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Slow-starting Lightning seek early spark vs Stars in Game 2
Blake Coleman and the Tampa Bay Lightning are going to have to focus on faster starts to games if they’re going to count on enjoying better finishes against the Dallas Stars in the Stanley Cup Final. A Lightning team that led the NHL in scoring for a third straight season...
Stars hammer Tampa to open Stanley Cup Final
EDMONTON, Alberta — The well-rested Stars took it to the banged-up Tampa Bay Lightning hard and early, and goaltender Anton Khudobin closed it out with 22 third-period saves as Dallas won Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, 4-1, on Saturday night. Joel Hanley and Jamie Oleksiak continued the Stars’...
Gary Bettman: Next NHL season could start in December or January
EDMONTON, Alberta — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman raised the possibility of next season beginning after the tentatively planned Dec. 1 start date, even while the plan remains for each team to play 82 games and the league hold a full playoffs. Much like its plan to resume this season, the...
Stars, Lightning could turn Stanley Cup finals into defensive showdownVideo
This already was going to be an unusual Stanley Cup, and it now has a matchup for all of those who like their games to be a bit defensive. The Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning, two of the league’s southernmost teams playing for the title in a bubble in...
Anthony Cirelli scores in OT, Lighting beat Isles to reach Stanley Cup FinalVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Anthony Cirelli scored in overtime to send the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Stanley Cup Final with a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final Thursday night. Cirelli returned in the third after injuring his right knee in the...
NHL playoffs showcase Russia’s goaltending renaissanceVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Nikolai Khabibulin wakes up in Yekaterinburg to watch NHL playoff highlights and beams with pride at the saves made by so many Russian goaltenders. For the first time, there are three Russian starting goaltenders in the conference finals, and two will face off in the final. Sixteen...
Jordan Eberle scores in double overtime as Islanders stay alive
EDMONTON, Alberta — Jordan Eberle scored on a two-on-one break 12:30 into the second overtime and the New York Islanders avoided elimination with a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final on Tuesday night. Semyon Varlamov stopped 36 shots and Ryan Pulock...
Stars overcome adversities, missteps to reach Stanley Cup FinalVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Inside a lounge at the JW Marriott usually reserved for their meals and meetings, the Dallas Stars enjoyed a moment. It wasn’t an all-out party because they still are four wins away from winning the Stanley Cup. It was a low-key celebration of reaching the final, a...
Capitals hire Stanley Cup-winning coach Peter LavioletteVideo
Peter Laviolette was hired Tuesday as coach of the Washington Capitals, who hope to harness his ability to quickly take a team to the Stanley Cup Final in what could be the final few years of their championship window. Laviolette is the first Cup-winning coach hired in the franchise’s 46-year...
Stars on to Stanley Cup Final after OT win over Vegas
EDMONTON, Alberta — Denis Gurianov scored on a one-timer during a power play 3 minutes, 36 seconds into overtime, and the Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights, 3-2, on Monday night to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2000. The Stars forced overtime in...
Quick-strike Lightning beat Islanders, take 3-1 lead in seriesVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Blake Coleman tied the score 15 seconds after the New York Islanders took the lead, Ondrej Palat scored the go-ahead goal 12 seconds later and the Tampa Bay Lightning moved within a victory of the Stanley Cup Final with a 4-1 victory Sunday in Game 4 of...
Anton Khudobin, Stars beat Knights to take 3-1 lead in West finalVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Anton Khudobin made three of his 32 saves on a crucial 5-on-3 penalty kill late, Joe Pavelski and Jamie Benn scored in the second period and the Dallas Stars are a victory away from the Stanley Cup Final after beating the Vegas Golden Knights, 2-1, on Saturday...
Brock Nelson helps Islanders beat Lightning in Game 3
EDMONTON, Alberta — Brock Nelson broke a tie with 3 minutes, 25 seconds left, Semyon Varlamov made 34 saves and the New York Islanders beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-3, in Game 3 of the NHL’s Eastern Conference final Friday night. The Islanders rebounded from a stunning finish to Game...
