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Matt Duchene to miss up to three months after core muscle surgery
Dallas Stars forward Matt Duchene will miss up to three months after having core muscle surgery, the team said Monday.
The 35-year-old began this season on injured reserve and has not played since the Stars were eliminated by the Minnesota Wild in last season’s first playoff round.
His injury is described as chronic, and coach Glen Gulutzan said the team did not want to keep putting off treatment.
Duchene can play center or wing and scored 16 goals and 45 points in 57 games last season.
His absence leaves Dallas without one of its productive top-nine forwards as the team starts the season 2-2-1.
Gulutzan said Duchene’s return may be easier to monitor than his recovery from a concussion last season, but no specific return date was given.
Dallas Stars forward Matt Duchene will miss up to three months after undergoing core muscle surgery, the team said Monday.
Duchene, 35, began the season on injured reserve.
Stars coach Glen Gulutzan described the injury as chronic and said it was one the team did not want to keep putting off.
Duchene had 16 goals and 45 points in 57 games in 2025-26.
- Who
- Matt Duchene, a forward for the Dallas Stars.
- What
- He will miss up to three months after core muscle surgery.
- When
- The team announced the news Monday; the date is not stated in the article text.
- Where
- Dallas Stars; the location of the surgery is not stated.
- Why
- Duchene had a chronic injury that the team did not want to keep putting off.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Duchene scored 16 goals and recorded 45 points in 57 games for the Stars.
Duchene last played when Dallas was eliminated by the Minnesota Wild.
Duchene began the season on injured reserve.
The Stars said Duchene had undergone core muscle surgery and would be out for up to three months.
- Expected absence
- Up to three months
- Surgery
- Core muscle surgery
- Age
- 35
- 2025-26 statistics
- 16 goals and 45 points in 57 games
- Team's start to this season
- 2-2-1
What people are saying
you didn't want to kick down the road anymore.
I think he's going to be able to come back easier because history for this is it's a physical thing,
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