The Stars have had to make due without some of their top forwards early in the season, with Mason Marchment and Tyler Seguin missing significant time. Dallas was dealt another blow on Jan. 14th when forward Roope Hintz went down with an upper-body injury. Hintz will hit the ice for the first time since then to take on the Carolina Hurricanes .

The Stars have not moved Tyler Seguin to long-term injured reserve yet, waiting to make the biggest impact on their trade deadline outlook

Stars writer for the Dallas Morning News, Lia Assimakopoulos, joined Gavin Spittle to discuss her latest article on the rookies Dallas has relied on this season due to injuries sustained by Tyler Seguin,

If the Stars put Seguin on LTIR now and recall Bichsel — which they would need to do to avoid being charged with performance bonuses in future recalls for the defenseman — the cap would shrink and stop accruing. Therefore, even with the Seguin money, they’d have just about $10.7 million at the deadline, per Janko.

Wyatt Johnston is expected to center the top line with Hintz out. Rookie forwards Matej Blumel and Justin Hryckowian will play in the bottom six with forwards Mason Marchment (face) and Tyler Seguin (hip) each continuing to recover from surgery. -- Taylor Baird

Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin and his wife, Kate, announced the birth of their daughter in an Instagram post Wednesday.

In Dallas’ 4-1 home win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night, which prevented the Stars from suffering their first three-game regular-season losing streak under Pete DeBoer, rookies Matej Blumel and Justin Hryckowian made it hard to keep them off the ice.

The Dallas Stars are finding new ways and new personnel to generate some momentum. For the Carolina Hurricanes, it’s largely coming from familiar sources. Those will be on display in some form when the Hurricanes visit the Stars on Tuesday night.

The Dallas Stars are finding new ways and new personnel to generate some momentum. For the Carolina Hurricanes, it's largely coming from familiar sources.

Kasper cut the lead to 3-1 at 12:01 of the third period. Dylan Larkin carried the puck through the neutral zone and around the net before finding Simon Edvinsson, whose shot from the high slot deflected in off Kasper. DET@DAL: Kasper trims Red Wings' deficit in 3rd period

Italy's Federica Brignone won the super-G race at Cortina on Sunday, her first World Cup win at the Italian course extending her overall lead, while Lindsey Vonn gave the crowd a scare when crashing out on the third sector but emerged unharmed.

The Dallas Stars are surging up the Western Conference, and should target Brock Nelson to help replace Tyler Seguin in the lineup.