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Funny how the expected can suddenly get turned on its ear in the push for a playoff berth. A week ago, after the trade deadline had passed and the Dallas Stars had sold off three key pieces of today for a bunch of tomorrows, they were whipped 5-2 ...

1. Parenteau's future with IslandersOne of the great off-the-radar stories this season has to be the blossoming of New York Islanders forward P.A. Parenteau into one of the game's premier setup men. He was drafted in the ninth round of the 2001 entry...

Monday: Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks (10 p.m. ET)The Kings have floundered of late, winning just once in their past seven outings and woke up Monday in ninth place in the Western Conference. They are just 5-7-0 on the road and face a Ducks team...

Monday: Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks (10 p.m. ET)The Kings have floundered of late, winning just once in their past seven outings and woke up Monday in ninth place in the Western Conference. They are just 5-7-0 on the road and face a Ducks team...

Defining Moment: Red Wings' 5-on-3 opportunity. DETROIT -- Not quite two minutes after Henrik Zetterberg had given the Red Wings a 5-0 lead, Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby, minus-2 on the night with just one shot on goal, turned in the neutral zon...

Much was made of Marian Hossa's move from Pittsburgh to Detroit. Now, for a major dose of irony, his lack of production could help the Pens win their first Cup since 1992.

You never know what you're going to find on the NHL's waiver wires. You know that old saying about one GM's trash being another GM's treasure? The Daily 5 takes a look.

If Game 5 was like a meteor crashing into the Stanley Cup finals landscape, then there are two groups gathered on opposite sides of the debris trying to assess what happened, and more to the point, what's next.

What are the five things we learned Wednesday? We'll need to see more before we believe Dallas is really alive in the West finals, and there's more drama in the NHL's coaching carousel.