Dallas will be without Lian Bichsel for at least the next two weeks after the defenseman went down with a lower-body injury in Thursday night’s loss to Winnipeg.
Head coach Glen Gulutzan said Friday that Bichsel is expected to miss the next two weeks and is officially being treated as week-to-week. The injury happened early in the first period against the Jets, when Winnipeg forward Mark Scheifele got tangled up with Stars defenseman Esa Lindell. As the play broke down and the two started going to the ice, Bichsel came in looking to deliver a hit on Scheifele and was tripped up, appearing to bend his left ankle awkwardly.
Bichsel stayed down on the ice for several minutes before teammates and the training staff helped him off. Dallas later said the 6-foot-7 defenseman would not return. He logged just 1:14 of ice time over two shifts.
The Stars were already headed for a rough night by then, and the Jets finished the job with an 8-3 win.
Bichsel had played in all 18 of Dallas’ first games of the 2026-27 season. He has not scored yet this year, but he did pick up an assist in the Oct. 25 win over the New York Islanders. Through those 18 games, he has a minus-4 rating and has averaged 15:29 of ice time per game.
The Olten native is in the final season of his three-year, entry-level contract, which carries an AAV of $1,418,333.
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