The hockey club will be without captain Connor McDavid for the first half of that homestand as the NHL handed him a three-game suspension on Monday after he delivered a crosscheck on Canucks forward Conor Garland near the end of a game Vancouver won 3-2 on Saturday.

The inevitable will become reality on Friday when the Erie Otters retired the No. 97 jersey worn by Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid.

So the @BuffaloSabres scored a goal in the 3rd period without registering a shot on net. According to @nhl stats, this is the 3rd time it has happened in an NHL game since team shots in a period were kept in the stats in 1965-66. Detroit in 1986 and Montreal in 2016 against the… pic.twitter.com/eTJU8sGIGX

Jamie Benn scored a power-play goal 2:17 into overtime as the Dallas Stars ran their winning streak to five games by rallying from an early three-goal deficit for a 5-4 victory over the host New York Rangers on Tuesday night.

Matt Duchene leads the Stars in points (41) while ranking second in goals (17) and assists (24). Robertson leads Dallas in assists (25), ranks second in points (37) and is tied for third in goals (12). Wyatt Johnston is third on the team in points (32) and assists (22).

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Casey DeSmith stopped 27 shots to lead the Dallas Stars to their sixth straight victory ... into ninth on the NHL’s career scoring list as Pittsburgh beat Connor McDavid and Edmonton. The Penguins captain tied Hall of Famer Joe ...

Stars goaltender Casey DeSmith has a three or more goals allowed in four of his seven career starts against the Philadelphia Flyers

Casey DeSmith stopped 27 shots to lead the Dallas Stars to their sixth straight victory, 4-1 over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night. The Stars won for the seventh time in eight games as they continue their run up the Western Conference standings.

ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Jhose Brea, Yerlin Burgos, Jesus Delgado, Edwin Mendoza, Ricardo Osorioi, Ricardo Reyes, Yordan Rodriguez, C Alverson Barazarte, SSs Luis Cuevas, Yorvit Diaz, Ayden Johnson, OFs Breyson Guedez, Darwing Ozuna, Carlos Salmeron and SS/RHP Shotaro Morii on minor league contracts.

In the wake of his career-surviving major surgery, it was a hip, hip hooray moment for John Klingberg when he signed his one-year free-agent contract in Edmonton—five years after being in the 2020 playoff bubble with the Dallas Stars when they were two games from winning the Stanley Cup.