Karlis Skrastins News

James Neal tweaked a groin muscle Wednesday against the Calgary Flames, so he sat out Friday's game and is not expected to make the trip to Minnesota today for the second of back-to-back contests.

As re-tests go, you couldn't have had better timing for the Dallas Stars. On the heels of one of their hardest losses of the season, the Stars were faced with an almost identical game Friday against the Vancouver Canucks.

Flames 3, Stars 2 12:01 AM CST on Thursday, November 5, 2009 By MIKE HEIKA / The Dallas Morning News mheika@dallasnews.com Three stars 1. Jarome Iginla, Calgary: Two goals 2. Curtis McElhinney, Calgary: 38 saves 3. Karlis Skrastins, Stars: Two assists Game highlights First period: Dallas was the better team and drew four power-play opportunities, ...

Jarome Iginla scored on a power play at 1:25 of overtime to give the Calgary Flames a 3-2 comeback victory over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night.

The validity of plus-minus as an important statistic is debated in many NHL circles.

Florida 6, Stars 5 11:49 PM CDT on Friday, October 30, 2009 By MIKE HEIKA / The Dallas Morning News mheika@dallasnews.com Three stars 1. Steve Reinprecht, Florida: Three goals, an assist and a force all night.

It took a while for the Stars to shake the dust from American Airlines Center on Wednesday night.

Stars defenceman Karlis Skrastins, left, and left-winger James Neal celebrate an overtime goal by Neal against the Maple Leafs.

Jeff Woywitka spent four years in the St. Louis Blues' organization, including the first 152 games of his NHL career.

2. Brenden Morrow, Dallas -Two goals and set the tone with physical play and big shot.

By MIKE HEIKA DALLAS - Playing against his old team doesn't seem to mean as much to Karlis Skrastins anymore.'It's been awhile and there's not that many people I know anymore,' the Stars defenseman said.

Jason Arnott had an early goal, Michael Santorelli scored the winner in a shootout and the Nashville Predators handed the Stars their first season-opening loss in Dallas with a 3-2 victory Saturday night.

For the better part of a decade, the Stars were one of the oldest teams in the NHL.

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In his effort to get away from a team that has undergone too many massive changes to count during his time with it, Jay Bouwmeester created another significant one.

With Jay Bouwmeester gone, the Florida Panthers hope their new-look defence includes a fully healthy Bryan Allen.

Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia - Cory Stillman saw on a blog about a week before the start of training camp that the Florida Panthers were talking to free-agent defenseman Dennis Seidenberg, his former teammate with the Hurricanes.

When the Panthers take the ice for their first official practice of the season Sunday in Canada, coach Pete DeBoer and his staff may take a casual glance at Stephen Weiss.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, Outlook: The Florida Panthers have not made the playoffs since 2000, and while they were in the playoff race during the last week of the 2008-09 season, don't expect head coach Peter DeBorer and company to have similar results in 2009-10. While it is true that the Panthers have a lot of young and up-in-coming talent on ...

Garth Woolsey H ockey is always a tough sell in the Sunbelt, but the Florida Panthers have come up with a unique marketing ploy a ' offering fans airtime during a game radio broadcast.