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Anaheim survives Edmonton's 46 penalty minutes, Cooley's hat trick goes to waste in Montreal, and St. Louis nearly steals one in Newark.
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Plano said no to the Stars' arena taxes, and Dallas left the light on
Proposition A lost 54.6 to 45.4, the 2031 lease clock keeps running, and Dallas City Hall sounded very happy to talk.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Winnipeg erases 4-0 in two minutes, Robertson hat trick
The Jets score four times in 2:06 and win in overtime in Montreal, Dallas holds off Washington, and Anaheim and Vancouver fight five times.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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The Contract Board: Kucherov's $20 million ask, and Detroit's four weeks
Marcus Lind's November board grades his DeBrincat miss, reprices Kucherov for the open market, and puts two Lightning contracts on the worst-five list.
Marcus Lind · 8 min read
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Austin found an expansion site, and it helps Houston most
Friedkin's group has a 128-acre Austin site in view, but Houston still leads the NHL's Texas race heading into a year-end decision.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kucherov asks out, then Stamkos gets the last word
Stamkos ties it late and wins the shootout against his old team, Makar sets up four, and McDavid makes it 14 for 14.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Anton Lundell picks a good night to wake up
Lundell's hat trick sinks the skidding Jets, Coronato gets four points in Calgary, and Gritsyuk and Jack Hughes split four goals in Vegas.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Detroit wins night one of the Larkin standoff
Arvidsson scores three the night the Wings suspend Larkin, Tage Thompson gets five points and Buffalo barely survives Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Hellebuyck wins in Dallas, Florida puts five on Winnipeg
Fowler stops all 46 in St. Louis, the Canucks erase a 5-2 hole in Anaheim, and Matthew Tkachuk piles up four assists.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Schaefer passed Bobby Orr, but the 26 minutes are the story
The Islanders' 19-year-old moved into second among teenage defensemen in goals, and only three blueliners are playing more.
Tommy Kessler · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Eller ends the skid, Fowler steals the Heritage Classic
Florida kills seven Chicago power plays, Nashville scores four of its own, and Montreal wins outdoors in Winnipeg behind a 33-save night.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 10 for 10, Florida gets blanked
Connor McDavid runs his point streak to 10 games in a shootout win over Carolina, Pittsburgh shuts out the Panthers, and Toronto steals one late.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Rantanen beats the Bruins alone, Celebrini wins in Montreal
A hat trick with an overtime winner in Dallas, another OT power-play winner for Celebrini, and Tampa takes Vegas apart on 21 shots.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Matthews drives the Leafs, Zegras feeds Michkov twice
Toronto's power play scored twice to beat Askarov, Zegras assisted on every Flyers goal, and Utah held off a late Pittsburgh push.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
The Ferda Room: Four hat tricks in Sunrise, and Detroit can't decide
Pabs leads the Room on Florida's hat-trick week, Marcus prices Simon Edvinsson, and the locks scoreboard has Kessler and Meg eating one.
Ferda Desk · 9 min read
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Ice Breaker: Two hat tricks in Sunrise, and McDavid keeps counting
Verhaeghe and Bennett each scored three in an 8-3 rout of Seattle, McDavid had five points, and Carolina won its seventh straight.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Dallas is waiting on Jason Robertson, and waiting is the expensive option
The Stars plan to open extension talks around Dec. 1. Marcus Lind runs the price, the cap squeeze and why December costs more.
Marcus Lind · 4 min read
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Hot Sauce: Brady Tkachuk is top five alive, and Vancouver is lost
Six goals in two nights, a 96 percent penalty kill that lost anyway, and a .786 save percentage walking around in the wild.
Sully · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Tuch outlasts the Habs, Hintz gets the last word
Alex Tuch's two goals beat Montreal 5-4, and Roope Hintz won a shootout in Denver one night after fighting Nathan MacKinnon.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: The Tkachuks torch Columbus, MacKinnon drops the gloves
Brady's natural hat trick and Matthew's five assists fed a 7-3 Panthers win, and Colorado and Dallas fought their way into tonight's rematch.
Ferda Desk · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: Buffalo burns the Panthers, Ullmark stays perfect
Reinhart's power-play double wasn't enough in Buffalo, Ottawa's goalie moved to 5-0, and Quinn Hughes kept his streak alive in Minnesota.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Dallas just lost Matt Duchene for three months
Core muscle surgery ends his season until mid-January, and the Stars have to find offense without him.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kaprizov crashes Sunrise, Nylander lights up Denver
Florida's power play goes 0-for-5 in the home opener, Hagel takes a hat trick off the Islanders and Montreal wins a 1-0 shootout.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Leafs blow 3-0 in Vegas, Stankoven completes the set
Vegas erases a three-goal hole and wins the shootout, Stankoven scores at every strength, and Colorado drops seven on Calgary.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
The Contract Board: Four unsigned stars, one holdout, a rising meter
Marcus Lind's first monthly board prices Kucherov, Hughes, Robertson and DeBrincat, reads the Edvinsson standoff and ranks the five best and worst contracts.
