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DALLAS -- On Tuesday morning, Dallas Stars coach Lindy Ruff told his team that he wanted to see more energy and emotion from them against the Minnesota Wild. Well, his team delivered, scoring twice on the power play in a convincing 4-0 win against the Wild at American Airlines Center. The Stars won for just the second time in 2014, getting two assists from defenseman Alex Goligoski. Goalie Kari Lehtonen...

DALLAS -- After winning just once in their first 10 games of January, the Dallas Stars delivered their best effort of 2014, scoring twice on the power play in a 4-0 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday at American Airlines Center. Defenseman Alex Goligoski chipped in a pair of assists for Dallas, which also got 18 saves from goalie Kari Lehtonen, who earned his second shutout of the season and 24th...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Shea Weber and Roman Josi played Monday like the top defense pair the Nashville Predators expect them to be on a nightly basis. Weber scored the go-ahead goal in the first period, and Josi tacked on a goal and an assist as Nashville shrugged off an early deficit to take a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars at Bridgestone Arena. Predators goaltender Carter Hutton (10-7-2) turned in one...

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s wrist shot at 19:28 of the second period gave Nashville a two-goal lead after it had controlled the flow of play without scoring and the Predators went on to post a 4-1 win on Monday night over the Dallas Stars at Bridgestone Arena. Nashville goaltender Carter Hutton (10-7-2) turned in one of his best performances of the season with 35 saves, including 19 in the third period, as the Predators (22-22-7)...

s defense came up with some timely offense again. Roman Josi had a goal and an assist to lead the Predators to a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Monday night. Nick Spaling, Shea Weber, and Mike Fisher also scored for Nashville, which has won three of four. Seven of Nashville...

BOSTON The Boston Bruins will have a full day off on Tuesday that was well-deserved after a hectic, challenging 30 hours of hockey, travel and earned success. Any back-to-back game situations in the NHL regular season are perilous even before travel is added, and then elite Western Conference competition in the Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings must be factored in as well. The Bruins concluded...

Darcy Kuemper is a big reason why the Minnesota Wild are doing just fine without Zach Parise and Mikko Koivu. The Dallas Stars already experienced that in the past few days. The rookie goaltender is expected to get a fifth straight start as he tries to lead the Wild to another win over the fading Stars on Tuesday night. Kuemper, meanwhile, is spurring the Wild, going 4-1-0 with a 1.37 goals-against...

(Adds late game) Jan 20 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's National Hockey League games. - - - Blues 4, Red Wings 1 The St. Louis Blues got goals from four different players, including three by defenseman, on the way to a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings. Magnus Paarjarvi and defensemen Barret Jackman, Kevin Shattenkirk and Jay Bouwmeester scored for St. Louis (33-10-5), who had lost their...

I just think this photo is the best. No. 1 Star: Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins Marchand continued his run of hot play versus the Los Angeles Kings, scoring twice in a 3-2 Boston win. His first goal was a beautiful shorthanded marker to open the scoring, and his second was the game-winner. No. 2 Star: Joe Pavelski, San Jose Sharks Speaking of players that can do no wrong right now, Pavelski had netted...

These two teams have been polar opposites in January....

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BOSTON -- What a difference a month has made for Chad Johnson. The Bruins backup netminder was in the middle of his worst struggles of the season in mid-December after losing two games in a row, and posting a meager .909 save percentage for the month. The low point was a 4-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Dec. 19, and turned out to be his last start for the Bruins until getting the call last week on...

s slate of games. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. Create-a-caption: "Gary Bettman watches the action at Bryant Park in New York City." • • • • • Preview: Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres, 7 p.m. ET Preview: St. Louis Blues at New Jersey Devils, 7 p.m. ET Preview: New York Islanders at New York Rangers, 7 p.m. ET Preview: Ottawa Senators at Washington...

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s slate of games. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. Create-a-caption: "Referee Kyle Rehman #37 talks to head coach John Tortorella of the Vancouver Canucks who is shouting at the Calgary Flames' bench." • • • • • Preview: Florida Panthers at Pittsburgh Penguins, 7:00 p.m. EST Preview: St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings, 7:30 p.m. EST Preview: Toronto...

* A really interesting look at the long, tangled, argument-filled history between John Tortorella and Bob Hartley that dates back to their days together in the AHL.* An interesting study by Sportsnet that says injuries are costing the NHL over $200 million a season.* PHT writer Mike Halford has Dallas Stars coach Lindy Ruff saying that the slumping Stars are on red alert after going 1-7-1 to start...