Stars coach Ken Hitchcock indicated he might make some changes after the team's 3-0 loss at St. Louis on Thursday and he rolled them out Saturday morning as the Stars prepared to meet the Vegas Golden Knights at American Airlines Center.

Hitchcock is shaking up his forward lines, putting Devin Shore on the top line with Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin and moving Alexander Radulov to a line with Mattias Janmark and Jason Spezza.

"It's open for debate whether it works, but we won't be afraid to change back," Hitchcock said. "It's more about to try to see if we can get other people going. It helps us balance things out. It's not cast in stone, but it seemed like a good idea (Friday), and it seemed like a good idea this morning, so we want to try it.

"We feel if we can get a deeper presence in the zone with the Seguin line and more off the rush with the Spezza line, then we have a chance to be very dangerous."

Antoine Roussel will return tonight and play with Radek Faksa and Tyler Pitlick. Gemel Smith will center Remi Elie and Brett Ritchie.

Roussel returns after missing the last four games due to illness. It looked like he would return Tuesday, but he started feeling bad again after the pregame skate. The Stars sat him out Thursday as well to give him some extra time, and he's 100 percent now.

Video: Rous is feeling "top shape"

"Feeling in top shape," Roussel said.

Ben Bishop was the first goaltender off the ice this morning for the Stars and is expected to start tonight against the Golden Knights after missing Thursday's game due to a sore back. Bishop has not allowed a goal in two appearances against the Golden Knights, stopping all 53 shots he has faced including 34 in a 3-0 win in Vegas on Nov. 28.

There are no changes expected on defense. The defense pairs this morning were the same as last game indicating that Julius Honka will be the scratch.

The Stars (16-12-1) have lost two straight games -- both against top teams in the Central Division -- and they'll face another good test in Vegas which ranks second in the Pacific Division.

"We lost a couple of big games against Central Division rivals. That's something we don't want but we are back home, and we need to focus," said Stars captain Jamie Benn. "We are up against another good team tonight, and we've got to be ready to go."

Golden Knights Watch

The Golden Knights (18-9-1) played Friday night in Nashville, defeating the Predators, 4-3, in a shootout for their third straight win. Vegas held an optional skate at the American Airlines Center this morning, so it's not clear what they are doing for a lineup. Malcolm Subban played in goal last night, stopping 41 shots in regulation and overtime and turning away all six Nashville attempts in the shootout. Subban is 7-2-0 with a 2.33 goals against average and .924 save percentage. If Subban doesn't start then, it will be former Dallas prospect Max Lagace who is 5-6-1 with a 3.85 GAA and .866 SV%.

Tonight's Game

Who: Vegas Golden Knights at Dallas Stars

Where: American Airlines Center

When: 7 p.m.

TV: Fox Sports Southwest

Radio: The Ticket 1310 AM/96.7 FM

Stars Projected Lineup

Jamie Benn - Tyler Seguin - Devin Shore

Mattias Janmark - Jason Spezza - Alexander Radulov

Antoine Roussel - Radek Faksa - Tyler Pitlick

Remi Elie - Gemel Smith - Brett Ritchie

Esa Lindell - John Klingberg

Dan Hamhuis - Greg Pateryn

Jamie Oleksiak - Stephen Johns

Ben Bishop

Kari Lehtonen

Scratched: Julius Honka

Injured: Martin Hanzal (hamstring), Marc Methot (knee)

Golden Knights Projected Lineup

Jonathan Marchessault - William Karlsson - Reilly Smith

David Perron - Erik Haula - James Neal

Brendan Leipsic - Cody Eakin - Alex Tuch

Tomas Nosek - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - Oscar Lindberg

Luca Sbisa - Nate Schmidt

Shea Theodore - Deryk Engelland

Colin Miller - Brayden McNabb

Malcolm Subban

Maxime Lagace

Scratched: Jon Merrill, Stefan Matteau

Injured: Marc-Andre Fleury (concussion), Oscar Dansk (lower body), William Carrier (lower body)

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