Leevi Merilainen made 24 saves in his Ottawa home debut and the Senators ended the Dallas Stars’ seven-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory Sunday night.

Following the news that the Dallas Cowboys and Mike McCarthy will part ways after five seasons, two franchises have emerged as the early front-runners to land him, according to an NFL Network insider.

Mike McCarthy’s tenure with the Cowboys has come to an end. The two sides have reached the decision to move on, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Dallas Morning News. After a disappointing 7-10 season that came down to a referendum on the job done by McCarthy and his staff and the approach Jerry Jones and his son,

The Dallas Cowboys are officially in the head coaching market, and they would be wise to look at Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian as their next leading man.