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Dallas captain Morrow to miss next three games

Brenden Morrow

Dallas Stars’ Brenden Morrow celebrates his game winning overtime goal against the Los Angeles Kings to give the Stars a 4-3 win in an NHL hockey game in Los Angeles on Monday, March 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

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Add another one to the list of injured Dallas Stars: Brenden Morrow is expected to miss the next three games with an upper-body ailment.

Morrow suffered the injury during the first period of Monday’s 3-1 win over Edmonton and sat out last night’s overtime win over Los Angeles. Missing the Kings game was expected, but extended time of the shelf wasn’t. Stars head coach Glen Gulutzan initially said “we don’t think he’ll be out too long,” but will now be without his captain for games against Toronto, Phoenix and Colorado.

The injury news is troubling on a couple of fronts. For Morrow, it’s the latest in a season that’s been slowed by ailments -- he missed almost the entire preseason with a knee injury and has played 20 games bothered by the inability to get the right fit with his knee brace.

For the Stars, it’s another key contributor out of the lineup. They’re already without Alex Goligoski (broken thumb) and Adam Burish (broken hand), losses that have exposed Dallas’ lack of depth. Tomas Vincour has been forced into a top-six role up front and played 15:49 last night against the Kings, the highest ice-time total of his career.

One positive note for the Stars: Mike Ribeiro is feeling fine today after taking this hit from Kings defenseman Jack Johnson.

Solid hit, but Johnson was guilty of an egregious pinch that led to Steve Ott’s game-winning goal. Remember that lost point should LA and Dallas end up neck-and-neck for playoff seeding come April.