Kirill Marchenko, who leads the Blue Jackets with 21 goals, reportedly suffered a broken jaw after he was hit in the face by a stray puck while on the bench Sunday.

DALLAS — Columbus Blue Jackets winger Kirill Marchenko, who has emerged as one of the NHL’s top young forwards this season, suffered a broken jaw in Sunday’s loss to the Dallas Stars, a team source has confirmed to The Athletic.

The Stars experienced that on Sunday, adding newly acquired players Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci into the mix, as well as returning injured forward Mason Marchment, and then calmly beating the Columbus Blue Jackets, 5-3, at American Airlines Center.

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