Matt Halischuk suffers upper-body injury, will not return versus Dallas Stars

Winnipeg Jets' forward Matt Halsichuk will not return to this afternoon's match-up against the Dallas Stars due to what's being called an "upper-body" injury by the Jets' official Twitter account.

Halischuk will not return to today's game because of an upper body injury. #JetsvsStars

— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) December 14, 2013

Halischuk put the Jets on the board mid-way through the first period, scoring his third goal of the season off a Mark Scheifele rebound. The severity of Halischuk's ailment is still unknown but we will update you as the situations progress.

Dallas currently leads Winnipeg 2-1 early in the second period.

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