NBC Learn, and the NBC Sports Group recently teamed up with the NHL and NSF to release "Science of NHL Hockey".

The Dallas Stars announced Friday captain Brenden Morrow will miss up to six months with a torn ligament in his right knee. Morris blossomed into one of the NHL's top players last season, when he led Dallas to the Western Conference finals.

Maybe it was payback, maybe it was just good fortune. The Dallas Stars aren't going to quibble.

The new leadership of the Dallas Stars planted a stake in the ice at American Airlines Center early Monday morning.

Brenden Morrow's power-play goal 9:03 into the fourth overtime early Monday boosted Dallas into the NHL Western Conference finals with a 2-1 win over San Jose. The goal ended the eighth-longest game in NHL playoff game history and the longest so far this playoff season.