DALLAS -- The January slump is officially over for the Dallas Stars. Just two nights after blanking the Minnesota Wild 4-0, Dallas blitzed the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-1 at American Airlines Center, ending Toronto's six-game winning streak. After leading 2-1 after one period, Dallas (23-20-8) erupted for four goals in the second period to lead by four goals after 40 minutes of play. Stars center and captain...
ST. PAUL, Minn. Antti Raanta had no problems shaking off what little rust he had, given this was his first appearance since facing Edmonton 11 days ago. What he struggled to shake off was that second goal he gave up on Thursday night. Raanta suffered just his second regulation loss since mid-December when the Minnesota Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks at Xcel Energy Center. The Blackhawks had just...
re playing with a lead, it's a lot easier to make the stops you have to," said Kuemper, now 5-2-0 since being recalled from the Wild...
s NHL. And with a 7-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday at American Airlines Center, Dallas has now won two straight after starting January 1-8-1. Dallas, who also beat the Minnesota Wild 4-0 on Tuesday night in the start of a five-game homestand, ended Toronto...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Last year, the Chicago Blackhawks gave the Minnesota Wild a quick exit from the playoffs. This year, the Wild are giving the defending Stanley Cup champions all they can handle. Jason Pominville and Matt Cooke scored first-period goals and Darcy Kuemper made 33 saves and the Minnesota Wild defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on Thursday night. After losing a five-game series...
DALLAS (AP) -- Valeri Nichushkin was in the right place at the right time - twice - on Thursday night....
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Left winger Patrick Maroon scored the go-ahead goal in the second period as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Thursday night before a sellout crowd of 17,503 at Honda Center. The NHL-leading Ducks (38-10-5) posted their 10th win in 12 games and dealt the Kings (29-17-6) their fourth consecutive loss. Anaheim also improved to 21-1-2 at home. Anaheim goalie Frederik...
Anze Kopitar and Ben Lovejoy pretend to be puppies for some reason. No. 1 Star: Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars Benn was nigh unstoppable for the Stars versus the Toronto Maple Leafs. He opened the scoring early in the first with this quick wrester: And then he helped set up three others -- two by Valeri Nichushkin -- for a four-point night as the Stars walloped the Leafs 7-1 , ending Toronto's winning streak...
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Dustin Penner circles his calendar for every meeting between the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings. "This is the type of game you put up on the bulletin board and say that's what playoff hockey is like," said Penner, the former Kings player who is in his first season as the left winger on the first line with the Ducks. Left winger Patrick Maroon scored the go-ahead goal in...
COMMENTARY At the beginning of the New Year, it looked like Mike Yeo was going to be relieved of his duties as head coach of the Minnesota Wild. The team had lost six-straight games, including losses to the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Winnipeg Jets, and New York Islanders, and it had gotten to the point where Yeo was no longer speaking to his team any more. It is one thing for a coach give...
Joe Pavelski has been worth every penny since signing a five-year, $30 million extension with the San Jose Sharks in July. Captain Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau aren't going anywhere, either. In their first game since agreeing to extensions, Thornton and Marleau try to lead San Jose to a season high-tying sixth consecutive win Saturday night against the visiting Minnesota Wild. With the two players...
Andrew Shaw never saw himself as a second-line center, at least when he first got into the league. I always said Id be happy if I made the NHL and played five minutes a night, Shaw said on Thursday. Shaw has logged several games at second-line center between Brandon Saad and Patrick Kane, and hes feeling more comfortable there with each passing contest. Coach Joel Quenneville, talking before the Blackhawks...
The Wild used two first-period goals en route to a 2-0 victory versus Chicago Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center in front of a sellout crowd of 19,226 fans – largest crowd of the season and 12th-largest regular season crowd in Wild history. RW J......
s slate of games. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. Create-a-Caption: " (L-R) Michael Rosenbaum, Alan Thicke and Neal McDonough pose together after the Media Game as part of the 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series at Dodger Stadium." • • • • • Preview : Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres, 7 p.m. ET Preview : St. Louis Blues at New York Rangers,...
ST. PAUL, Minn. Another day, another chilly reception awaits the Chicago Blackhawks and were not just talking about the weather. After a rough December the Minnesota Wild have started righting the ship, going 7-3-0 in their last 10 games. And as they sit in eighth place with 59 points, two behind the Vancouver Canucks entering tonights action, theyd love nothing more than to catch a (possibly) fatigued...
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota Wild left wing Zach Parise has been cleared to return from the broken left foot that has kept him out of the last 14 games....
There arent many nights when the Chicago Blackhawks get outworked. Maybe it was the dramatic win a couple of afternoons before, where they played one of the most exciting games of this season at the United Center, a Blackhawks shootout victory. There can be no lulls tonight where the Minnesota Wild have won two of their last three games and are expecting Zach Parise back in the lineup after having...
Team USA revealed their Opening Ceremonies uniforms on Thursday, and they were revealed to look like someone stole your patriotic grandmother’s quilt, created a jacket and then tucked white yoga pants into floppy snow boots. (For an Olympics in a city with no snow , mind you.) They were created by Ralph Lauren, and hence retail for $25,000.00 apiece. (Rough estimate … still checking on this.) Zach...
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