DALLAS — This may have been the low point of the Dallas Stars season. While they’ve had longer losing streaks this season, the back-to-back losses to the Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings sandwiched around the All-Star break were no-shows. On Tuesday the Kings were bigger, better, and most importantly, actually looked like they […]
Stars Get Rolled By Maple Leafs 4-1
The Dallas Stars were walloped at home by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday evening 4-1. Playing in their second game of a back-to-back, the Leafs had two goals from Nazem Kadri, who has had his struggles of late. The Stars were also stymied by another backup goaltender–Curtis McElhinny (39 saves on 40 shots). Ben […]
Defining Play: Simple stick lift sets stage for Tyler Seguin’s highlight-reel goal
At some point we’ll grow tired of the Tyler Seguin vs. Boston Bruins drama. But as long as he’s still playing on a contract he originally signed with Boston, and he continues to make big plays against his former team, the Seguin-Bruins storyline is impossible to ignore. That was pretty obvious in a 3-2 overtime […]
Ken Hitchcock hopes to reset Jason Spezza with rare healthy scratch
Let’s clarify something first: Jason Spezza wasn’t scratched because of a pending trade. For one, Spezza has a full no-trade clause during the season and by all accounts he, at this point, has no plans to waive it. He’s also under contract for next season with a young family, he and his wife have four […]
Tyler Seguin Scores OT Game Winner to Lead Stars Past Bruins 3-2
The Stars defeated the Boston Bruins 3-2 in overtime in a matinee game thanks to a game winner from Tyler Seguin. In a surprise move from the Stars coaching staff, Jason Spezza was a healthy scratch, his first since he has worn a Stars uniform. Kari Lehtonen got his first start in net for the […]
Practice report: Methot out for 2 weeks, bye week blues, and how Seguin plans to treat Klingberg like a rookie
FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Stars defenseman Marc Methot is going to miss at least two more weeks with a knee injury after having a non-surgical procedure earlier this week. “He skated early in the week and there was still some soreness,” Stars coach Ken Hitchcock said after practice on Friday. “So he had another procedure […]