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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.

The Dallas Stars are making an aggressive push up the Central Division and Western Conference standings. In the middle of a red-hot stretch, they are headlining the latest lessons from this past week of NHL action.

Dallas Stars forward Matt Duchene has scored a lot of goals in his NHL career. He has scored 358 of them to be exact, thanks to his early third-period goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.

There are plenty of reasons why Dallas is one of the best-run, most-feared teams in hockey. The 26-year-old depth forward represents one of the most overlooked, and most important.

The Rangers special teams play leads Blueshirts to first third period come-from-behind win of the season with a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club.

The Kings center and Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland were named Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for their big games last week. Sacramento Kings center ...

The battle of the second and third-ranked teams in the Western Conference features some of the league's up-and-coming franchises. The third-seeded Memphis Grizzlies are an established squad built ...

St. Louis Blues (21-20-4, in the Central Division) St. Louis; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues and the Calgary Flames square off in Western Conference action. St. Louis is 21 ...

But Sunday, Jan. 12 NHL action has two of the Western Conference leaders looking to skate, shoot and score in their push to the top of the conference. The Vegas Golden Knights (28 wins ...

Sacramento now holds a 20-20 record and they currently sit ninth in the Western Conference standings. While Christie has been a huge part of the turnaround, so has their star center Domantas Sabonis.

After starting the season off 9-2, the Suns have dropped 18 of their last 29 games, falling to 20-20. The trio of Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal has proven to be a bust for Phoenix, not ...