PITTSBURGH -- Penguins forward Pascal Dupuis played his first game in nearly a year Thursday in Pittsburgh's 4-1 loss to the Dallas Stars.
"I'm happy to be back, but I'm definitely not happy with the result," Dupuis said. "We started well, but we had a little letdown."
Dupuis had five shots on goal in 12:43 of ice time.
The 36-year-old Dupuis had been limited to 55 games the previous two seasons because of a torn ACL and separate bouts with blood clots. He missed the first month of this season with a lower-body injury unrelated to the blood clots.
Dupuis was working his way back from an ACL tear when he scored six goals in 16 games in 2014-15 before he was forced to sit out the final five months of the season because of blood clots. He came back to score a goal in four preseason games this season before his lower-body injury.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.