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The matchup is set: Panthers, Oilers will meet in the Stanley Cup Final
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk is about to renew some acquaintances. Connor McDavid is going back to where his NHL career started. The Stanley Cup Final matchup is set: The Florida Panthers, back in the title round for the second consecutive year and seeking their first...
Panthers going back to Stanley Cup Final, top Rangers 2-1 to win East title in 6 games
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Prince of Wales Trophy was carried onto the ice when time expired, as an arena filled with Florida Panthers fans roared in delight and dozens of players and staffers rushed over to pose with the prize. Last year, the Panthers defied tradition and touched...
Stars ended their longest scoring drought of the NHL playoffs, but now they're facing elimination
DALLAS (AP) — By the time Wyatt Johnston ended the longest scoring drought of the playoffs for the top-seeded Dallas Stars, there wasn't much time left to avoid facing elimination on the road in the Western Conference Final. Bring it on, Tyler Seguin said after a 3-1 home loss to...
Oilers beat Stars 5-2 in Game 4 to tie Western Conference final
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Kris Knoblauch thought he might be in for a long night. The Edmonton coach was watching a confounding, uninspired, flat start unfold in front of him on the Rogers Place ice. Down 2-1 heading into Game 4 of the NHL’s Western Conference final...
Hintz's return provides big boost for Robertson, Stars offense against Oilers
With first-line center Roope Hintz in the lineup again, the Dallas Stars suddenly have one of their top goal-scorers back in form: linemate Jason Robertson. Hintz had an immediate impact in his return after missing four games with a lower-body injury. “I don't know...
Jason Robertson powers Stars over Oilers 5-3 for lead in Western Conference final
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Jason Robertson completed his first-career playoff hat trick midway through the third period as the Dallas Stars defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the NHL’s Western Conference final. Wyatt Johnston and Miro Heiskanen,...
Oilers and Stars have different feelings about West final being tied going into Game 3
DALLAS (AP) — There is a big difference in how the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers feel about the Western Conference Final being even going into Game 3. Edmonton senses that it let a big opportunity slip away early in this best-of-seven series. The Stars had another bounce-back...
Mason Marchment breaks 3rd-period tie, Stars beat Oilers 3-1 in Game 2 to even West final
DALLAS (AP) — Mason Marchment and the Dallas Stars were playing with a Game 7 mindset, even though it was only the second game of the Western Conference Final and it took them a bit to really get in that mode. Jake Oettinger withstood a flurry of shots by Edmonton in the first...
Opposing GMs in West final were junior teammates whose names are together on Stanley Cup 4 times
DALLAS (AP) — Jim Nill and Ken Holland were teammates in junior hockey nearly a half-century ago with big aspirations as players. Their names are together on the Stanley Cup four times, not as players but rather for their front-office roles with the Detroit Red Wings during that...
Dallas Stars into their 2nd West final in a row after knocking out last two Cup champions
DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars finally get a little bit of a breather after avoiding another Game 7 on the way to their second Western Conference final in a row. They knocked out the last two Stanley Cup champions while playing 13 games in 26 nights. The last one stretched past...
