Tyler Seguin stood on crutches in the Stars locker room Saturday morning at American Airlines Center and said his plan is to play in the first game of the playoffs.

The Stars forward, who is rehabbing a cut on his Achilles tendon, is out 3-4 weeks after surgery Friday, but said he believes he can be back in time for the start of the post-season.

"We haven't talked about goals much, but I can't really picture myself missing Game 1," Seguin said when asked what his goal was for a return date. "If I can come back for the last game of the regular season, that would be quite the goal for me. But there's a long way to go before then, so I'm looking forward to getting better."

Seguin said he was both lucky and unlucky in sustaining a 15 percent cut of the Achilles tendon on his right foot. Seguin was putting pressure on Tampa Bay defenseman Anton Stralman with about 22 seconds left in Dallas' 4-3 win Thursday, when he turned around and Stralman's skate blade went down the back of Seguin's skate, slicing the Achilles in a downward motion.

Seguin said he reached down in his skate and felt blood and said his first instinct was to remember a scene from the horror movie Hostel, where a person had his Achilles tendon cut.

"I knew what happened right away," he said. "Once I saw the blood on my hand, I got a little worried. When I got off the ice and got my skate off, then I got pretty worried. I've seen a lot of horror movies with Achilles tendons, so my mind was racing."

Seguin said he skated over to teammate Jamie Benn.

"I think Jamie thought I was coming to give him a high five, but I was saying 'Give me your hand, help me off the ice,'" Seguin said.

Seguin spent the night in the hospital and said he was pleased to find out that the cut wasn't deeper.

"I spent the night in the hospital and they told me it was kind of unlucky, but pretty lucky too," he said.

Seguin said he will stay off the foot for a couple of days and then start to do some upper body work. He said he hopes to follow that up with time on the stationary bike. Seguin missed 10 games with a knee injury last season, so he understands the process of rehabilitation.

Seguin said he was experimenting with protective Kevlar socks a few weeks back, but said they are thick and take some getting used to. Asked if he has considered using them, he said, "Now I have."

Seguin said the skate blade cut through the socks that cover his pad and through his hose, so he's not sure the Kevlar socks could have prevented this injury.

"It's tough to say," he said. "Is it my fault I didn't have the right sock on? You don't know. It was an unlucky injury, and I'm fortunate and happy it's not more prolonged."