Marcus Lind · 7 min read
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Ice Breaker: Stützle sinks the Bruins, Oettinger takes a paid nap
Ottawa wins in Boston, Tampa smothers Philadelphia, Winnipeg answers in nine seconds and Dallas blanks San Jose on 13 shots.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Ducks' power play sinks the cats, Marchand returns
Anaheim went 3 for 4 with the man advantage, Winnipeg did the same in Detroit, and Seattle buried Calgary 6-1.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Montreal's four-goal comeback still loses in Pittsburgh
Tommy Novak ends a wild one in overtime, Ilya Sorokin blanks the Devils, and Connor McDavid adds the league's fastest skate to his point streak.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: three fights, two shutouts and a Bruins comeback
Boston steals one in Winnipeg, Joel Hofer and Dylan Garand post shutouts, and Alex Tuch scores twice before Carolina wakes up.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Shesterkin scores, McDavid hits five, and Barkov's knee
A Rangers goalie scores for the first time ever, Edmonton outlasts Vancouver 9-7, and Florida loses in San Jose with its captain hurt.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
2026-27 playoff picks: Florida's path to a three-peat runs through Colorado
Sixteen teams, two wild-card fields, and a Cup pick that isn't as safe as it sounds.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Central Division predictions: Colorado's still the class, but the fight for third just changed
Eight teams, a Utah team nobody saw coming this fast, and a Winnipeg number that's about to catch up to itself.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: 71 players on waivers, then it finally counts
No games, just a cutdown: eight Panthers among 71 waived Sunday, four goalies on the wire, and Florida opens in Raleigh Tuesday.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
NHL·
The Ferda Room: Fantilli got paid, Larkin got a list, Florida gets Raleigh
Six writers, one table: the $82.5 million deal, a Hughes clock, Sully's grievance, the Panthers' road opener and the first locks of the season.
Ferda Desk · 8 min read
NHL·
Larkin opened his list, and it's still full of capped-out teams
Friedman says Dylan Larkin's list is closer to eight teams, adding Colorado and Washington. The cap sheets say the door barely moved.
Gord Tremblay · 2 min read
NHL·
Hot Sauce: Bob's a Leaf now, and Anaheim gave up 10
Five graded takes from a week with three fights in 24 seconds, a 5-1 lead that vanished in Greensboro, and Tampa's stars minus-2 against camp invites.
Sully · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Stars and Wild brawl, and Kyrou needs 11 seconds
Dallas and Minnesota fit three fights into the last 1:16, T.J. Hughes scores three on three shots, and the Rangers roll the Islanders.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Carolina erases 5-1, and San Jose scores 10
The Hurricanes win in Greensboro with three seconds left, Stenberg gets a hat trick, and DeBrincat fights and scores the OT winner.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Bobrovsky wins in blue, and Ontario gets five fights
Bobrovsky stops 13 of 14 in his Leafs colors, Toronto sweeps a split-squad doubleheader, and Remi Poirier blanks the Wild.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Status check: Seguin's close, Zub isn't, Ovechkin is day to day
Six items from Wednesday's injury report, from Seguin's likely Friday return to a thin Ottawa blue line and Buffalo's two lost defensemen.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
Stars injuries
6 listedNov 6
Miro Heiskanen#4 · D
OUTUpper Body· Est. return Nov 12out
Sam Steel#18 · C
Day-To-DayPersonal· Est. return Nov 7day-to-day
Oct 31
Kyle Capobianco#20 · D
IRLeg· Est. return Nov 27ir
Oct 24
Oskar Back#10 · C
IR-LTFinger · Fracture· Est. return Nov 14Back was placed on long-term injured reserve on Saturday.
Oct 12
Matt Duchene#95 · C
IR-LTAbdomen· Est. return Jan 12Duchene will be out for approximately three months after undergoing surgery to repair a core injury, the team announced Monday.
Sep 29
- LK
Luke KrysD
IR-NRUndisclosed· Est. return Nov 28ir-nr
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Stars stats
League stats →2026–27 · Regular season · Summary · 24 players
| #Player | Team | Pos | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Mikko Rantanen | DAL | RW | 16 | 9 | 10 | 19 | +7 | 12 | 1.19 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 29.0 | 20:17 | 48.4 |
2 Jason Robertson | DAL | LW | 16 | 8 | 10 | 18 | +7 | 4 | 1.13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 15.4 | 19:44 | 0.0 |
3 Wyatt Johnston | DAL | C | 14 | 3 | 11 | 14 | +3 | 0 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 | 19:55 | 51.2 |
4 Roope Hintz | DAL | C | 16 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +8 | 9 | 0.81 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 21.4 | 16:41 | 56.0 |
| 5Miro Heiskanen | DAL | D | 15 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +2 | 10 | 0.73 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 11.5 | 24:53 | -- |
6 Thomas Harley | DAL | D | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +4 | 10 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 | 25:00 | -- |
7 Arttu Hyry | DAL | RW | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +1 | 7 | 0.38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 | 14:47 | 61.8 |
8 Jamie Benn | DAL | LW | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +3 | 19 | 0.38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 | 12:43 | 50.0 |
9 Tyler Seguin | DAL | C | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 8 | 0.38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 | 15:15 | 50.8 |
10 Joel Kiviranta | DAL | LW | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 0.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 | 11:57 | 42.9 |
11 Nils Lundkvist | DAL | D | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 10 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 17:53 | -- |
| 12Sam Steel | DAL | C | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 | 0.23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | 16:12 | 54.9 |
13 Justin Hryckowian | DAL | C | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 0.13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | 14:46 | 65.6 |
14 Radek Faksa | DAL | C | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 11:05 | 54.9 |
15 Tyler Myers | DAL | D | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 8 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 16:01 | -- |
16 Colin Blackwell | DAL | C | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 2 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | 9:54 | 60.9 |
17 Esa Lindell | DAL | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 22:03 | -- |
18 Lian Bichsel | DAL | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 14 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 16:12 | -- |
| 19Oskar Bäck | DAL | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 11:20 | 57.1 |
20 David Perron | DAL | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 11:38 | 0.0 |
21 Dylan Hryckowian | DAL | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 9:00 | -- |
| 22Kyle Capobianco | DAL | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 10:56 | -- |
23 Matthew Seminoff | DAL | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 7:21 | -- |
24 Trey Taylor | DAL | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 10:22 | -- |
Source: NHL.com stats · Photo: NHL
