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Facing the stingiest of hosts in the Detroit Red Wings, the Dallas Stars failed to capitalize on the few chances they did have in their 2-1 Game 2 loss at Joe Louis Arena on Saturday.

Eric Staal scored four goals and added an assist on Saturday afternoon in Halifax as Canada trounced Germany 10-1 at the IIHF world hockey championships.

Detroit's Johan Franzen is out of the Red Wings' lineup indefinitely with concussion-like symptoms according to a statement issued by the team.

Jacques Lemaire has decided to come back for an eighth season as the coach of the Minnesota Wild.

Evgeni Malkin scored two goals and added an assist as the Pittsburgh Penguins won Game 1 of the NHL Eastern Conference final 4-2 over the Philadelphia Flyers at Mellon Arena on Friday.

Maxim Afinogenov scored twice and Alexei Morozov notched the shootout winner to lead Russia to a 4-3 win over Belarus at the IIHF world hockey championships in Quebec City on Friday.

Olaf Kolzig, the No. 1 goaltender with the Washington Capitals for more than a decade, said in a report published Friday he has played his last game for the club.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will meet with former Vancouver Canucks general manager Dave Nonis next week after their requests to speak to two other GMs were denied, a source confirmed to the Canadian Press.

A second-round playoff exit has apparently cost Joel Quenneville his job, as the Colorado Avalanche said Friday that he won't be back as the team's head coach next season.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake, Edmonton Oilers winger Fernando Pisani and Detroit Red Wings defenceman Chris Chelios are finalists for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, the NHL said Friday.

Tomas Holmstrom had a goal and an assist as the Detroit Red Wings dumped the Dallas Stars 4-1 in Game 1 of the Western Conference final at Joe Louis Arena on Thursday night.

As much as Paul Maurice enjoys taking his kids out for ice cream, as he did Wednesday before word leaked of his firing, the former Toronto Maple Leafs coach is ready to return to an NHL bench.

The Philadelphia Flyers will be without one of their most important players for the rest of the playoffs, veteran defenceman Kimmo Timonen.

Rick Nash scored on a late power play to allow Team Canada to escape what should have been an easy one with a 2-1 victory over Norway at the world hockey championships in Halifax.

The Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs will have to look elsewhere for free-agent forwards after Sweden's Fabian Brunnstrom chose to sign with the Dallas Stars on Thursday.