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The Dallas Stars manage to finish off their homestand with a hard fought 3-2 win over the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday. The Stars were outshot and outplayed for certain portions of the game, including a third period where they landed just five shots on net.

Jan 16, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn (14) and center Logan Stankoven (11) and Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes (75) and center Jake Evans (71) look for the puck during the second period at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

The Dallas Stars (24-13-1) end a short ... who have now lost all three games to the Stars this season. Karel Vejmelka made 26 stops for the Utah Hockey Club. At 10:30 of the second period ...

Defenseman Thomas Harley scored on a rebound at 3:01 of overtime and the Dallas Stars beat the Utah Hockey Club 3-2 on Saturday night. Jamie Benn and Oskar Bäck also scored for the Stars, who have won four straight for the first time since opening the season with four wins.

Artemi Panarin scored twice, Chris Kreider got the go-ahead goal with 9:38 left and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night. Reilly Smith tied it 3-all with a short-handed goal 28 seconds into the third period for the Rangers,

Alex Ovechkin's OT goal was his 874th career goal, putting him 20 away away from tying Wayne Gretzky’s mark of 894.

Dylan Cozens and Tage Thompson also scored and Jason Zucker had two assists for the Sabres, who won for the third time in four games. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 35 saves. Jaccob Slavin and Martin Necas scored and Brent Burns had two assists in the Hurricanes’ second straight loss. Dustin Tokarski made 20 saves.

Kirby Dach scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Utah Hockey Club 5-3 on Tuesday night. Mike Matheson, Patrik Laine and Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal, which has won eight of its last 10.

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William Eklund had a goal and two assists and the San Jose Sharks ended Detroit’s seven-game winning streak, beating the Red Wings 6-3 on Tuesday night.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kent Johnson and Kirill Marchenko scored in the shootout as the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night.