The Dallas Stars will be without their captain Jamie Benn for their game against the Calgary Flames on Friday.
Benn left Thursday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks after engaging in a fight with defenceman Nikita Tryamkin.
With under four minutes to go in the second period, Tryamkin laid a heavy hit on the two-time all-star. Benn immediately got up from the ice and challenged the six-foot-seven Russian, who answered the bell in his first NHL fight.
Benn left the game with an upper-body injury after the tussle and did not return.
In 66 games this season, Benn has 24 goals and 39 assists.
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