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Stars limp into tonight’s game vs. Calgary

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Tonight’s Dallas-Calgary game is a big one in terms of Western Conference playoff seeding, and one the Stars will go into decidedly shorthanded.

Already without the services of Rich Peverley and Kari Lehtonen, Dallas is likely to also be without Cody Eakin and Shawn Horcoff, according to Stars Inside Edge.

Eakin was injured after taking a puck off the foot in Tuesday’s win over St. Louis; Horcoff was hurt at yesterday’s practice and didn’t take today’s morning skate. With those two and Peverley out of the picture, Dallas will now be forced to play a trio of AHLers at forward (Colton Sceviour, Travis Morin, Chris Mueller) and will elevate veteran Vern Fiddler to a second-line center role.

As for Lehtonen, he did resume skating today after suffering a concussion over the weekend. The Finnish netminder isn’t expected to return tonight, though, meaning it’s likely Tim Thomas’ start in goal.

Dallas heads into tonight’s action one point up on Phoenix for the final wild card spot in the West, and four up on 10th place Vancouver. Only one of those two is in action this evening -- Vancouver takes on the ‘Caps in Washington -- while the Coyotes take on the Flames on Saturday at Jobing.com.