“We are obviously very disappointed to hear the news about Brenden’s knee,” co-GM Les Jackson said in a team release. “As our captain, he will obviously be missed, but we have every assurance that he can and will come back from this injury at 100 percent."

Morrow was injured in the third period of Thursday's 6-3 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. There was no update on Morrow's condition after the game and nothing new following the team's practice early Friday afternoon in Frisco.

But later in the day it was determined that Morrow had a tear in the ACL, it would require surgery and that he would be out for about six months.

This is the second major injury for Morrow in the past three seasons. He missed 33 games in 2006-07 after having tendons in his wrist severed by a skate in a game against the Blackhawks in Chicago.

With Morrow likely out for the rest of the regular season the Stars can file for a long-term injury exception for Morrow's $4.1 million cap hit, which will help with the Stars' very tight salary cap situation. The Stars will have the ability to call up players to help fill the void and possibly make a trade, but for now they'll have rely on players in the organization.

The Stars called up veteran right wing veteran right wing Landon Wilson to fill Morrow's roster spot. But the Stars, who are 6-9-3 and sitting in last place in the Western Conference, are going to need others to step up and fill the void with Morrow out.

"There is a lot of hockey left to be played this season, and we are confident our team will rally together and keep pushing," said Jackson.

Stars call up Wilson

The Stars have called up right wing Landon Wilson from Grand Rapids of the AHL. Wilson has 15 points (eight goals and seven assists) in 15 games with Grand Rapids so far this season.  Wilson, 33, has played in 348 career NHL games, registering 111 points (50 goals, 61 assists). He is the son of associate coach Rick Wilson.

Stars Notes/Practice update

• Forward Joel Lundqvist (shoulder) is skating but is still a couple weeks away from returning.

• Forward Jere Lehtinen (upper body) is not skating. He will be evaluated next week.

Here were the forward lines the Stars used in practice on Friday.

The Stars used various combinations on defense.

Anaheim Ducks at Dallas Stars
Saturday November 22
7:00  PM
TV: FSN | Radio: WBAP-820 AM About the Stars

The Stars are coming off a 6-3 loss to Chicago at the American Airlines Center Thursday night. It was the Stars sixth loss in their last eight games (2-5-1).

"We had a great start and dictated a lot of the play, our power play kept us in it and then we shot ourselves in the foot and couldn't catch up," said Stars coach Dave Tippett.

The Stars got bad news Friday when they learned captain Brenden Morrow suffered a torn ACL and will miss the rest of the season.

Marty Turco will get the start in goal for the Stars.

Injuries: F Brenden Morrow (ACL),  F Jere Lehtinen (upper body) and F Joel Lundqvist (shoulder) are out. About the Ducks

The Ducks lost for the fifth time in their last six games, falling 3-2 in overtime to St. Louis Friday night. The Ducks tied the game 0.9 seconds left in regulation to get the point, but couldn't get the second point.

"We feel we're a better team than we've shown in a number of games this year," Ducks defenseman Scott Niedermayer said. "It's frustrating when you don't play to your potential."

The Ducks are 1-3-2 over their last six games.

Injuries:  F Brian Sutherby (groin) and D Francois Beauchemin (ACL) are out.  Season Series

• This is the second of six meetings between the two teams. The Stars are 1-0-0 and the Ducks are 0-1-0 so far in the season series.

• The Stars have picked up points in 11 of their last 13 games with the Ducks, registering a 9-2-2 record during that span.
• The Stars are 4-9 on the power play over the last three games.
• The Stars are 10-14 on the penalty kill over the last three games.
• The Ducks have given up five power play goals in 13 shorthanded situations over their last two games.

“We are obviously very disappointed to hear the news about Brenden’s knee,” co-GM Les Jackson said in a team release. “As our captain, he will obviously be missed, but we have every assurance that he can and will come back from this injury at 100 percent. There is a lot of hockey left to be played this season, and we are confident our team will rally together and keep pushing.”

The Stars have called up right wing Landon Wilson from Grand Rapids of the AHL. Wilson has 15 points (eight goals and seven assists) in 15 games with Grand Rapids so far this season. 

