Last season, Seguin missed 11 games because of a lower-body injury. He was limited to three games in 2020-21 because of a hip arthroscopy and labral repair in November 2020 and a knee scope one month later.
“He’s responded well,” Nill said. “He had his other hip done and labrum done … on the other side and recovered well from that. So he’ll recover well from this and be back with us.”
Seguin has 808 points (360 goals, 448 assists) in 988 regular-season games for the Stars and Boston Bruins and 71 points (25 goals, 46 assists) in 133 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Dallas (16-8-0), which is third in the Central Division, visits the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; Victory+, MAX, TNT, SN360, TVAS), and will be counting on other players to step up in Seguin’s absence.
“This is a great opportunity for players internally, and we’re going to monitor that, see where we go,” Nill said. “You know, hopefully there’s no other injuries, but if there is, we’ll kind of have to manage that as we go along, but it’s opportunity for other people.”
NHL.com independent correspondent Dan Greenspan contributed to this report
