Stars' Casey DeSmith: Tending twine Wednesday

DeSmith will defend the road crease against Seattle on Wednesday, Mike Heika of the Stars' official site reports.

The Stars will play the second half of a back-to-back set after Jake Oettinger appeared in Tuesday's 8-3 win over Edmonton. DeSmith will draw the start for the second time in the team's last six games. Across seven appearances this season, he's gone 4-1-2 with a 2.22 GAA and a .917 save percentage. DeSmith had a successful outing at home against the Kraken on Nov. 9, turning aside 30 of 31 shots (.968 save percentage) in a 2-1 victory.