From this moment on, Shania Twain is a Dallas Stars fan.

The country star was delighted to find out the NHL club blared and sung along to her music before defeating the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 on Thursday night.

Heard @dallasstars have amazing taste in pre game music. Must have helped them to the win?! 😘 Incredible game guys!

— Shania Twain (@ShaniaTwain) May 6, 2016

Stars captain Jamie Benn was quick to reply.

@ShaniaTwain 👍🏼 we only listen to the best! #playoffpumpupmusic

— Jamie Benn (@jamiebenn14) May 6, 2016

That convinced Shania to make Benn her pick in the "NHL 17" cover vote.

.@jamiebenn14 #NHL17Benn 👏

— Shania Twain (@ShaniaTwain) May 6, 2016

The Stars shared video of Twain's "You're Still the One" playing in the dressing room before Game 4 and the team surprised reporters by delaying its media availability until the players were finished singing.

Let's just hope this doesn't inspire a series of Stars-sung Shania tributes like, "Whose Bed Have Your Skates Been Under" or "Any Benn of Mine."

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With an efficient first-round series victory over the Detroit Red Wings and two wins in three tries against the New York Islanders, the Tampa Bay Lightning have survived the absence of their stabilizing force on the back end, Anton Stralman.

Thing is, Stralman's broken leg isn't healing as expected.

Lightning coach Jon Cooper told reporters that the club has been "baffled" by the defender's injury, and in addition to being unavailable in Game 4, Stralman is doubtful for Sunday's Game 5.

Stralman suffered a non-displaced fracture of his left fibula during a net-front battle with the Islanders' Anders Lee near the end of March.

Only Victor Hedman has logged more minutes than Stralman since the beginning of last season's playoffs.

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Brent Peterson was rather excited when Mike Fisher ended Game 4 between the Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks in triple overtime early Friday morning.

The Predators' radio color commentator unleashed an impromptu scream of delight after play-by-play voice Pete Weber called Fisher's goal, which knotted the second-round series at 2-2 at around 1 a.m. local time.

Say what you want about objectivity, but it was the longest game in Predators history, so many fans and media members no doubt had the same reaction upon realizing it was over.

- With h/t to Brooks Bratten

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TORONTO - Canada will open the 2017 world junior hockey championship against Russia on Dec. 26 at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. Hockey Canada has released the schedule for the tournament, which will be held in Toronto and at Montreal's Bell Ce...

The Los Angeles Kings are doing some soul-searching.

General manager Dean Lombardi described his team's five-game first-round loss to the San Jose Sharks as "a punch in the gut" on a conference call Friday. After a run of success including two Stanley Cups, the Kings are in re-evaluation mode.

Lombardi, though, wants the same man behind the Kings' bench for those Cups to return, and said an offer is on the the table for head coach Darryl Sutter.

"I think (Sutter's) comfortable with what's there. I think it's very fair," Lombardi said of the offer. "But just like when he came here and when his last contract was up, 'Does he want to do it?'"

Money isn't the issue - it's about where the Kings are, where they go from here, and whether Sutter wants to be involved, Lombardi said.

"There's a lot of work to be done here," he added. "There's safety in doing things the same way after you've won. This is a little ... not scary, but you see what's happened. We're not where we want to be. Now you have to fix it."

Lombardi: 'This is the first summer in a long time we've actually had time to break this down.'

— Helene Elliott (@helenenothelen) May 6, 2016

Lombardi also addressed Milan Lucic's pending unrestricted free agency, saying he's "still working on" a deal, and acknowledging that the power forward is a priority over other potential re-signings.

"Good kid and a great fit. ... There's still some work to be done here. I don't see anything quickly on the horizon," Lombardi said, adding, "The discussions are much further along with Looch (than with other players)."

As for captain Dustin Brown, who had a very disappointing season, Lombardi needs more from him - but from other players as well.

Said individual players hadn't been discussed. 'I don't think there's anybody more frustrated on an individual basis than Dustin himself.'

— Helene Elliott (@helenenothelen) May 6, 2016

"To a certain degree, every part of us got a little too full of ourselves," Lombardi said, adding that stagnation has crept into the organization. "We have to get back on that path, the innovation, the spark, the challenge that was there seven years ago when we were coming out of the gutter."

