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FRISCO, Texas -- Two teams on the opposite end of the Western Conference standings meet at American Airlines Center on Thursday evening as the Los Angeles Kings visit the Dallas Stars.Currently one of five winless teams in the NHL, Los Angeles (0-3-0) dropped a 6-3 decision at the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.The Kings have scored just six goals, tying them for second-fewest in the league through three games.Veteran center Anze Kopitar has a good idea why Los Angeles has yet to crack the win column.Obviously, we have to check better, and everything that they (the opposition) get, its mostly off our mistakes, and we cant afford that, Kopitar said after the loss in Minnesota. Teams are good, if you do (make) mistakes, theyre going to punish you for that.Dallas (2-1-0) returns home after splitting a two-game road trip. The Stars dropped their first road game of the season, 6-5 at Colorado on Saturday, before edging Nashville 2-1 at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday.Through three games, the Stars have two players tied for the team lead in goals with two apiece. Perennial NHL All-Star center Tyler Seguin is no surprise but hes accompanied by veteran forward Adam Cracknell, who has gotten an opportunity to play because fellow veteran Ales Hemsky has been sidelined with a groin injury.My play is the result of our guys playing well, Cracknell told the Stars official website after practice on Wednesday. Were all playing as a unit. I think were buying into the system right now. Were getting rewarded, which is nice.Stars coach Lindy Ruff said on Wednesday that Hemsky, who has been skating, will not play Thursday and neither will fellow forward Jiri Hudler (flu). Ruff said Hudlers illness is so severe right now that the Stars want him to stay away from the team facility to avoid infecting any of his teammates until his condition improves.Johnny Oduya also missed practice on Wednesday, but Ruff said the veteran defensemans absence was due to a maintenance day.After starting the season last week with a 4-2 win against Anaheim, Dallas will be playing its second home game of the season on Thursday.And even though the Stars are coming off their most complete game of the season Tuesday in Music City, Ruff still wants to see more.Weve still got work to do, Ruff said. We got to clean up our special teams. Our power plays got to become quicker. Our 5-on-5 play became a lot quicker, now our power plays got to become quicker.One reason why the Kings have struggled to start the season is because they have been without top goaltender Jonathan Quick, a former Conn Smythe Trophy winner as the MVP of the 2012 playoffs. Quick sustained a lower-body injury in the first period of their season opener last Wednesday.Quick is expected to miss between three and four months, leaving goaltending duties to be divided between Jeff Zatkoff and veteran Peter Budaj. The latter was recently recalled from the minors to serve as Zatkoffs backup.Zatkoff is 0-3-0 with a 4.37 goals-against-average and an .839 save percentage, numbers which are a far cry from those posted by Quick.But Kings coach Darryl Sutter knows his goaltending situation is out of his hands and all he can do is hope for the best.Theres nothing you can do about it. Theres not one thing, Sutter said after the loss in Minnesota. I said it when Jonathan got hurt. Theres not one thing that I can do about it or anybody can do about it, right? You expect the guys that are in there to play as well as they can, and if they play as well as they can, thats good.Soccer Jerseys China . 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Tracey comes to the Blue Bombers after spending over a decade with Queens University. Most recently he was the schools assistant football coach.Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths will make his final appearance of the season when the champions play St Johnstone, live on Sky Sports 3 HD from 7pm on Wednesday.Griffiths will hope to score his 40th goal of the campaign before serving a suspension following his recent yellow card in the 3-1 victory over Hearts at Tynecastle.Charlie Mulgrew is likely to miss the trip to McDiarmid Park after suffering a hamstring injury during Sundays 3-2 victory over Aberdeen. Efe Ambrose, who replaced Mulgrew against the Dons, is expected to start but Kris Commons could again miss out because of a knock. Efe Ambrose is standing by to deputise for Mulgrew Celtic captain Scott Brown is also recovering from a hamstring problem and will be rested until the start of next season.St Johnstone will be without midfield trio Murray Davidson (hamstring), Chris Millar and Simon Lappin (both calf) for the visit of the Hoops. Leigh Griffiths expects Aberdeen to be Celtics main rivals in the Scottish Premiership next season, despite Rangers joining them in the top division Right-back Darnell Fisher misses out against his parent club while long-term absentees Craig Thomson (broken collarbone) and Dave Mackay (hip) remain sidelined.ddddddddddddBut the Perth side have drafted 20-year-old Eoghan McCawl into the squad as cover for their final home match of the campaign.Saints have yet to pick up a point against Celtic this season, but a draw on Wednesday would secure a fourth place finish for Tommy Wrights team. 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