Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron is out with a rib and sternoclavicular injury, and will be re-evaluated in four weeks, the team announced Tuesday.

The 33-year-old was injured against the Dallas Stars on Friday when he was hit into the boards during the second period. He remained in the game but was in "serious pain," according to Lauren Campbell of NESN.com.

The Bruins' roster is already decimated by a slew of injuries. Kevan Miller, Charlie McAvoy, Urho Vaakanainen, Brandon Carlo, Zdeno Chara, and John Moore are all currently dealing with various ailments.

Bergeron has posted nine goals and a team-high 26 points in 19 games.

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The St. Louis Blues have fired head coach Mike Yeo, the team announced. Craig Berube has been named interim head coach.

Yeo's dismissal comes after the Blues struggled to start the season, posting a 7-9-3 record. The team was shut out in its two most recent games, including a 2-0 loss to the last-place Los Angeles Kings on home ice on Monday.

Yeo was in his third season as head coach after first joining the team as an associate coach. He previously served as head coach of the Minnesota Wild for five seasons.

Berube is in his second season with the Blues. Prior to joining St. Louis, he had a two-year stint as head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Blues' next game comes Wednesday against the Nashville Predators.

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Dallas Stars netminder Ben Bishop exited Monday's contest versus the New York Rangers prematurely after suffering a lower-body injury and he's been labeled day to day as a result, head coach Jim Montgomery said, according to David Satriano of NHL.com.

Bishop allowed one goal on 11 shots and was then replaced by backup Anton Khudobin to begin the third period.

Entering Monday's game, Bishop owned an 8-5-1 record with a .923 save percentage in 14 starts.

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Florida Panthers forward Vincent Trocheck was stretchered off the ice Monday versus the Ottawa Senators after a hard collision into the end boards that caused him to fall awkwardly on his right leg.

After the game, a 7-5 victory, head coach Bob Boughner said that Trocheck's injury isn't of the short-term variety.

The potential loss of Trocheck is a massive blow for the Panthers. The 25-year-old has recorded 14 points in 17-plus games this season serving as Florida's second-line center while also eating up minutes on the top power-play unit.

Florida, who has also dealt with injuries to goaltender Roberto Luongo this season, currently sit six points outside the playoff picture in the Eastern Conference.

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An NHL outdoor appears to be headed to Colorado in the near future.

Speaking with Adrian Dater of BSN Denver, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the league's interest in hosting one of its premier events in the Rocky Mountain state.

"It's going to happen sooner rather than later," Daly said. "It'll be there, and it's real."

Air Force Academy's Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs would be the host site. The stadium's capacity is just shy of 47,000; however, the Falcons played before a record crowd of more than 56,000 in 2002.

An outdoor game would mark the second such appearance for the Avalanche, after hosting the 2016 Stadium Series at Coors Field in Denver.

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Monday night will mark Mike Hoffman's first game in Ottawa since being traded from the Senators.

Hoffman was flipped to the Florida Panthers after originally being dealt to the San Jose Sharks back in June. At the time, Senators general manager Pierre Dorion suggested that the trade was an attempt to improve the team's locker room dynamic.

Ottawa traded the forward after it became public that Erik Karlsson and his wife Melinda had accused Hoffman's fiancee, Monika Caryk, of being behind a campaign of harassment against the Karlssons on social media.

Speaking to reporters ahead of Monday's game, Hoffman suggested the narrative put forth by Dorion wasn't entirely true.

"People sometimes need reasons on why they get rid of some players," he said, according to "Tim and Sid." "If you go and ask anyone around that locker room if I was a problem, I think you'll be able to find that answer yourself."

His former Sens teammate, defenseman Mark Borowiecki, said he'd always been on good terms with Hoffman.

"I will say I've played with Hoff(man) for I think seven years between minors and the NHL, I always got along with him," Borowiecki told reporters, via Sportsnet. "I never had any issue with Hoff. We chatted a bit during the game in Florida and will probably do the same tonight, but at the same time, we know a guy like him: a big shooter from the outside, big speed, you got to put a body on him and play him hard. So, friends off for a little bit."

Hoffman enters Monday's game riding a 15-game point streak, the longest such streak in Panthers history. In all, Hoffman has eight goals and 18 points in 17 games with Florida this season.

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The Detroit Red Wings aren't expecting Darren Helm in the lineup until 2019.

The 31-year-old winger sustained a shoulder injury that will sideline him for six to eight weeks, general manager Ken Holland said, according to Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press.

Helm suffered the injury during Saturday's 3-2 overtime win over the New Jersey Devils. He left midway through the first period after logging just 2:03 of ice time.

The veteran forward has one goal and five assists in 20 games this season.

In other Red Wings injury news, forward Thomas Vanek and defenseman Jonathan Ericsson are both day to day with lower-body ailments but could return as early as Wednesday, head coach Jeff Blashill said, according to NHL.com's Dana Wakiji.

The Red Wings have been on a roll of late going 8-2-0 in their last 10 games.

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Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson doesn't want to be known as a dirty player.

Last week, a neutral arbitrator slashed Wilson's original 20-game ban for a headshot on St. Louis Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist by six games, allowing him to play immediately since he'd already sat out 16 contests. While he's been criticized for his style of play, Wilson maintains he never intends to injure opposing players.

"On that (Sundqvist) hit, I was actually doing a lot of what the department had asked me to do," he said, according to Chris Kuc of The Athletic. "I was low to the ice, I had my shoulder tucked and my feet planted. Unfortunately, the guy was in a tough position and the outcome isn't what the intent was. For me, the intent is never there as much as people try and say it is.

"I’m not out there trying to hurt guys; I'm trying to play the game hard. I have to make sure that I'm executing it completely clean. Even if there's the slightest little bit, you know and everyone else knows what will happen. It's tough. It's something I'm dealing with for sure."

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cullen ripped the league's suspension appeal process after Wilson's ban was reduced, arguing that simply suspending players for reckless hits won't persuade them to change how they play.

For now, Wilson is just hoping to help the Capitals "put together wins." He's posted one goal and three points in three games since he returned from his suspension.

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