- With h/t to Helene Elliott and Lisa Dillman

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Laine to Barkov... Barkov to Laine... 1-0 Finland. #Worlds2016 pic.twitter.com/F4WzBDZ1aq

— Robert Söderlind (@HockeyWebCast) May 6, 2016

No matter where he's playing, Patrik Laine will find the back of the net.

The Finnish dynamo, and projected No. 2 pick in June's draft, combined with Florida Panthers star Aleksander Barkov for a beautiful goal to open the scoring in Finland's World Championship debut versus Belarus.

At 18, Laine became the youngest Finn to ever score at the tournament.

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The coaching carousel is in full swing.

Bruce Boudreau, fired by the Anaheim Ducks after their first-round ouster, is in Ottawa to meet with the Senators about their head coaching vacancy, reports the Star Tribune's Michael Russo. Boudreau joins a list of heavy hitters who've interviewed for the position: Guy Boucher, Randy Carlyle, Marc Crawford, and Mike Yeo (who was called back for a second interview).

Russo points out that Boudreau's daughter and granddaughter live in Ottawa, while his mother is in St. Catherines, Ontario. With Boudreau's ties to the region, it would be hard to see him turning down an offer, should the Senators make one.

The Wild have reportedly met with Boudreau and Carlyle, and have also interviewed John Torchetti, who took over Minnesota after Yeo was fired. Russo adds that Boucher and Crawford have been spoken to by general manager Chuck Fletcher over the phone.

Boucher and Crawford have both been coaching in Switzerland, but want to come back to the NHL.

Russo's "guess," meanwhile, is that the Wild will look to someone with previous NHL coaching experience, so the names being bandied about certainly make sense. There's also Bob Hartley, who was fired earlier in the week by the Calgary Flames.

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Pittsburgh Penguins forward Eric Fehr will be back in the lineup for Game 5 on Saturday.

Fehr declared himself "ready to go" Friday afternoon after missing one game due to an undisclosed injury.

The 30-year-old has two points in eight playoff games, including the winner in Game 2 versus the Washington Capitals.

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The Washington Capitals are on the brink.

Headed home trailing 3-1 to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Capitals believe they're ready to turn the series around after blowing the same lead in last year's playoffs.

"I think this team has lots of character," Alex Ovechkin told Mike Zeisberger of the National Post. "Last year, we were winning 3-1 and we lost the series, so we have to take that experience and turn it around our way."

Their elimination at the hands of the New York Rangers last spring added another ugly blemish to the Capitals' playoff history. Washington hasn't advanced to the third round in Ovechkin's eight playoff seasons with the team.

"I think it sucks. We wanted to tie the game and tie the series (Wednesday), but overall I think we have to play our game," Ovechkin added.

The Capitals' postseason despair has given them a losing reputation, but Ovechkin said the Presidents' Trophy winners need to focus on the present.

"It's totally different this year," Ovechkin said. "Like I said, last year we were winning 3-1 against the Rangers and we lost, so we just have to have the mentality shift to shift and period by period and try to turn it around, try to win the next game."

Three-time Stanley Cup winner Justin Williams also believes Washington can erase a two-game deficit by embracing the moment.

"You've got to err on the side of enthusiasm, not apprehension," Williams said, according to Stephen Whyno of the Associated Press. He added, "We need to come out on the winning edge and own the big moments. We haven't done that yet."

Netminder Braden Holtby, who's more than capable of stealing a game for his team, said the Capitals are poised to rise to the occasion.

"I don't think we're panicking at all in here," Holtby said. "We're just ready for this opportunity to show that we're capable of anything."

Washington's season is on the line when the puck drops for Game 5 at the Verizon Center on Saturday night.

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The big ice is beautiful.

Matt Duchene's certainly enjoying it. The Colorado Avalanche forward is suiting up for Canada at the World Championship in Russia, and he used the larger international surface to perfection Friday, going shelf blocker side on Keith Kinkaid with a stunning and beautifully placed wrist shot.

Canada beat the U.S. 5-1 in the tourney opener. Duchene added a helper, while Auston Matthews, the presumptive No. 1 pick by the Toronto Maple Leafs at the NHL Entry Draft, was held pointless.

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