The Dallas Stars looked great for a while last night, until the third-period collapse that handed the New York Islanders a 5-4 victory in regulation.
But they couldn’t escape one last bit of gratuitous cruelty from the hockey fates: Antoine Roussel left the game during the first period after blocking a Johnny Boychuk slap shot and could miss the rest of the season with an upper-body injury, as reported by Mark Stepneski. [Ruffled Lines]
“It’s not good news,” Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. “I don’t have a time frame, but it’s going to be awhile.