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The NHL announced the finalists today for the Vezina Trophy, which goes to the league's top goaltender. The finalists are Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers, Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators and Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings. ...

Now that the Stars have been eliminated from the playoff race, they are in mix for the NHL draft lottery, which will be held Tuesday. The Stars are currently the 17th place team in the NHL, hold the 14th pick in the draft and have a 0.5 percent ch...

The Dallas Stars can keep their playoff hopes alive tonight -- or they can be eliminated. A win over the Nashville Predators will keep them alive and kicking for at least one more day. Here are the ways they can be eliminated from the race Thursda...

FRISCO -- The Dallas Stars no longer control their own destiny in the playoff race, but they are still alive and hope to keep the heat on the teams they are chasing. That means the Stars need to win Thursday in Nashville and then hope that San Jos...

The worst case scenario for the Dallas Stars Tuesday was to lose in regulation to the San Jose Sharks, and for the Phoenix Coyotes to win. That's what happened and now the Stars' chances of making the playoffs pretty slim. The folks at sportsclubs...

The Los Angeles Kings kept the pressure on the rest of the teams chasing them in the playoff race with a 2-o win over Edmonton Monday night at Staples Center. The Kings, who are 9-2-1 over their last 12 games, now lead the Coyotes by two points, t...

There's only one game in the Western Conference playoff race tonight, and that has the Los Angeles Kings hosting the Edmonton Oilers. It's a big chance for the Kings to put some heat on the teams chasing them in the race. A win and they go two poi...

The Dallas Stars are on the outside looking in at a playoff spot for the first time in more than a month. Saturday was not a good night for the Stars. Among those Pacific Division teams battling for the third, seventh and eighth spots, they were the ...

For the fifth time in the last nine days there's been a change at the top of the Pacific Division. The new leader is the Los Angeles Kings, who won 4-1 at Edmonton last night to pass the Dallas Stars. The Kings are 8-2-0 over their last 10 games. ...

The San Jose Sharks started play on Wednesday as the third seed in the West. Just 24 hours later they were sitting on the outside looking in at a playoff spot. A 2-0 loss at Phoenix on Thursday night knocked the Sharks out of the top eight and moved ...

How tight is the Western Conference playoff race? It's so tight that the Stars could be anywhere from third place to ninth after tonight's games. All the teams the Stars are battling are in action tonight, except for Phoenix. The Stars, of cour...

The San Jose Sharks are on top of the Pacific Division for the first time since February 25. The Sharks beat Colorado last 5-1. The Sharks went 3-0-0 on their just concluded homestand that also included wins over Phoenix and Boston. The Stars slip...

Phoenix lost 4-0 to St. Louis last night. That's a big loss for the Coyotes. They are still second in the Pacific and seventh in the West with 87 points, but they have played two more games than the Stars, Kings and Sharks. Phoenix is off the next...

When the Stars won over Calgary on Saturday afternoon they moved into first place in the Pacific Division and third in the Western Conference, and when play wrapped up Saturday night they were still in that position. It's still tight though. Just ...

Everybody in the Western Conference was off last night, but there are plenty of big games tonight. By the end of the end of the night, the Stars could be anywhere from third in the West to out of a playoff spot. A win, obviously, keeps them at lea...

Teams changed positions in the Western Conference on Thursday night, but the situation remains the same. It's tight. Five teams are separated by two points. It's three points separating six teams. With their loss to the Canucks on Thursday night, ...