The NHL had already postponed three Dallas Stars games due to inclement weather and has now added a fourth. Saturday’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning has been postponed as a result of “ongoing power issues” caused by the weather in the Dallas area.
The league is now working to re-schedule the four games missed, but it now means the Stars will have a pause between February 13 and 22 after already starting the season late. The team has only completed 12 games so far and is on a five-game losing streak after a hot start. The Stars will have even less practice and recovery time down the stretch as they try to fit in the final 44 games.
The Lightning meanwhile are now off from Feb 15 to 22, as they’ll next take the ice on Monday against the Carolina Hurricanes. Tampa Bay has had several postponements of their own, though not because of any internal outbreak, and have only completed 14 games. Unlike the Stars though, the Lightning have been able to battle through their odd schedule and are 10-3-1 on the year, still looking like the powerhouse that won the Stanley Cup last summer.
The list of postponed games for one reason or another is quite long already:
|
Game # |
Matchup |
Original Date |
New Date |
|
9 |
Dallas at Florida |
Jan. 14 |
Feb. 22 |
|
20 |
Dallas at Florida |
Jan. 15 |
May 3 |
|
33 |
Dallas at Tampa Bay |
Jan. 17 |
May 4 |
|
48 |
Dallas at Tampa Bay |
Jan. 19 |
May 10 |
|
52 |
Carolina at Nashville |
Jan. 19 |
March 2 |
|
62 |
Florida at Carolina |
Jan. 21 |
Feb. 17 |
|
76 |
Florida at Carolina |
Jan. 23 |
March 7 |
|
97 |
Tampa Bay at Carolina |
Jan. 26 |
Feb. 22 |
|
122 |
St. Louis at Vegas |
Jan. 28 |
March 22 |
|
149 |
Vegas at San Jose |
Feb. 1 |
Feb. 13 |
|
150 |
Buffalo at NY Islanders |
Feb. 2 |
Feb. 22 |
|
151 |
New Jersey at Pittsburgh |
Feb. 2 |
March 21 |
|
162 |
Vegas at San Jose |
Feb. 3 |
Feb. 25 |
|
163 |
Buffalo at NY Islanders |
Feb. 4 |
March 4 |
|
166 |
New Jersey at Pittsburgh |
Feb. 4 |
April 20 |
|
173 |
Minnesota at Colorado |
Feb. 4 |
Feb. 24 |
|
179 |
Buffalo at Boston |
Feb. 6 |
March 27 |
|
180 |
NY Rangers at New Jersey |
Feb. 6 |
March 4 |
|
182 |
Colorado at St. Louis |
Feb. 6 |
April 14 |
|
186 |
Arizona at Minnesota |
Feb. 6 |
March 16 |
|
191 |
Colorado at St. Louis |
Feb. 7 |
TBA |
|
192 |
Arizona at Minnesota |
Feb. 7 |
April 14 |
|
195 |
Buffalo at Boston |
Feb. 8 |
April 13 |
|
202 |
Philadelphia at Washington |
Feb. 9 |
TBA |
|
207 |
St. Louis at Minnesota |
Feb. 9 |
April 12 |
|
209 |
Arizona at Colorado |
Feb. 9 |
March 31 |
|
214 |
Washington at Buffalo |
Feb. 11 |
March 15 |
|
216 |
New Jersey at Philadelphia |
Feb. 11 |
April 25 |
|
223 |
St. Louis at Minnesota |
Feb. 11 |
March 25 |
|
225 |
Arizona at Colorado |
Feb. 11 |
April 12 |
|
229 |
Washington at Buffalo |
Feb. 13 |
April 9 |
|
231 |
New Jersey at Philadelphia |
Feb. 13 |
May 10 |
|
240 |
Minnesota at Los Angeles |
Feb. 13 |
April 23 |
|
244 |
New Jersey at Boston |
Feb. 15 |
March 7 |
|
250* |
Nashville at Dallas |
Feb. 15 |
TBA |
|
254 |
Philadelphia at NY Rangers |
Feb. 16 –> Feb. 14 |
TBA |
|
258* |
Nashville at Dallas |
Feb. 16 |
TBA |
|
271* |
Tampa Bay at Dallas |
Feb. 18 |
TBA |
|
286* |
Tampa Bay at Dallas |
Feb. 20 |
TBA |
*Weather-related postponement
Obviously, hockey is the least important thing for the people in Texas right now, but…from the leagues’ perspective…why wouldn’t they just move these to road games?
Who cares which empty building the game is played in?
100% agree.
Unless the players don’t want to abandon their families at this time. It may be a situation where the personal lives come first.
They should just play their home games in Cancun.
I was going to reply above that if well off Texans can make it to Cancun, they can surely make it to Carolina, but…beaten to the punch…line.
It’s not like Joe Pavelski or John Klingberg are going to be soldering copper pipes…bring the families with them and outsource any home repair issues.