Washington Nationals right-hander Jake Irvin managed to figure his way around the mound in Los Angeles once and will be out for a repeat result when he faces the Dodgers on Saturday night in the middle game of a three-game series.

Nils Lundkvist and Mavrik Bourque each signed a one-year contract with the Dallas Stars on Friday. Lundkvist, a 24-year-old defenseman, will be paid $1.25 million and Bourque, a 23-year-old center, will make $950,000. Each could have become a restricted free agent on July 1.

It was a busy Friday afternoon for Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill, who made his fourth player transaction in the last two days. Less than half an hour after the team announced an extension for defenseman Nils Lundkvist,