Patrick Sharp will play his first regular-season game against his former team when the Chicago Blackhawks host the Dallas Stars for the first game of a home-and-home set Thursday at United Center.
Sharp opted to sign with Chicago in free agency in July after two seasons with the Stars. He was traded to Dallas after the 2014-15 Stanley Cup run in a deal that netted Trevor Daley and Ryan Garbutt, neither of whom lasted a full season in Chicago. After scoring 20 goals in his first season with Dallas, Sharp tallied only eight goals in 48 games last season, as a concussion sidelined him for a pair of four-week stints, and hip surgery ended his season in March.