Jamie Benn’s return to lineup shows once again how much he brings to the Stars

The first period of Sunday night’s game in Carolina looked to mostly be an extension of the night before. It’s too bad he got injured but he’s the key for this team.” Thirty seconds into the second period, Benn got sent to the penalty box for interference on Canes captain Jordan Staal. With Sekera out and Benn returning, here is what the Stars lineup looked like: Nick Caamano — Ty Dellandrea — Blake Comeau Jamie Benn — Roope Hintz — Alexander Radulov Jason Dickinson — Joe Pavelski — Denis Gurianov Andrew Cogliano — Radek Faksa — Tanner Kero Esa Lindell — John Klingberg Jamie Oleksiak — Miro Heiskanen Mark Pysyk — Joel Hanley Anton Khudobin Carolina countered with this: Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Brock McGinn Nino Niederreiter — Vincent Trocheck — Martin Necas Steven Lorentz — Jordan Staal — Ryan Dzingel Drew Shore — Morgan Geekie — Sheldon Rempal Brady Skjei — Dougie Hamilton Jake Gardiner — Brett Pesce Haydn Fleury — Jake Bean James Reimer 7. “It’s just, when you’re killing penalties or you’re on the power play, it takes a couple of rotations to get everything back because different guys from different lines are on the power play and different guys are killing penalties and you’ve got to go with the fresh legs.