Puck Podcast

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars talked about getting off to a fast start at their morning skate. Then they put that plan into action.Brenden Morrow scored twice in the opening nine minutes of Dallas’ four-goal first period, and Marty Turco stopped 29 shots for his 37th career shutout in the Stars’ 6-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night

Right now, the Pittsburgh Penguins almost seem more comfortable on the road than at home. That’s a scary thought for the rest of the NHL.Chris Kunitz beat Cam Ward on the 12th shot of a shootout to help the defending Stanley Cup champions beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Wednesday night, setting a franchise record for most consecutive road wins to start a season

NEW YORK – Both teams were in full agreement: the Los Angeles Kings clearly outplayed the New York Rangers.The scoreboard said otherwise at the end of a matchup between the NHL’s hottest clubs

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Phoenix Coyotes sent left-winger Mikkel Boedker to their AHL affiliate in San Antonio on Wednesday.The 19-year-old Boedker, from Denmark, had no points in five games this season

WINDSOR, Ont. – The 2010 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game will be played in Windsor, Ont., after Montreal withdrew due to a scheduling conflict

TORONTO – Theo Fleury suffered silently, alone with his pain until he could take it no more and tried to drink it all away.When the hurt returned the cycle would repeat, and as the years went on he began to lose more and more control

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens say they won’t be disciplining tough guy Georges Laraque for appearing in an ad that ran afoul of women’s groups and league rules on alcohol

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators have a defenceman who’s making people stand up and take notice of his play so far this NHL season.

Unfortunately for rookie Erik Karlsson, it’s been Russian teammate Anton Volchenkov

VANCOUVER, B.C. – It’s not every day a rookie gets called up from the minors and finds himself skating on the big club’s top line.But that’s the result of injuries to five regulars on the Vancouver Canucks as they prepare for four games in six nights starting Friday in Calgary

The only thing most people figured the Colorado Avalanche would win this season is the draft lottery.They were an easy team to write off after losing heart-and-soul captain Joe Sakic to retirement over the summer and that’s what just about every pre-season prognosticator did

MONTREAL – Not even the players know what to expect when the Montreal Canadiens finally play their home opener.The last NHL club to play a home game this season takes to the ice Thursday night against the red-hot Colorado Avalanche, although the Canadiens are still in the process of finding their identity as a team after an off-season of sweeping change

Injured Buffalo Sabres forward Thomas Vanek may not be out as long as originally expected, and could miss only a few days rather than weeks.Coach Lindy Ruff said Wednesday that Vanek’s upper body injury sustained in Tuesday’s win over Detroit isn’t as bad as first thought

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus Blue Jackets defenceman Jan Hejda (YAHN’ HAY’-duh) will miss four to six weeks with a sprained left knee.The club disclosed the injury Wednesday

TORONTO – Much like his tenure with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Darcy Tucker’s return to the site of his best NHL years was emotional – and productive

WINNIPEG – Centre Jason Jaffray scored the game-winner against his former team as the Abbotsford Heat recorded their first ever American Hockey League victory with a 4-2 win over the Manitoba Moose Tuesday night

Sabres forward Thomas Vanek will be out for what coach Lindy Ruff termed as “weeks” after sustaining an upper body injury in a 6-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Rick Nash stretched his streak of multi-point games to four with a pair of assists 2:04 apart in the second period, and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night

TORONTO – Ron Wilson’s next move to try and wake up the winless Toronto Maple Leafs is to give his players the day off.The Leafs coach benched two of his top scorers in favour of rookies and was forced to start third-string goalie Joey MacDonald on Tuesday night and still wound up with the same kind of result – a 4-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche

Thomas Vanek scored twice and Derek Roy had three assists as part of a four-goal second period in leading the Buffalo Sabres to a 6-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night