The Dallas Stars lost another piece to injury early in Thursday’s game against Winnipeg.
Defenseman Lian Bichsel appeared to get tangled up on a play with Jets forward Mark Scheifele and his own teammate Esa Lindell. The three fell to the ice, and Bichsel couldn’t get up on his own.
He was helped off the ice and couldn’t put any weight on his left leg.
The injury occurred under four minutes into the game, leaving Dallas shorthanded. The Stars announced that Bichsel will not return to the game.
The Stars are already down two other left-shot defensemen — Miro Heiskanen, who has mised the last three games with an upper-body injury, and Kyle Capobianco, who hasn’t played since Oct. 27 and is expected to be out a month with a lower-body injury.
Bichsel has appeared in all 18 of the Stars’ games this season and recorded one assist while averaging 16:19 of ice time.