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NHL suspends Stars F Neal for 2 games (AP)
The NHL has suspended Dallas Stars forward James Neal two games for a boarding infraction that injured the Columbus Blue Jackets' Derek Dorsett. The NHL announced the discipline on Friday. Neal will miss games against New Jersey on Saturday and ...
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Niedermayer's PP goal in OT lifts Ducks (AP)
Scott Niedermayer scored a power-play goal 52 seconds into overtime and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night after blowing a three-goal lead. Corey Perry extended his career-best point streak to 13 games with a ...
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'Hawks score 5 in 2nd, rout Flames 7-1 (AP)
Kris Versteeg scored two power-play goals in Chicago's five-goal second period to help the Blackhawks rout the Calgary Flames 7-1 on Thursday night in a rematch of a first-round playoff series. The Blackhawks beat the Flames in six games last ...
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Special teams power Jackets over Stars (AP)
Rick Nash scored on a power play and Kristian Huselius added a short-handed goal in the final seconds of the fight-filled opening period, sending the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. Huselius and ...
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Johnson scores in OT, Blues beat Coyotes (AP)
Erik Johnson showed why the St. Louis Blues took him with the first pick in the 2006 NHL entry draft. The defenseman finished off the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night with an end-to-end rush that ended with Johnson firing a wrist shot past ...
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Predators defeat Devils in shootout (AP)
Mike Santorelli and Martin Erat scored shootout goals, and Jason Arnott had two goals in regulation in the Nashville Predators' 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. Pekka Rinne stopped two of New Jersey's three shooters in ...
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Phillips scores 2, Senators rip Pens 6-2 (AP)
Chris Phillips scored twice in his 800th regular-season game and Pascal Leclaire made 25 saves, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. Phillips, who entered with one goal in 18 games, scored ...
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Down 3, Hurricanes top Leafs 6-5 in SO (AP)
Tuomo Ruutu and Jussi Jokinen scored in the shootout and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied from three goals down to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 on Thursday night. The latest meeting of the NHL's worst teams had a wild finish. Ian White put ...
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Bergeron lifts Bruins by Thrashers in SO (AP)
Patrice Bergeron scored the only goal of the shootout and the Boston Bruins snapped Atlanta's four-game winning streak, beating the Thrashers 4-3 on Thursday night. Boston halted a three-game slide, which included two overtime defeats. The ...
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Canucks jumped line for swine flu shots (AP)
British Columbia's provincial health officer says Vancouver Canucks players jumped the line when they received swine flu vaccinations this week. "If they got the vaccine and they weren't in any of the risk groups as individuals then they were ...
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Flyers open swing by beating Kings 3-2 (AP)
Mika Pyorala scored his first NHL goal, backup goalie Brian Boucher made 37 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers opened a trip with their seventh victory in eight games, 3-2 over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night. Mike Richards and James van ...
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Oilers score 3 in 3rd, defeat Avalanche (AP)
Ryan Potulny and Patrick O'Sullivan scored third-period goals and the Edmonton Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-4 on Wednesday night. After Sam Gagner pulled the Oilers within one with 16 seconds left in the ...
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Vrbata, Bryzgalov lift Coyotes past Wild (AP)
Radim Vrbata had a goal and an assist, and Ilya Bryzgalov made 24 saves in the Phoenix Coyotes' 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night. The Wild's Antti Miettinen tied it at 2 with 4:58 to play, but Phoenix countered 19 seconds ...
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Kings LW Smyth could miss 1 month (AP)
Left wing Ryan Smyth could be out of the Los Angeles Kings' lineup for a month because of an upper body injury. Smyth has nine goals and 14 assists in his first 22 games with the Kings, who acquired him from Colorado during the offseason. The 15-year ...
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Frolik powers Panthers past Sabres 6-2 (AP)
The Florida Panthers are making up for a sluggish start. Michael Frolik scored twice, Dominic Moore and Rostislav Olesz had a goal and an assist each, and Tomas Vokoun made 26 saves in the Panthers 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on ...
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Stars snap Red Wings' 3-game win streak (AP)
Alex Auld made 31 saves, and Mike Ribeiro, Matt Niskanen and Loui Eriksson scored in the Dallas Stars' 3-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night. Brad Richards and James Neal each had two assists for the Stars. Henrik Zetterberg ...
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Penguins' Crosby runs with Olympic torch (AP)
Sidney Crosby lifted the Stanley Cup in June, and now he is carrying the Olympic torch at home. Hundreds of people lined a downtown street on Wednesday to watch the captain of the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins with the flame. Clad in an ...
