Monday's NHL Playoff Sum

Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com • It can't be Dallas without 'the Drake'
The Detroit Free Press's Helene St. James and George Sipple report that Red Wings forward Dallas Drake has a minor injury, but injuries are never "minor" stories in the palyoffs: May 12, Detroit Free Press: Dallas Drake said he "tweaked...

On the Wings • Game 3: @ Dallas, 8:00 ET
Tonight is Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals. Detroit leads the series 2-0 ( 4-1 , 2-1 ). For Dallas, this is essentially a must-win game. They cannot afford to go down 3-0 to Detroit. Some keys to the game for the Stars: Score first. ...

KK Hockey • What’s With All The Red
from Michael E. Young of the Dallas Morning News, To some, Detroit fans are known as the “Red Army.” Others favor the slightly disparaging “U-Haul Army,” for the Detroit diaspora that carried Michiganders east, west and south ...

IllegalCurve.com • Western Conference Final - Morning Papers
The Stars return to Dallas and feel that home ice will be to their advantage . Mike Ribeiro will be available for the stars as he only received a fine for his slash on Chris Osgood. I thought that using your stick as a weapon warrants a suspension. ...

The Hockey Herald • No suspension for Dallas Stars’ Ribeiro
via Dallas Morning News: The NHL fined Mike Ribeiro, Chris Osgood and Steve Ott for actions they took in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals, but suspended nobody for today’s Game 3. Still, the war of words between the Stars and Red ...

Altercation over, feelings not for Red Wings and Stars
Really, it's hard to imagine that Chris Osgood is completely correct in his assessment. "Just a little altercation that's over with now," the Detroit goalie insisted Sunday, a day after the Red Wings' 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars was marred by an ...

Dallas' Lehtinen scratched
DALLAS (AP) -Dallas Stars right wing Jere Lehtinen was scratched from the lineup because of a leg injury in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals on Monday night. Lehtinen started Saturday night's game against the Detroit Red Wings, but didn't...

Stars RW Lehtinen scratched for Game 3 (AP)
Dallas Stars right wing Jere Lehtinen was scratched from the lineup because of a leg injury in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals on Monday night. Lehtinen started Saturday night's game against the Detroit Red Wings, but didn't finish. He played ...

Datsyuk puts Wings one win from finals (AP)
Pavel Datsyuk and the Detroit Red Wings got the best retaliation against Mike Ribeiro and the Dallas Stars -- a record-setting victory. Datsyuk scored twice in the first period then again with 2:41 left, and the Red Wings beat the Stars 5-2 ...

Datsyuk's hat trick leads Red Wings to 3-0 Western Final lead over Stars
DALLAS - Pavel Datsyuk scored twice in the first period then again with 2:41 left, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 Monday night to take a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. This was Detroit's ninth straight win, i...