 19:56
Oct 15 11:10 PM -
NHL
NASHVILLE 4
DALLAS 5
3RD PRD: DAL - FABIAN BRUNNSTROM 3 (BRAD RICHARDS, NIKLAS GROSSMAN)
16:35
Oct 15 11:03 PM -
NHL
NASHVILLE 4
DALLAS 4
3RD PRD: NAS - MARTIN ERAT 1 (RYAN JONES) 10:59
Oct 15 10:49 PM -
NASHVILLE: 3
DALLAS: 4
End of 2nd
Oct 15 10:06 PM -
NHL
NASHVILLE 3
DALLAS 4
2ND PRD: DAL - FABIAN BRUNNSTROM 2 (BRAD RICHARDS, SEAN AVERY) 14:13
Oct 15 9:58 PM -
NHL
NASHVILLE 3
DALLAS 3
2ND PRD: NAS - RYAN JONES 1 (RICH PEVERLEY, RYAN SUTER) 13:50
Oct 15 9:57 PM -
NHL
NASHVILLE 2
DALLAS 3
2ND PRD: DAL - FABIAN BRUNNSTROM 1 (TOBY PETERSEN, PHILIPPE BOUCHER)
11:45
Oct 15 9:51 PM -
NHL
NASHVILLE 2
DALLAS 2
2ND PRD: NAS - PATRIC HORNQVIST 1 (SHEA WEBER, RYAN SUTER) 9:04
Oct 15 9:45 PM -
NHL
NASHVILLE 1
DALLAS 2
2ND PRD: NAS - (PP) RADEK BONK 1 (MARTIN ERAT, RICH PEVERLEY) 3:56
Oct 15 9:38 PM -
NHL
NASHVILLE 0
DALLAS 2
2ND PRD: DAL - MIKE MODANO 1 (B.J. CROMBEEN, JAMES NEAL) 0:29
Oct 15 9:31 PM -
NASHVILLE: 0
DALLAS: 1
End of 1st
Oct 15 9:14 PM -
NHL
NASHVILLE 0
DALLAS 1
1ST PRD: DAL - (PP) STEPHANE ROBIDAS 1 (MIKE MODANO, MIKE RIBEIRO)
19:50
Oct 15 9:13 PM
