DALLAS — Mason Marchment is ready to return to the Dallas Stars’ lineup for Recreation 2 of their second-round sequence towards the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night time.
Marchment has missed the previous six video games since he and Radek Faksa each left the Stars bench with undisclosed accidents late in Recreation 2 of their first-round Western Convention sequence towards Vegas on April 24.
“20-plus targets, he is a giant physique, he is received a great ability degree,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer stated when requested what Marchment would add to the lineup. “He has performed effectively with Matt Duchene and Tyler Seguin all 12 months, so we have missed him within the lineup in a bunch of various areas.”
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DeBoer stated Marchment would substitute Faksa, who missed 4 video games earlier than he returned for Recreation 7 towards the Golden Knights and scored the go-ahead objective within the third interval of their 2-1 series-clinching victory Sunday night time. Faksa then performed about 14 1/2 minutes in Recreation 1 towards Colorado.
Marchment completed the common season with 22 targets, considered one of a franchise-record eight gamers with greater than 20 this season, and likewise had 31 assists whereas taking part in 81 of 82 video games. He scored a objective within the playoff-opening loss to Vegas.
The Stars scored solely 19 targets of their first eight playoffs video games.
“It will be enjoyable. Yeah, I am unable to wait,” Marchment stated. “It is one other problem that I am sort of wanting ahead to. … Simply come and produce some vitality and be a constructive angle within the room, attempt to assist out as a lot as I can. Simply work.”