Crawford plans on continuing to play and not as a backup Ben Pope: Chicago Blackhawks pending UFA goaltender Corey Crawford said that he plans on signing another contract after this one expires. He said he hasn’t spoken with Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman yet. It didn’t sound like Crawford is interested in signing a contract to
Dallas Stars
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Brent Burns had a goal and an assist, Patrick Marleau also scored, and the San Jose Sharks spoiled the return of former star Joe Pavelski, beating the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Saturday night. San Jose Sharks defenseman Brent Burns (Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports) Aaron Dell had 27 saves for the Sharks,
Scouting the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals Adam Kimelman: Scouts listed to attend last night’s Flyers-Capitals game: Chicago Blackhawks (2), Edmonton Oilers (2), Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils, Winnipeg Jets, Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings, and the Detroit Red Wings. Scouting the Los Angeles Kings and Dallas Stars Dennis Bernstein:
Hurricanes have the salary cap space to add Cory Lavalette: Carolina Hurricanes GM Don Waddell said that they have the salary cap space to acquire a player with a salary cap hit in the $5 to $6 million range. That is if they don’t have any injuries and need to call up player(s). They may
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Roope Hintz scored the go-ahead goal late in Dallas’ four-goal third period, and the Stars rallied past the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 on Sunday night. Hintz’s team-leading 13th goal of the season made it 3-2 with 4:09 left to play, and Mattias Janmark sealed the Stars’ second straight win with an empty-netter with
DALLAS — Joe Pavelski and Alexander Radulov scored in a shootout, Ben Bishop stopped 41 shots and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 Saturday night. Pavelski opened the shootout by scoring on Philipp Grubauer, and Bishop followed with two saves. Radulov bested Grubauer with a low shot to end it. Grubauer stopped 38
DALLAS — Matthew Tkachuk, Sean Monahan and Mikael Backlund scored power-play goals and the Calgary Flames beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 on Sunday night. Tkachuk’s 14th goal of the season broke a 1-1 tie in the second period. Monahan also scored in the second. Backlund’s goal in the third period preceded a short-handed, empty-net goal
Sunny Florida for Anderson? Ken Warren of the Ottawa Sun: The Florida Panthers could consider and be the front-runners for Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson before the trade deadline. Anderson’s family lives 15 minutes from the Panthers arena. Chris Driedger is the current backup to Sergei Bobrovsky right now. The Panthers are about a $900,000
SUNRISE, Fla. — Noel Acciari completed his second straight hat trick with a penalty shot and added an assist in Florida’s five-goal second period in the Panthers’ 7-4 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday night. Acciari had the natural hat trick in a Florida-record 3:59 span, pushing his season goals total to a career-high
DALLAS — Leon Draisaitl scored to power Edmonton’s red-hot power play, Mikko Koskinen made 34 saves and the Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 Monday night. Edmonton has scored on an NHL-leading 31% of its power plays, including 10 man-advantage goals in its past eight games. The Oilers were going against a Dallas penalty kill
Friedman on the latest Taylor Hall rumors Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on Hockey Central on the latest Taylor Hall trade rumors. (My NHL Trade Rumors transcription) “Well I think, you know I think that New Jersey is motivated to try to see if they could get it done, quickly. We’ll see. As CJ reported on Saturday
The Dallas Stars fire head coach Jim Montgomery Sean Shapiro: “The Dallas Stars expect all of our employees to act with integrity and exhibit professional behavior while working for and representing our organization. This decision was made due to unprofessional conduct inconsistent with the core values and beliefs of the Dallas Stars and the National
DALLAS — The Dallas Stars have fired head coach Jim Montgomery, citing “unprofessional conduct.” Rick Bowness, who has served as an assistant coach since June 2018, was named interim head coach. “The Dallas Stars expect all of our employees to act with integrity and exhibit professional behaviour while working for and representing our organization,” GM
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Mikko Koivu capped a milestone game with the shootout winner. Playing in his 1,000th career game, the Minnesota captain reached 700th career points with a second-period assist, then scored in the fourth round of the tiebreaker to help the Wild beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Sunday. Koivu, playing his 15th
Sportsnet: The signing deadline for Jesse Puljujarvi to be eligible to play in the NHL this season is today at 5:00 pm EST. Puljujarvi has said he wants to finish the season in Finland, and that may even be the case if his rights are traded today. “Right now, everything fairly quiet around Edmonton Oilers
The Dallas Stars could look for a defenseman Mike Heika of the NHL.com: (mailbag) Asked if sees the Dallas Stars trading one of their extra forwards … Don’t see that happening as they likely feel the extra depth will be needed. There will be injuries throughout the season and it doesn’t hurt to scratch someone
The Dallas Stars are the hottest team in the NHL. After tying their franchise winning streak record of seven games on Monday, they have the attention of the hockey world. While experts may look to the ice to explain the Stars’ turnaround, they need to also look off the ice. Dallas is beating teams before
Friedman’s rumor roundup Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: It would be a big surprise if the Calgary Flames traded forward Johnny Gaudreau. The Flames don’t want to make any rash moves. The Flames are looking to shake things up but have salary cap issues. They would be selling low on forward Mark Jankowski. Michael Frolik has