DALLAS — The Dallas Stars are going to have to make some key adjustments after Radek Faksa sustained a lower-body injury and will miss Tuesday’s game with the Minnesota Wild. “It’s a big adjustment, we’ve been basically using him as our lead penalty killer,” Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. “Now we have some adjustments to […]
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Radek Faksa out, Tyler Seguin questionable for Dallas Stars against Minnesota Wild
FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Stars will be without Radek Faksa against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday after the center sustained a lower-body injury in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Washington Capitals. Stars coach Lindy Ruff said Faksa will miss at least two games, but the team might have caught a break since the […]
Jamie Benn and Radek Faksa suffer minor injuries in Stars OT loss to Capitals
DALLAS — The Dallas Stars wanted to send Radek Faksa out for the opening face-off of overtime in a 4-3 loss to the Washington Capitals, but the center was unavailable because of a lower-body injury. “Faksa had the best (faceoff percentage), but he wasn’t available he had gone back to the dressing room,” Stars coach […]
MORNING SKATE: McKenzie and Ritchie return to lineup, Stars want Honka to watch closely
DALLAS — The Dallas Stars are going to field a more physical lineup against the Washington Capitals on Saturday. Curtis McKenzie and Brett Ritchie are both back in, while veterans Jiri Hudler and Lauri Korpikoski appear to be the healthy scratches. “They’ve played hard (and) they worked hard,” Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. “(Ritchie) has […]
STARS MAILBAG: Goalies, Russians, Vegas, and defensive pairings
Greetings and welcome to another edition of the mailbag. Let’s get started: @seanshapiro what are the options/future of the goaltending situation? — Sam Hodde (@samhodde) January 19, 2017 There are three goalies I would look at this summer, and the names aren’t Marc-Andre Fleury or Ben Bishop. I think the required money, injury history, and […]
Dallas Stars waste Kari Lehtonen's strong performance in 3-0 loss
Kari Lehtonen did everything he needed, but the Dallas Stars couldn’t bail out their goalie in a 3-0 loss to the New York Islanders. Lehtonen stopped 33 of 35 shots. He stopped all 18 on the penalty kill as the Stars went a perfect 7-for-7 killing penalties. It was arguably Lehtonen’s best game of the […]