Dallas Stars News

For a third consecutive day, Matt Duchene was on skates. While he did not display the kind of speed that has been his trademark quality as a player with the Avalanche, Duchene appears to be making progress to return to the team.

Great news that Duchene continues to progress. Before getting hurt, he scored 12 goals and 24 points in 39 games. He should be able to get back in the lineup this month.

Matt Duchene
DUTCHY: Matt Duchene skated on his own for the first time since his injury. Another step in his rehab but still no timetable, per Sacco.

Great news that Duchene is back on the ice. Before getting hurt, he scored 12 goals and 24 points in 39 games. He should be able to get back in the lineup this month.

Matt Duchene
Matt Duchene is not at Avalanche practice today. I’ll have whatever update the team has on him afterward, but obviously it’s not a great sign. I’ll stick to my prediction of last night’s blog on him though: another couple weeks.

It's been nearly four weeks since Duchene went down. Before getting hurt, he scored 12 goals and 24 points in 39 games. Expect him to return some time in mid-to-late February.

Matt Duchene
Glen Gulutzan: Jamie Benn gets out of hospital today. Doing very well.

Benn is still expected to miss a week to 10 days due to his emergency appendectomy. With Mike Ribeiro already out of the lineup the Stars are down their top two centers. Benn scored 13 goals and 42 points in 43 games. You can probably rule him out over the next five games.

Jamie Benn
Julien on Seguin: "He's in the lineup tonight... He missed a game, he's paid his dues... Page turned and we've moved on" ^BB

Seguin was scratched for disciplinary reasons but expect him to get right back into the lineup. The sophomore has 13 goals and 25 points in 25 games but 11 of those points came in a six-game scoring binge.

Tyler Seguin
Young Avalanche forwards Matt Duchene and Gabriel Landeskog missed practice Sunday but both are expected to play in Monday's game against the Dallas Stars at the Pepsi Center.

Sounds like Duchy is nursing a minor illness and should be fine for tomorrow's game. He currently leads the team in goals with nine and points with 17. Start him with confidence tomorrow.

Matt Duchene