DeBoer has taken teams to the Cup finals twice and the conference finals a sum of eight times — three straight in Dallas, and six of the past seven years with the Sharks, Golden Knights and Stars

Panthers coach Paul Maurice said pregame Friday that there will be no lineup changes for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers after Florida dropped the series opener 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday. “I’m not changing anything,” Maurice said.

The Dallas Stars have fired head coach Peter DeBoer, despite the fact that DeBoer had led his team to the Conference Finals six out of the last seven years, three in a row with his Dallas squad. DeBoer’s axing is the latest in a long-line of Western Conference teams imploding after they lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the playoffs,