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Wild call up former Gophers RW Irmen (AP)
The Minnesota Wild have recalled right wing Danny Irmen from their farm team. Irmen was playing for Houston in the AHL. The 25-year-old has six goals, including two game-winners, and four assists in 17 games for the Aeros this season. The native of ...
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Wilson, Hejduk push Avalanche by Flames (AP)
Ryan Wilson scored his first NHL goal and added an assist, Milan Hejduk got the game-winner and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Tuesday night. Cody McLeod also scored and Paul Stastny had two assists to help the Avalanche ...
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Price, Lapierre lift Canadiens to SO win (AP)
Carey Price stopped all six Carolina attempts in the shootout, Maxim Lapierre scored the winner and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Hurricanes 3-2 Tuesday night. Price stopped Tuomo Ruutu, Jussi Jokinen, Rod Brind'Amour, Sergei Samsonov and ...
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Surging Predators down Sharks 4-3 (AP)
Joel Ward and David Legwand each had a goal and two assists, and the Nashville Predators beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 Tuesday night for their third straight win and seventh in nine games. Jerred Smithson had a goal and Ryan Suter had two assists ...
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Fisher scores 2 as Senators top Leafs (AP)
Mike Fisher scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal in the second period, and the Ottawa Senators beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 Tuesday night. Fisher beat Vesa Toskala with a high shot with 5:50 left in the second period to help the ...
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Ovechkin scores in return, Capitals win (AP)
Matt Bradley bounced back from having his face bloodied in a first-period fight to net the winning goal with 4:51 left, and Alex Ovechkin also scored in his return from injury to lift the Washington Capitals to a 4-2 victory over the New York ...
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Shanahan retires after 21 seasons (AP)
Brendan Shanahan is retiring from the NHL after 21 seasons and an almost certain Hall of Fame career. The 40-year-old forward announced on Tuesday he wouldn't play again. After going through training camp with the New Jersey Devils, the team he spent ...
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Jackets F Filatov loaned to Moscow team (AP)
The Columbus Blue Jackets loaned promising forward Nikita Filatov to CSKA of the Kontinental Hockey League for the remainder of the 2009-10 season on Tuesday. Columbus general manager Scott Howson said Filatov would be able to further develop his game ...
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Theodore leaves Caps for personal matter (AP)
Goalie Jose Theodore has left the Capitals to travel back to Washington for personal reasons. To replace him, the team recalled Michal Neuvirth (NOY-vihrt) from the Hershey Bears of the AHL to be the backup to goalie Semyon Varlamov against the New ...
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Lecavalier scores twice, Lightning win (AP)
Vincent Lecavalier had two goals and an assist and Mike Smith made 30 saves as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-1 Monday night. Alex Tanguay had a goal and two assists and Martin St. Louis also scored for the Lightning, who ...
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Flyers snap Devils' 8-game win streak (AP)
The Philadelphia Flyers game plan was to keep it simple against the streaking New Jersey Devils. Darroll Powe, Scott Hartnell, and James van Riemsdyk scored as the Flyers edged New Jersey 3-2 to snap the Devils' eight game winning streak on ...
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Kings rally by Panthers 4-3 in shootout (AP)
Defenseman Jack Johnson scored the only goal in the shootout, and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 Monday night. Johnson and Jarrett Stoll scored power-play goals and Randy Jones scored short-handed for the Kings, ...
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Blue Jackets outlast Oilers 3-2 in SO (AP)
Jakub Voracek scored the winner in the fourth round of the shootout to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night. After Voracek's goal, Mathieu Garon stopped Gilbert Brule to secure Columbus' fourth ...
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Guerin ends Pens' power-play drought (AP)
Bill Guerin ended Pittsburgh's eight-game streak without a power-play goal by scoring in the first period, Jordan Staal scored short-handed and the Penguins wrapped up Anaheim's winless four-game road trip by beating the Ducks 5-2 on Monday ...
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Moulson's 2 goals carry Isles by Bruins (AP)
Matt Moulson scored two goals and Dwayne Roloson stopped 28 shots to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Monday night. John Tavares also scored to make it 3-1 -- a goal that was originally credited as Moulson's ...
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Canucks GM: Forsberg staying in Sweden (AP)
An NHL general manager says Peter Forsberg is going to stay in Sweden this season. Mike Gillis of the Vancouver Canucks was considering signing the former Colorado star, but said he learned Monday that Forsberg wanted to stay in his home country. ...
