Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien is out week to week with a lower-body injury and isn't expected to return before Christmas, head coach Paul Maurice told reporters Monday, according to TSN's Sara Orlesky.

The Jets play seven games prior to Christmas, which should be considered the minimum amount of contests he will miss.

The team's already been without his D partner, Toby Enstrom, for the past couple of weeks.

Tucker Poolman, who is pointless in his three career NHL games, is expected to slot into the lineup in Byfuglien's place, according to TSN's Darren Dreger.

With zero goals and 15 assists in 28 games this season, Byfuglien was in the midst of a down offensive season, but his presence on the back end will surely be missed.

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Brayden Schenn's most recent offensive explosion hasn't gone unnoticed by the NHL.

The St. Louis Blues forward was named first star of the week Monday after piling up six goals and seven points in four games. He has 16 goals and 37 points in 31 contests this season.

Schenn's teammate, goaltender Jake Allen, earned the second star of the week, winning all four of those contests with a .944 save percentage.

Former Blues goalie and current Philadelphia Flyers netminder Brian Elliott took home the third star of the week with three victories and a .954 save percentage, as he helped the Flyers sweep their Western Canadian road trip.

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Victor Mete is getting another shot at cracking Canada's national junior team.

The Montreal Canadiens will allow the 19-year-old defenseman to participate in Hockey Canada's selection camp ahead of the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championship.

Mete was not included on the initial selection camp roster that Canada's governing body for hockey revealed last week.

He was among the first cuts at last year's national junior selection camp, but earned a spot with the Canadiens out of training camp this fall.

Mete has appeared in 27 of Montreal's 31 games this season, collecting four assists.

Canada's selection camp runs Tuesday through Friday at the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario. The preliminary roster will be pared down to 22 before the 2018 World Junior Championship begins in Buffalo on Dec. 26, 2017.

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The Ottawa Senators captain is making his stance loud and clear.

Though the Senators have essentially hit rock bottom, having won just once in their last 12 games, Erik Karlsson remains adamant that winning in Canada's capital is his top priority.

"It's all about winning," Karlsson told Sportsnet's Arash Madani. "I want to be on a - I've been here for nine seasons. I've invested my entire career into this organization. They've given me everything that I feel like I need to succeed. I think we're moving in the right direction. This is the place I want to win. I want to win in Ottawa."

Karlsson is set to be an unrestricted free agent following the 2018-19 season, and has already stated that he isn't interested in taking any sort of hometown discount to stay with the Senators.

Given Karlsson's status as one of the game's best players, his current $6.5-million cap hit could potentially come close to doubling if he were to test the market.

That would make it difficult for the small-market Senators to lock him up long term, considering that Mark Stone is set for a significant pay increase this offseason, and Bobby Ryan and Dion Phaneuf have a combined annual cap hit of $14.25 million beyond 2019.

Ottawa currently trails the Boston Bruins by seven points for third place in the Atlantic Division.

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The New York Islanders' plan for a new home took a rather large step this past weekend.

The Islanders unveiled their arena proposal for Belmont Park, which is located about 20 minutes west of their old home, Nasseau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in a hearing Sunday.

Their plans include an 18,000-seat arena that would host 150 events per year, a 200 to 250-room hotel, 435,000 square feet of space for retail, and a 10,000 square-foot "innovation center" that would be developed with input from residents, according to Newsday.

Here's a visual of their proposal:

The Isles called The Coliseum home from 1972 to 2015, and are currently in their third year playing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, which not only is located inconveniently away from the roots of the team's fanbase, but was intended to be a basketball facility only, causing both poor sight lines for fans and an ice surface that has drawn numerous complaints from players.

The issue for the Islanders is that MLS' New York City FC is also competing for the land at Belmont Park for a stadium of their own. They also submitted their proposal at Sunday's hearing:

Neither team's presentation included costs or financing.

An audience member asked if both teams could share the site, but the Islanders and NYCFC agreed it wasn't feasible to build two major facilities on the 43 acres of state-owned land.

Empire State Development has provided no timeline for its decision, which could make things tricky for the Islanders given that they have until January to opt out of their 25-year lease at the Barclays Center.

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Alex Burrows won't miss any games for his dangerous butt-end to the face of Dylan DeMelo.

The Ottawa Senators forward was fined $5,000 but not suspended Sunday for the act, which was officially called "roughing" and occurred with the San Jose Sharks leading 4-0 in an eventual 5-0 win over the Senators on Saturday night.

Burrows was given a minor penalty for roughing, a five-minute major for fighting, and a game misconduct in the aftermath.

DeMelo played Sunday night against the Minnesota Wild, but Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer said before the game that Burrows' stick scratched DeMelo's cornea and it was close to being a more serious injury, according to The Athletic's Kevin Kurz.

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