n Friday night.Seguin, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2010 NHL entry draft,Henrik Zetterberg Red Jersey, was traded to the Stars by Boston in July. He came into Friday night's game with only one assist this season in the two games Dallas had played.Alex Chiasson and Jamie Benn also scored for Dallas (2-1-0), who last played Saturday at home. The Jets (2-3-0) are now below the .500 mark after Thursday's 2-1 loss in Minnesota.Benn had two assists and Chiasson had one.Blake Wheeler, with his first goal of the season, scored for the Jets.In the first period, Winnipeg won the faceoff contest 15-9, a weak spot in their game recently, but were outshot 15-11.The Jets had their best chance to score on a four-minute power play just over five minutes in, when Valeri Nichushkin's stick sent Dustin Byfuglien to the Jets' dressing room for a cut to his face.But they lost the last minute of the power-play opportunity when Byfuglien's partner Toby Enstrom was sent off for hooking.The Stars made good on their minute with an extra man when Seguin set up Chiasson, who stuffed one under Pavelec's pads at 9:33. Seguin then slapped in a drop pass from Rich Peverly to make it 2-0 at 12:09.Benn finished the scoring in the first by tucking Brendon Dillon's rebound behind Pavelec's back at 16:35. Seguin was the second assist on that goal.Seguin opened the scoring in the second to make it 4-0 when he slapped one into the net from the right faceoff circle, after both Winnipeg and Dallas had failed to connect on power-play chances.The Jets managed to outshoot the Stars 13-9 in the second period. Dallas' Kari Lehtonen had blocked 10 of those shots before getting a break late in the period when Dan Ellis took over.Wheeler beat Ellis at the 5:35 mark of the third when he slipped in a rebound from Byfuglien's slapshot on a power play.Winnipeg put on more pressure in the third, outshooting Dallas 44-31 by the end of the game, but it couldn't find the net. This was the first game the Jets have outshot an opponent this season.With a power play late in the third, Winnipeg pulled Pavelec. But the Jets failed to score with two extra attackers.Notes: Friday night's game was the fifth in a row where the Jets have scored a power-play goal,Patrick Kane Jersey, including a five-on-three Thursday night in St. Paul. They failed to score on a five-on-three last season and had the worst power-play percentage in the NHL.
NEW YORK – Vancouver Canucks defenseman Alex Edler has been suspended for three games, without pay, for an illegal check to the head of San Jose Sharks forward Tomas Hertl during NHL Game No. 56 in Vancouver on Thursday, October 10, the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety announced today.Edler is considered a repeat offender under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and based on his average annual salary, he will forfeit $182,926.83. The money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.The incident occurred at 19:46 of the second period. No penalty was assessed on the play.For a full explanation of the Department of Player Safety's decision, complete with video, please click on the following link: http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=60&id=456728&lang=en
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame and NBC Sports Group have reached a three-year agreement calling for NBCSN to televise 12 of the Fighting Irish's home hockey games each year of the deal.The agreement announced Friday also calls for NBC Sports Live Extra to stream those 12 games and eight more home games online.The first such game was scheduled for Friday night when No. 7 Notre Dame hosted Western Michigan. NBCSN says it will televise more than 20 college hockey games this season, including the 12 Notre Dame home games, five Hockey East games and five Big Ten games.NBC has broadcast Notre Dame football games for years. Media reports have said Notre Dame receives $15 million annually as part of that deal.
Coming off back-to-back lopsided losses in which his team was outscored 15-2,Ryan Callahan Authentic Dark Blue Jersey, New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault announced Friday that backup goaltender Martin Biron would get the start Sat