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.

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.