Wild top Preds 4-3 on Hartman rebound with 21 seconds left
February 19, 2023 GMTST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild led Nashville by two with less than five minutes to go. When they lost it with 47 seconds left, captain Jared Spurgeon gave his teammates a calm word of encouragement.
Robertson scores twice in Stars’ 6-4 win over Blackhawks
April 11, 2022 GMTCHICAGO (AP) — Jason Robertson scored his team-leading 33rd and 34th goals about three minutes apart, and the Dallas Stars strengthened their hold on a wild-card spot with a 6-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night.
Nico Hischier helps New Jersey Devils beat Dallas Stars 3-1
April 9, 2022 GMTDALLAS (AP) — Nico Hischier and Pavel Zacha scored 10 seconds apart in the third period, and the New Jersey Devils beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Saturday.
Ty Smith also scored in the third for New Jersey, which had dropped five in a row.
Jamie Benn’s OT goal sends Stars past skidding Ducks 3-2
April 1, 2022 GMTANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jamie Benn scored 53 seconds into overtime and the Dallas Stars completed a two-game sweep of the skidding Anaheim Ducks with a 3-2 victory Thursday night.
Benn skated past two Ducks and converted a pass from Miro Heiskanen for his 17th goal of the season for the Stars, who have won five of six overall.
Robertson’s hat trick leads Stars to 4-3 OT win over Jets
March 5, 2022 GMTWINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Jason Robertson scored his third goal of the game with 30 seconds left in overtime, lifting the Dallas Stars to a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night.
Denis Gurianov scored the tying goal late in the third period for the Stars, and Braden Holtby made 39 saves.
Radulov nets winner in 500th game as Stars beat Kings 4-3
March 3, 2022 GMTDALLAS (AP) — Alexander Radulov scored the winning goal in his 500th NHL game to cap Dallas’ four-goal second period and the Stars rallied to beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Wednesday night.
Radulov and Ryan Suter scored in the final minute of the period, after Luke Glendening and Jason Robertson connected, to help Dallas improve to 5-1-1 in its last seven games and 30-20-3 overall.
Hintz scores in overtime to lift Stars past Red Wings 5-4
January 22, 2022 GMTDETROIT (AP) — Roope Hintz scored a power-play goal with 2:09 left in overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night.
“It was a great pass,” Hintz said of the feed from Joe Pavelski on the winning goal.
Kaprizov gets goal, 3 assists in 7-2 romp for Wild vs. Stars
November 19, 2021 GMTST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Though the goals haven't come as frequently for Kirill Kaprizov thus far in his rookie-of-the-year follow-up, the multi-skilled left wing has still been a significant contributor for Minnesota.
Robertson, callup Oettinger lead Stars past Red Wings 5-2
November 17, 2021 GMTDALLAS (AP) — Jason Robertson scored twice and Jake Oettinger made 28 saves in his season debut as the Dallas Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Robertson’s wraparound at 3:48 of the third period gave Dallas a 4-2 lead after Detroit scored twice within a span of 5½ minutes in the second period.
Miller scores 2 on power play, Canucks beat Stars 6-3
November 8, 2021 GMTVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — J.T. Miller had two power-play goals and the Vancouver Canucks scored four times in the second period to beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 Sunday night.
Bo Horvat and Elias Pettersson each had a goal and two assists, Brock Boeser added a goal and an assist, and Vasily Podkolzin also scored to help the Canucks win for the second time in six games.
Benn says Stars built to win in 2nd season since Cup final
September 29, 2021 GMTFRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Stars opened training camp this month exactly one year after they were still playing in the Stanley Cup Final in the NHL bubble in Canada.
In between was another exhausting, condensed season that ended without a return to the playoffs.
Wild sign veteran defenseman Jordie Benn to 1-year deal
August 28, 2021 GMTST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild signed defenseman Jordie Benn to a one-year, $900,000 contract on Friday, adding another veteran option after an offseason of change on the blue line.
The 34-year-old Benn had one goal, nine assists and a plus-7 rating over 39 games with the Vancouver Canucks and Winnipeg Jets last season.
Wild agree to terms with defenseman Jon Merrill
July 30, 2021 GMTST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild agreed to terms Thursday with defenseman Jon Merrill on a one-year, $850,000 contract, the third veteran they've added to the blue line in free agency.
The 29-year-old Merrill had five assists and 70 blocked shots in 49 games last season, with the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens.
