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Stars edge Sabres in shootout, stay hot going into playoffs
Wyatt Johnston scored the shootout winner for the Dallas Stars in a 4-3 victory over the host Buffalo Sabres in the regular-season finale for both teams.,Esa Lindell and Justin Hryckowian finished with a goal and an assist each for the Stars (50-20-12, 112 points), who ended the regular season on a ...
Stars coach: Roope Hintz out of Games 1, 2 vs. Wild
Dallas Stars forward Roope Hintz will not play in the first two games of the Western Conference first-round series against the Minnesota Wild due to a lower-body injury, head coach Glen Gulutzan announced.,Hintz has been sidelined since sustaining his injury while jostling along the boards with Colo...
Stars, Sabres meet on stellar runs ahead of playoffs
The Buffalo Sabres wrap up the regular season Wednesday at the Dallas Stars, and for the first time since the 2010-11 season, the regular-season finale will not be Buffalo's last game.,Coach Lindy Ruff's team has been one of the NHL's hottest over the past four months, winning 39 out of 52 games sin...
Mavrik Bourque's first hat trick sparks Stars' rally vs. Leafs
Mavrik Bourque completed his first career hat trick with the go-ahead goal late in the third period Monday night as the visiting Dallas Stars defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5.,Bourque, who also had an assist for a career-best four-point game, scored from the edge of the crease at 14:52 of the th...
Jake Oettinger has Stars trending in right direction ahead of Leafs matchup
The Dallas Stars will visit the Toronto Maple Leafs Monday night knowing where they stand entering the playoffs.,The Stars (48-20-12, 108 points) clinched the No. 2 seed in the Central Division Saturday with a 2-0 home victory over the New York Rangers.,Their third consecutive win has assured them h...
Stars blank Rangers, sew up first-round home-ice edge
Jason Robertson scored a power-play goal with 7:11 left in regulation for the Dallas Stars, who earned a 2-0 victory over the visiting New York Rangers on Saturday.,Robertson added an empty-netter with 59 seconds left to tie Wyatt Johnston for the team lead with 44 goals. Matt Duchene assisted on bo...
Stars blank Rangers; sew up first-round playoff home ice edge
Jason Robertson scored a power-play goal with 7:11 left in regulation for the Dallas Stars, who earned a 2-0 victory in over the New York Rangers Saturday.,Robertson added an empty-netter with 59 seconds left to tie Wyatt Johnston for the team lead with 44 goals. Matt Duchene assisted on both, while...
Stars tuning, healing up for postseason vs. future-looking Rangers
The Dallas Stars play their final home game of the regular season Saturday when they host the New York Rangers.,Dallas has won three of four games on its homestand so far. The Stars (47-20-12, 106 points) won 5-4 on Thursday over Minnesota the same team they'll face in round one of the Stanley Cup P...
Jason Robertson's 3rd-period goal helps Stars rally past Wild
Mikko Rantanen, Wyatt Johnston, and Colin Blackwell each had a goal and an assist in the Dallas Stars' 5-4 comeback win over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Thursday.,Dallas trailed 4-3 in the third period, until Thomas Harley's point shot deflected off Rantanen's skate and into Minnesota's net at 4:...
Stars host Wild in first-round playoff preview
Before the Wild and the Stars battle in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Central Division rivals meet Thursday in Dallas for what Minnesota forward Marcus Foligno described as "a good little appetizer" for the postseason.,The Colorado Avalanche have clinched first place in both the C...
Flames F Ryan Strome fined $5K for cross-checking
The NHL fined Calgary Flames forward Ryan Strome $5,000 on Wednesday for cross-checking Dallas Stars forward Jason Robertson.,The incident occurred 45 seconds into the overtime period in the Stars' 4-3 home victory on Tuesday night. Strome received a double-minor penalty for high-sticking on the pla...
Wyatt Johnston nets OT winner as Stars rally past Flames
Wyatt Johnston's second goal of the game was the overtime winner to give the host Dallas Stars a 4-3 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday.,Jason Robertson collected one goal and one assist while Justin Hryckowian added a single for Dallas (46-20-12, 104 points), who maintain their hol...
Avalanche defeat Stars, as Brent Burns makes history
Martin Necas scored with 9:21 left in the game, as the visiting Colorado Avalanche blanked the Dallas Stars, 2-0, on Saturday.,Nathan MacKinnon added his NHL-leading 51st goal with 58 seconds remaining.,The top two teams in the Central Division and the Western Conference split four meetings this sea...
Close to a wild-card spot, Jets battle playoff-bound Stars
The Winnipeg Jets are one point out of the second Western Conference wild-card playoff spot as they prepare to face the host Dallas Stars on Thursday night.,The Jets (32-30-12, 76 points) have won four of their last five, including a 4-3 overtime road win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night...
Viktor Arvidsson's hat trick helps Bruins beat Stars, extend surge
Viktor Arvidsson scored twice in the third period to finish off his fifth career hat trick while Henri Jokiharju netted the game-winner, leading the Boston Bruins to a 6-3 win over the visiting Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.,The Bruins (43-24-8, 94 points) broke a 2-2 tie after two periods with four...
Jim Nill inks 2-year contract to remain Stars GM
Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill signed a two-year contract on Tuesday to remain with the team.,A recipient of the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award in each of the past three seasons, Nill is now under contract with the Stars through the 2027-28 season.,Nill, 67, has served as Dalla...
Surging toward postseason, Bruins battle playoff-bound Stars
While a playoff berth is not officially secure yet, the Boston Bruins showed something special in a crucial game against one of their closest competitors in the Eastern Conference their last time out.,First-year coach Marco Sturm's Bruins -- who rallied from a 3-0 third-period deficit to post Sunday...
Flyers stay red-hot with OT win over Stars
Trevor Zegras scored with 1:33 left in overtime to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Dallas Stars on Sunday.,Zegras' fourth career OT goal -- and his first as a member of the Flyers -- was his 23rd tally of the season, tying his career high. The crafty winger skated slo...
Mikko Rantanen, Stars out to subdue charging Flyers
After posting much-needed victories on Saturday, the Dallas Stars and Flyers will be back on the ice Sunday night in Philadelphia.,Dallas (44-18-11, 99 points) is playoff-bound but was mired in a four-game losing streak heading into Saturday's game with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Fortunately, the Star...
Mikko Rantanen, Stars double up Penguins
Mikko Rantanen scored in his first game in nearly two months, and the Dallas Stars tallied three unanswered second-period goals to end a four-game skid and defeat the host Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday.,Rantanen and Jason Robertson each had a goal and an assist for Dallas (44-18-11, 99 points)...