Alexander Radulov scores in first minute of OT to lift Dallas past Vegas
EDMONTON, Alberta — Alexander Radulov scored 31 seconds into overtime on a wrister from the middle of the right circle and the Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Thursday night to take a 2-1 series lead in the Western Conference final. Radulov’s third career overtime goal was...
Nikita Kucherov scores buzzer-beating goal, gives Lightning 2-0 edge in series
EDMONTON, Alberta — Even though the Tampa Bay Lightning seem to possess some overtime magic in the playoffs, this was not the the time for more hockey. Losing leading scorer Brayden Point to injury and Alex Killorn to ejection after going into the game with just 11 forwards, the Lightning...
Vegas is back, evens series with DallasVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Paul Stastny scored to end a lengthy goal drought by Vegas forwards, Robin Lehner stopped all 24 shots he faced for his fourth shutout of the playoffs and the Golden Knights rediscovered their winning ways and beat the Dallas Stars, 3-0, Tuesday in Game 2 of the...
Lightning romp to 8-2 win over Isles to open East finals
EDMONTON, Alberta — Brayden Point scored twice and added three assists, and the well-rested Tampa Bay Lightning romped to a 8-2 win over the travel- and game-weary New York Islanders to open the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night. The Lightning showed no signs of rust following a near week-long...
Lightning romp to 8-2 win over Isles to open East finalsVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Brayden Point scored twice and added three assists, and the well-rested Tampa Bay Lightning romped to a 8-2 win over the travel- and game-weary New York Islanders to open the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night. The Lightning showed no signs of rust following a near week-long...
Evolution of top defensemen on display in NHL playoffsVideo
EDMONTON, Alberta — Victor Hedman put the Tampa Bay Lightning on his back and carried them to the Stanley Cup Final in 2015. Five years later, the 6-foot-6 monster of a man can shoulder even more of a load. Hedman is perhaps the best defenseman in the world and headlines...
Shutdown Stars: Dallas blanks Vegas in West final Game 1
EDMONTON, Alberta — Two days after they and the Vegas Golden Knights each won a hard-fought Game 7 to move on, the Dallas Stars figured there might be an emotional letdown at the start of the Western Conference final. They filled that void with hit after hit, got one early...
Islanders East finals-bound after shutting out Flyers in Game 7
TORONTO — Thomas Greiss stopped 16 shots and the New York Islanders advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 1993, beating the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-0, in Game 7 of the second-round series Saturday night. Brock Nelson had a goal and two assists, and defensemen Scott Mayfield...
Best in the West? Vegas finally meets its match vs. Dallas
EDMONTON, Alberta — After they moved on to the Western Conference final, the Dallas Stars gathered around televisions to see who they’d face next. They watched the Vegas Golden Knights tilt the ice against the overmatched Vancouver Canucks and eventually crack hot goaltender Thatcher Demko to win that Game 7....
Robin Lehner wins goaltending duel as Vegas eliminates Vancouver
EDMONTON, Alberta — Shea Theodore finally solved Thatcher Demko with 6:08 remaining in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights edged the Vancouver Canucks 3-0 on Friday night in Game 7 of their second-round series. Theodore’s goal was the first in 138:40 for the Golden Knights against Demko, the...
Joel Kiviranta lifts Stars past Avalanche in Game 7 OT thriller
EDMONTON, Alberta — Joel Kiviranta completed a hat track 7 minutes, 24 seconds into overtime to give Dallas a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday in Game 7, sending the Stars to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2008. Kiviranta scored on a quick shot...
Canucks blank Golden Knights to set up Game 7 showdown
EDMONTON, Alberta — Thatcher Demko stopped 48 shots, Quinn Hughes set an NHL record with a goal and an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks staved off elimination for the second straight game with a 4-0 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night. J.T. Miller had a goal and...