The Stars, who are 2-5-1 in their last eight games,  lost for the 12th time in 18 games (6-9-3) this season and remained in 14th place in the Western Conference.

The Stars started this game very strong, rolling out an impressive first period, dominating Chicago and taking an early lead on a Brenden Morrow goal.

But it was only 1-0 thanks to some superb netminding by Chicago goalie Nikolai Khabibulin and the Blackhawks were able to negate all the momentum the Stars had built in that first period when Patrick Kane scored with 37 seconds left in the first to tie the game at 1-1.

"We didn't like the way we started the game," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "We were fortunate to be in it. But those goals late in a period are big goals."

Big goals for the teams that score them and back breakers for the team that surrenders them. The Stars surrendered two of them when this game was still on the line.

There was the Kane goal that tied it late in the first and then after the Stars had overcome 2-1 and 3-2 deficits in the second period they surrendered another goal in the final minute. This time it was Chicago rookie Kris Versteeg, who skated down the left boards and then on net to score a power play goal with 30 seconds left in the period to put Chicago up 4-3. That goal would hold up as the game-winning goal.

"Those goals were back breakers and those are the breakdowns we have been having this year. It makes us keep coming from behind, which is tough," said Stars center Mike Modano, who had a goal and an assist.

It was another night where the Stars had some areas working, but had another area cancel it out. That was the case with special teams. The Stars scored on the power play and tallied another goal one second after a power play expired. But they gave up two power play goals on the night.

"We've got to be at top form every night and if we're not that's the result you're going to get," said Tippett. "The games we've had success in we've been able to push all the way through. That's when your goaltender is strong, your special teams are strong and the little parts of the game are all there. Tonight we didn't have that."

The Stars, who had been limiting the goals against recently, gave up five or more goals in a game for the eighth time this season. Goalie Marty Turco gave up five goals on 29 shots.

The Stars failed at another chance to win consecutive games for the first time this season and for the first time in the regular season since late February of last season.

"We need to put a few games together and build some momentum," said Modano. "It's been a long time since we have allowed this many goals, and that's frustrating."

There was enough frustration that the Stars held a team meeting following Thursday's loss.

"That's in the locker room," center Brad Richards said when asked about the meeting. "We're frustrated right now. We don't like what's going on. We feel we can win and we're trying to find answers."

After entering the second period tied at 1-1 the Stars never saw the lead again. They were able to tie the game on goals by Modano and James Neal after falling behind 2-1 and 3-2, but after Versteeg put Chicago ahead 4-3 late in the second period Chicago was able to extend the lead to 5-3 on a Martin Havlat goal at 6:40 of the third. Kane's empty net goal with 16 seconds remaining in the game and Chicago's third goal in the final minute of a period, rounded out the scoring.

The Blackhawks, who got a goal and two assists from Versteeg and two goals from Kane, have opened their current six-game road trip with two straight wins.

"We're really coming on, playing great on the road," said Versteeg.

The Stars, on the other hand, lost for the fifth time in seven home games, falling to 2-3-2 at the American Airlines Center.

"It's real frustrating," Stars defenseman Stephane Robidas said. "We had high expectations, but you look at the standings and we're at the bottom. With the talent we have, that's unacceptable."

Notes: Stars captain Brenden Morrow suffered an undisclosed injury in the third period and did not play the final six minutes of the game. "He missed a couple shifts the end. We'll see," said Stars coach Dave Tippett. "He hasn't seen the doctors yet." ... Defenseman Darryl Sydor played his first game since being acquired from Pittsburgh. He played 19:32 and was  a minus-two in the game. James Neal, called up from Manitoba of the AHL, played 14:34 and scored his third goal of the season. ...

• Mike Modano's two points Thursday give him 1,296 points for his career. He is now four points shy of becoming the 31st player in NHL history to reach the 1,300 point mark.
• Sergei Zubov has assists in four straight games.
• Darryl Sydor played 19:32 in his first game with the Stars since being acquired from Pittsburgh for Philippe Boucher.
• The Stars have given up five goals or more eight times this season.