Jake Oettinger will be out week to week for the Dallas Stars because of a lower-body injury, coach Peter DeBoer said Monday.
The goalie was injured during the first period of the Stars’ 5-4 win against the Ottawa Senators on Friday. He was helped off the ice and went to the dressing room at 8:03, replaced by Scott Wedgewood. Oettinger appeared to be in discomfort after stretching out his right pad to stop a shot attempt.
Oettinger is 11-7-2 with a 2.93 goals-against average, .901 save percentage and one shutout in 21 games this season.
Wedgewood is expected to start his second straight game Monday, when the Stars (17-8-4) play the Seattle Kraken (10-14-8) at American Airlines Center (8 p.m. ET; BSSWX, ROOT-NW, NHLN).
Wedgewood made 25 saves on 27 shots against the Senators, then made 30 saves in a 4-3 overtime loss against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. He is 6-1-2 with a 3.24 GAA and .904 save percentage in nine games this season.
The Stars recalled goalie Matt Murray from Texas of the American Hockey League under emergency conditions Monday.
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