Stars open free agency by signing veterans Suter and Holtby
July 29, 2021 GMTThe Dallas Stars opened free agency Wednesday by signing three-time All-Star defenseman Ryan Suter and former Stanley Cup champion goaltender Braden Holtby, a pair of veterans whose contracts were bought out by their previous teams.
NHL teams shuffle before Seattle Kraken expansion draft
July 16, 2021 GMTBefore 30 NHL teams release the list of players available for the Kraken, many of them are shuffling the deck to make sure they're in good position for the Seattle expansion draft.
Goalie Ben Bishop to be available in Seattle expansion draft
July 15, 2021 GMTDallas Stars goaltender Ben Bishop has waived his no-movement clause to be exposed in the Seattle expansion draft next week after approaching his team with the idea.
The move, which the team confirmed Thursday, allows Dallas to protect veteran goalie Anton Khudobin from the Kraken.
Moving on from past is first step in this NHL offseason
July 14, 2021 GMTIt's hard for Duncan Keith to say goodbye to yesterday.
Pekka Rinne and Kevan Miller, too. Even more difficult for Zach Parise and Ryan Suter because it wasn't their call.
Moving on from the past is an early theme of the NHL offseason.
Minnesota Wild buy out Parise and Suter contracts
July 13, 2021 GMTNine years after Zach Parise and Ryan Suter signed twin contracts together worth nearly $200 million with the Minnesota Wild, they are being bought out together in a stunning turn of events early in the NHL offseason.
Blues score 7 straight goals to beat Wild 7-3
May 14, 2021 GMTST. LOUIS (AP) — David Perron, Brayden Schenn, and Jordan Kyrou each scored twice and the St. Louis Blues scored seven straight goals to erase a first-period deficit and beat the Minnesota Wild 7-3 on Thursday night.
Spurgeon scores 2, Wild beat Ducks 3-2 for 10th home win
March 25, 2021 GMTST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jared Spurgeon had two goals, and Nico Sturm scored the tiebreaker as the Minnesota Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Wednesday night and swept the teams’ two-game set...
Suter, Bjugstad score as Wild beat Ducks 2-1
March 23, 2021 GMTST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Ryan Suter and Nick Bjugstad scored, Cam Talbot made 24 saves and the Minnesota Wild returned home with a 2-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night...
Wild score 3 power-play goals in 3-2 win over Canucks
December 5, 2018 GMTVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A big advantage on special teams was the difference Tuesday night for the Minnesota Wild...
Wild’s top two pairs on defense split up after Ryan Suter, Matt Dumba struggle
November 21, 2018 GMTAfter his top defensive pair faltered in Sundays loss at Chicago, Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said he would reevaluate whether to keep Ryan Suter and Matt Dumba together. Splitting them up, though, would have a trickle-down effect.
Greg Pateryn and rookie Nick Seeler give Wild solid third defensive pairing
November 4, 2018 GMTST. LOUIS The revolving door that was the Wilds third pairing on defense has finally stopped spinning.
After regular rotation last season and throughout coach Bruce Boudreaus tenure the team has solidified a top six that it has relied on every game in 2018-19, stability that has emerged as a strength of the Wilds through the first month of the schedule.
Ryan Suter’s late shorthanded goal gives way to Jason Zucker’s overtime winner for Wild over Chicago
October 12, 2018 GMTWild center Eric Staal hung his head.
Despite staring down a mostly empty net with Blackhawks goalie Cam Ward pulled off to one side, Staal still directed the puck into Wards pads a missed opportunity that symbolized a rough debut for the teams scorers.
Wild overcame a lot to make playoffs, but finish was disappointing
April 22, 2018 GMTIsolate the season from those that came before it, and the Wilds performance the past six months is encouraging if not admirable.
It chipped away at an early hole to climb into one of the Central Divisions top three spots and ended up as one of the most productive teams in the Western Conference.
Wild defensemen still scoring in Ryan Suter’s absence
April 7, 2018 GMTSAN JOSE, Calif. In just seconds, defenseman Nate Prosser went from the trailer on a shorthanded rush to being swarmed by five Kings players as the lone Wild attacker.
Rather than retreat, Prosser cut through Los Angeles defense before sending the puck by goalie Jonathan Quicks right side as he slid left the tying goal that erased a two-goal, third-period deficit for the Wild on Thursday.
Norris Trophy finalists: Subban, Letang, Suter
May 7, 2013 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Montreal's P.K. Subban, Pittsburgh's Kris Letang and Minnesota's Ryan Suter are finalists for the Norris Trophy, given annually to the NHL's top defenseman.