The Dallas Stars will be without Ben Bishop for the foreseeable future.

The goaltender was injured upon making a big glove save during Sunday's eventual loss to Winnipeg and was forced to make an early exit.

Following the game, the team announced his lower-body injury will be reevaluated in two weeks.

The Stars are in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race and remain on the outside looking in after the loss to the Jets.

The two-week time frame means Bishop will miss at least six games with a potential return coming in the last week of the regular season.

In 52 appearances this season, Bishop has posted a record of 26-17-5 with a save percentage of .916.

Kari Lehtonen will tend the twine in his absence.

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The Dallas Stars will be without Ben Bishop for the foreseeable future.

The goaltender was injured upon making a big glove save during Sunday's eventual loss to Winnipeg and was forced to make an early exit.

Following the game, the team announced his lower-body injury will be reevaluated in two weeks.

The Stars are in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race and remain on the outside looking in after the loss to the Jets.

The two-week time frame means Bishop will miss at least six games with a potential return coming in the last week of the regular season.

In 52 appearances this season, Bishop has posted a record of 26-17-5 with a save percentage of .916.

Kari Lehtonen will tend the twine in his absence.

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Alex DeBrincat is providing some light in an otherwise dark season for the Chicago Blackhawks.

The rookie forward snapped a 13-game goalless skid in style Sunday night, recording his third hat trick of the season to break the franchise record for hat tricks by a rookie, previously set by Steve Larmer in 1983.

With his three tallies DeBrincat now sits tied for second among all rookies with 25 goals, which also shares the team lead.

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Color Connor Hellebuyck impressed.

The Winnipeg goalie was scored on by Dallas' Jamie Benn during the second period of Sunday's eventual Jets win, and had high praise for the pinpoint wrist shot that somehow eluded him.

It's truly a wonder how he managed to squeak the puck past Hellebuyck.

The goal was Benn's 26th of the season.

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Winnipeg Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba was forced from Sunday night's game after a punishing hit from Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn early in the third period.

Trouba struggled to get to this feet after taking the hit, needing help from teammates to get to the bench.

It was Trouba's second game since returning from a 20-game absence with a lower-body injury Thursday. In his first game back the 24-year-old made an immediate impact, collecting two assists against the Chicago Blackhawks.

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Boston Bruins forward David Backes will miss at least the next couple games after suffering a laceration to his right knee on Saturday, Bruins general manager Don Sweeney said, according to Joe McDonald of bostonsportsjournal.com.

Backes suffered the cut to his knee in the first period of Saturday's contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning after Yanni Gourde's struck Backes during a battle in front of the Lightning net. The laceration required 18 stitches, but was luckily not structural in damage.

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Ben Bishop made the save, but it came at a price.

The Dallas Stars goaltender made a tremendous save off the stick of Winnipeg's Bryan Little but was forced to leave the game after suffering an injury on the play.

Kari Lehtonen entered the game in relief of Bishop, who had been out of the lineup from March 5-16 with a lower-body injury.

The Stars later announced Bishop suffered a lower-body injury and would not be returning to the game.

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The Boston Bruins signed forward Ryan Donato to a two-year, entry-level contract, the team announced on Sunday.

The 21-year-old is coming off his third season at Harvard University, where he put up 26 goals and 43 assists in 29 games en route to being named the Eastern College Athletic Conference player of the year on Thursday.

Donato's incredible year was highlighted by his appearance at the Olympics where he represented the United States. While there, he tied for the tournament lead with five goals in six games and paced all American players with six points.

If all that wasn't enough, on Wednesday, Donato was also named as one of the 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award as the top player in college hockey.

Donato will be eligible to make his NHL debut on Monday when the Bruins tangle with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

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St. Louis Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko is day-to-day with an upper-body injury and will not play against the Chicago Blackhawks Sunday, the team announced.

The 26-year-old left Saturday night's game against the New York Rangers after the first period and did not return. The injury new comes with Tarasenko in the midst of a down period offensively, having notched just one goal and three points in his last seven games.

Although they have just four wins in their last 10 games, the Blues sit just three points out of the final wild-card spot heading into Sunday's contest.

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Nathan MacKinnon is out to prove he's the NHL's most valuable player.

The Colorado Avalanche forward recorded two goals, one assist and 11 shots in Sunday's win over Detroit, extending his personal point streak to 12 games and strengthening his team's bid for a Western Conference playoff spot as a result.

Everything seems to be going his way these days, as evidenced by a fortuitous bounce on his second goal of the afternoon:

MacKinnon now sits on 38 goals and 51 assists for 89 total points through 64 games, temporarily moving him into a tie for second among all players and within striking distance of Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov, who entered Sunday's game against Edmonton with 91 points.

On a point per game basis, however, MacKinnon holds the advantage, as his 1.39 average is tops among all players.

Add in that Colorado has rebounded tremendously following an historically awful 2016-17, and MacKinnon should be at the forefront of any conversation in regards to the Hart Trophy.

Securing a postseason spot is key, as someone from a non-playoff team hasn't been named MVP since Mario Lemieux in 1988, and it only happened three times prior to that.

As it stands, MacKinnon and the Avs are rolling to an impressive finish.

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