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Cohen out as Panthers majority owner (AP)
Florida Panthers majority owner Alan Cohen is stepping down to allow two minority partners to run the NHL franchise. The team introduced Cliff Viner and Stu Siegel as co-general partners at a news conference Monday. An e-mail sent to fans said that ...
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Penguins D Goligoski out 2-3 weeks (AP)
Alex Goligoski is expected to miss two to three weeks because of an unspecified lower body injury, leaving the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins with only two healthy defensemen among their top six. The Penguins already were playing without ...
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Seabrook gets Blackhawks by Sharks in OT (AP)
Brent Seabrook scored 41 seconds into overtime, lifting the Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night, Chicago's seventh consecutive home victory. The Blackhawks went 4-0 on a homestand that included games against the ...
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Thrashers top Oilers, win streak now 4 (AP)
Slava Kozlov broke out of his slump with his first goal of the season and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Sunday for their fourth consecutive victory. Kozlov, who had 26 goals last season, put the Thrashers in front again ...
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Hurricanes end 14-game winless streak (AP)
Jussi Jokinen scored the winning goal in the shootout and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Sunday to end a 14-game winless streak. The Hurricanes' second shooter in the shootout, Jokinen went to his backhand and lofted the ...
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Devils seek record-tying 10-0 road start (AP)
There's no place like the road for the New Jersey Devils these days. The team will try to tie the NHL record for consecutive road wins to start the season when they play Philadelphia on Monday night. A victory would be New Jersey's tenth straight road ...
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Sedin, Luongo power Canucks in rout (AP)
Henrik Sedin had his first NHL hat trick and Roberto Luongo stopped 32 shots, helping the Vancouver Canucks snap a three-game skid with an 8-2 rout of the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night. Steve Bernier netted two goals and Mathieu ...
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Coyotes coach Tippett beats former team (AP)
David Schlemko and the Phoenix Coyotes made coach Dave Tippett's first game against his former club a memorable one. Schlemko scored his first career goal, Robert Lang had a goal and an assist and Ilya Bryzgalov made 26 saves to lead the Coyotes ...
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Preds record 55 shots, top Canadiens 2-0 (AP)
Steve Sullivan scored two goals and Pekka Rinne made 20 saves to lead the Nashville Predators to a 2-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night. Nashville outshot Montreal 55-20 and the Predators have won two straight and six of ...
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Horton lifts Panthers past Isles in SO (AP)
A two-goal lead wasn't enough for either the New York Islanders or the Florida Panthers. So they settled things in a shootout. Nathan Horton beat Dwayne Roloson with a wrist shot in the fourth shootout round to lift the Florida Panthers past the ...
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Sharks get 2 quick goals, top Blues 3-1 (AP)
Dany Heatley and Jed Ortmeyer scored goals 16 seconds apart in the second period and the San Jose Sharks took a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues Saturday night. Heatley scored his 13th on the power play at 8:23 of the second, and Ortmeyer got ...
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Malkin back, Pens halt skid with OT win (AP)
Pascal Dupuis scored his second goal of the game 1:24 into overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins welcomed back star forward Evgeni Malkin by snapping their four-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night. Malkin, ...
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Kopitar helps Kings top Lightning in SO (AP)
Anze Kopitar scored the lone shootout goal as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Saturday night. Drew Doughty scored in regulation for the Kings, who won for the second time in five games. Jonathan Quick stopped 28 shots. ...
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Iginla, Kiprusoff lead Flames past Leafs (AP)
Jarome Iginla scored two goals and Miikka Kiprusoff made 38 saves and the Calgary Flames earned a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. Eric Nystrom, Dustin Boyd and Jay Bouwmeester also had goals for the Flames, who ...
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Zetterberg has 5 points as Red Wings win (AP)
Henrik Zetterberg had three goals and two assists in the Detroit Red Wings' 7-4 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night. It was the first meeting between the teams since Detroit beat Anaheim in a seven-game, second-round playoff series ...
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Sabres snap Flyers' 5-game win streak (AP)
Tyler Ennis scored his first NHL goal and Ryan Miller stopped 29 shots to help the Buffalo Sabres snap the Philadelphia Flyers' five game winning streak, 3-2 on Saturday night. Thomas Vanek and Paul Gaustad also scored for the Sabres, who never ...
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Devils' win streak at 8, defeat Caps 5-2 (AP)
Zach Parise's breakaway highlighted a three-goal second period and the New Jersey Devils won their eighth straight game with a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night. Jamie Langenbrunner and rookie Matt Halischuk also scored ...
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