The Dallas Stars will play the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Stars (52-21-9), who finished first in the Central Division and Western Conference, will have home-ice advantage in the best-of-7 series. The Golden Knights (45-29-8) finished as the second wild card. The playoffs begin Saturday. The Golden Knights won all three games against the Stars in the regular season. They won 3-2 in a shootout on Oct. 17, 2-1 in overtime on Nov. 22, and 6-1 on Dec. 9. This season, the Stars were led by forwards Jason Robertson (80 points; 29 goals ..read more

The Dallas Stars have quite an age gap. Top goal scorer Wyatt Johnston is only 20 years old, and was a teenager for most of the playoffs last year. On the other end for the Western Conference's top-seeded team is Joe Pavelski, who will turn 40 this summer and has more points this season than the kid who again is living in his house. The 18-year, 10-month gap between the Stars' youngest and oldest players is the widest among the Western Conference playoff teams by 2 1/2 years, with Edmonton at 16 years and four months ..read more

CHICAGO -- Logan Stankoven said he had no problem being patient. He's a top prospect for the Dallas Stars, who have plenty of forward depth, so the rookie said he was happy to keep developing in the American Hockey League while the Stars kept winning. But how much was he feeling that itch to get an opportunity in Dallas? "Yeah, huge. It's what you dream of," Stankoven told NHL.com on April 6. "So, yeah, it's just nice to get that phone call, to kind of know I was going to get the opportunity to play my first game. I just wanted to make a good first impression." Since was recalled from Texas o ..read more

With the Dallas Stars earning a point against the Blues on Wednesday, the Nashville Predators are set to play the Vancouver Canucks in first round ..read more

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There was a time not long ago when the Dallas Stars were far too dependent on their top line. With a trio of 70-point scorers skating together two seasons ago, the Stars didn't even get out of the first round of the playoffs. Joe Pavelski, Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz remained top scorers last year but got more help as Dallas made it to the Western Conference Final, and the scoring is now even deeper and more balanced ..read more

Defenseman Miro Heiskanen had a goal and two assists, and Jason Robertson had a goal and an assist as the Dallas Stars beat the Seattle Kraken 3-1 on Saturday to clinch the Central Division title for the first time in eight years. Craig Smith also scored for the Stars, who remain in contention for both the top seed in the Western Conference and the Presidents’ Trophy with one game to play in the regular season. Heiskanen scored Dallas’ final goal on a wrap-around with 7:37 left to play for his fourth game of at least three points this season ..read more

Jason Robertson, coach Pete DeBoer and the Central Division champion Dallas Stars took a breath when the regular-season finale was tied at the end of regulation. The Stars clinched the top seed in the Western Conference playoffs with that point they earned for getting to overtime at home against St. Louis. “It feels like we knew what we had to do,” said Robertson, who scored the only goal in the shootout ..read more

As a result, Dallas has clinched the top spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the Western Conference. Oettinger saved 25 of the 26 shots he faced in the win over St. Louis. The Blues had the Stars puck-stopper out of position, a yawning cage waiting to be scored on ..read more

Apr. 17—Kyle Looft is making a habit out of playing for his favorite childhood team's rival organizations. The Mankato native chose to play his collegiate men's hockey career at Bemidji State. After five years with the Beavers, the lifelong Minnesota Wild fan signed an amateur tryout contract with the Texas Stars, the AHL affiliate of the Dallas Stars. "I didn't think about it like that ..read more