Stars’ Matt Duchene doubtful for season opener following setback for upper-body injury

Sep 30, 2026, 4:13 PM ET|Comments (0)

from Daily Faceoff (Frank Seravalli),

The Dallas Stars center is now doubtful to play in the regular season opener after experiencing a setback with an upper-body injury.

Duchene has been dealing with the injury throughout training camp, and it has limited his ice time over the course of the preseason. It had been healing, and Duchene was originally trending closer to playing in the season opener, but he experienced a setback recently. As a result, his status for Friday’s game against the St. Louis Blues does not appear to be optimistic.

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