Stars’ Seguin, Bishop Out 5 Months After Surgeries

Stars center Tyler Seguin has underwent a right hip arthroscopy and labral repair on November 2 and is expected to miss five months Stars goaltender Ben Bishop underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee on October 21 and is also expected to miss roughly five months Announcements from the Stars have
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Avalanche’s third-line, J.T. Compher thriving with Coyotes playoff series ahead

Avalanche forward J.T. Compher skates to an opposing goaltender’s crease on a mission to create havoc on the forecheck, and even if it’s ugly, to put in the puck. “That’s how you score goals,” Compher said. “Getting to the net.” Colorado’s third-line center is more than just talk. Remember Saturday? In the Avs’ 4-3 overtime
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Avalanche takeaways: Can this excellent road team bring that magic back to the Pepsi Center?

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The NHL grind will ease up for the Avalanche in the finishing stretch. Colorado plays 16 of its  final 28 regular-season games at home, including Saturday at the Air Force Academy’s Falcon Stadium. The thing is, the Avs need to rediscover their home-ice dominance and, oddly, play as well as they
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Dallas Stars “cheat” on faceoffs, Avalanche coach says

The Dallas Stars’ top forwards are cheaters, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “They’ve got veteran centermen in (Joe) Pavelski, (Jamie) Benn, (Tyler) Seguin and they cheat. They cheat on the faceoffs,” Bednar said Wednesday, the day after Dallas used a questionable faceoff to beat the Avs 3-2 in overtime at the Pepsi Center. To be
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Avalanche gameday: Philipp Grubauer back in net against Sharks at Pepsi Center

Avalanche goalie Philipp Grubauer Is Going to Probably Be back in net Thursday from the San Jose Sharks at the Pepsi Center. Grubauer has gone 2-5-2 in his past nine starts and has a 2.92 goals-against typical and .909 save percentage over the year. He has appeared in 27 games, such as Tuesday if Colorado
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Avs blow another third-period lead, fall 3-2 to Stars in overtime

In case the NHL Plays had opened Tuesday, the Dallas Stars and Avalanche would have started a first-round show involving the Central Division’s Nos. 2 and 3 seeds. But, no, we’re three months away from the postseason and Tuesday’s tilt was the fourth and closing assembly between the competitions. Overtime was required, and also in
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Dallas Stars reflect on Jim Montgomery’s firing, entrance into alcohol treatment: “Good for him that he’s getting the help he needs”

Jason Dickinson had yet to earn a consistent role for Its Dallas Stars until Trainer Jim Montgomery took over in 2018. Over two seasons after, Dickinson felt as shocked as everybody else to find the group had fired Montgomery. “I wasn’t fully aware of the situation and only the gravity of it,” Dickinson told The
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Stars Edge Avalanche in Shootout 3-2 Behind Bishop’s Big Night

DALLAS — Joe Pavelski and Alexander Radulov scored in a shootout, Ben Bishop stopped 41 shots and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 Saturday night. Pavelski started the shootout by scoring on Philipp Grubauer, and Bishop followed two saves. Radulov bested Grubauer with a low shot to finish it. Grubauer stopped 38 shots,
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Avalanche gameday: Still no sign of Mikko Rantanen

DALLAS — It appears that Mikko Rantanen, initially listed as “week-to-week” with the injury to his left leg, could miss an whole month since the Avalanche proceeds to wade through significant losses to its own forward corps. Rantanen, a 2019 NHL All-Star who will make a team-high $12 million salary this season, is starting his
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Avalanche falls to Stars 2-1 to finish a disappointing homestand 0-2-1

Avalanche trainer Jared Bednar smashed his team after yet another performance in the home. Dallas Stars goalie Anton Khudobin made 38 saves Friday night in a 2-1 victory in the Pepsi Center, where the Avs finished 0-2-1 on their homestand after coming in with the NHL-best 8-1-1 record. Even the Stars’ game-winning target came through
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