The Dallas Stars blue line was already missing a couple of key pieces, and now it looks like they'll be without another one.

Top defenseman John Klingberg was injured in the second period of Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche and didn't finish the game. After the Stars' victory, head coach Jim Montgomery told reporters that the 27-year-old blueliner is likely to miss at least two weeks, as per The Athletic's Sean Shapiro.

About nine minutes into the second period, Klingberg got hit up high with a Nikita Zadorov slapshot and fell to the ice, going down somewhat awkwardly.

Klingberg gets hit in the neck by a Zadorov slapper. He plays the rest of the period, but is now out with a lower body injury. pic.twitter.com/Byet9eHQFd — GoatWorldSports (@GoatWorldSport1) November 6, 2019

Montgomery confirmed later to reporters that his fall following a shot up high was the result of his injury, per Dallas Morning News' Matthew DeFranks.

This doesn't bode well for Dallas, a team already going without the services of Andrej Sekera, Roman Polak and now, Klingberg. However, Sekera is reportedly nearing a return, and this isn't the first time that the Stars have fallen victim to numerous injuries on defense over time.

The Stars are currently down four defensemen: Klingberg, Sekera, Polak and Johns.



Most I can recall last season was five: Klingberg, Carrick, Polak, Methot and Johns. That resulted in these pairs against Nashville on Nov. 10:

Lindell-Honka

Heatherington-Heiskanen

Gleason-Hanley — Matthew DeFranks (@MDeFranks) November 6, 2019

On Wednesday morning, TSN's Darren Dreger reported that Klingberg was set to undergo an MRI to further assess the damage.

John Klingberg will have an MRI today to determine full extent of injury. Initial prognosis by Stars docs was 2-4 weeks. — Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) November 6, 2019

Klingberg has one goal and four points in 17 games for Dallas this season and also had an assist in Tuesday's victory.