Month: April 2008

PHILADELPHIA – Mike Knuble poked in his second goal of the series 6:40 into the second OT to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night and a 3-1 series lead.

DALLAS – Stu Barnes and Steve Ott scored third-period goals and Marty Turco came within 7.6 seconds of a shutout, sending the Dallas Stars past the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 Thursday night and putting the reigning Stanley Cup champions on the brink of elimination.

MONTREAL – Glen Metropolit scored after a gaffe by goalie Carey Price to ignite a four-goal third period and keep the Boston Bruins playoff hopes alive with a 5-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.

DALLAS – Dallas Stars defenceman Philippe Boucher missed Thursday night’s playoff game against the Anaheim Ducks with what the club termed a lower-body injury.

NEWARK, N.J. – In lieu of bringing Hall of Fame defenceman Scott Stevens out of retirement, New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur knows another way to keep the New York Rangers out of his crease.

MONTREAL – Centre Kyle Chipchura and goalie Yann Danis were among seven prospects called up Thursday by the Montreal Canadiens to spend the playoffs with the NHL club.

MONTREAL – One could weave a rug with all the hair that has fallen from the Montreal Canadiens in the past two weeks.It started just before the opening game of Montreal’s NHL Eastern Conference playoff series against the Boston Bruins, when Guillaume Latendresse, Josh Gorges, Tom Kostopoulos and others showed up with buzz cuts.

MONTREAL – The CBC hopes to give the Montreal Canadiens more ice time on Hockey Night in Canada next year, as the team heads into its 100th anniversary season.

DALLAS – Anaheim right wing Corey Perry, who led the club in goals during the regular season but missed the last six weeks after a freak leg injury, started Game 4 of a first-round series against the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.

DALLAS – Anaheim right-winger Corey Perry says he probably will play in Game 4 of the Ducks’ playoff series against the Dallas Stars.Perry says he felt good after the morning skate but acknowledges it will be a game-time decision whether he will play.

DETROIT – Dominik Hasek is out, and Chris Osgood is in.Red Wings coach Mike Babcock told Hasek he would sit because Osgood was starting Game 5 against the Nashville Predators, who won two straight at home to even the first-round series at two games apiece.

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens are grinding their way through the playoffs in a promising push that has millions of Quebecers basking in the glow of their televisions.

DETROIT – Dominik Hasek is out, and Chris Osgood is in.Hasek says that Red Wings coach Mike Babcock has told him Osgood will start Game 5 against the Nashville Predators, who won two straight at home to even the first-round series 2-all.

OTTAWA – Mike Commodore won a Stanley Cup in Carolina and got to the final with Calgary. What he saw in Ottawa after arriving in a mid-season trade he won’t soon forget.

OTTAWA – As the Ottawa Senators cleaned out their lockers Thursday, goalie Ray Emery tried to clear his conscience.”I was just like a time bomb,” Emery said a day after his team’s season ended in a four-game sweep to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

MONTREAL – Power-play point man Mark Streit will sit out the Montreal Canadiens’ playoff game Thursday night with a hip injury.Coach Guy Carbonneau said Streit was injured in the second period of Game 4 on Tuesday in Boston.

Scoring summaries from Wednesday’s NHL playoff games:Penguins 3 at Senators 1 First PeriodNo Scoring.Penalties – Meszaros Ott (interference) 1:24, Hall Pgh, Schubert Ott (roughing) 15:54.

Movements in the world of hockey Wednesday:National Hockey LeagueCAROLINA HURRICANES-Signed RW Sergei Samsonov to a three-year contract, signed C Stefan Chaput and RW Nick Dodge to entry-level contracts.

OTTAWA – Wade Redden has been around through all of the Senators’ playoff highs and even more lows, and it wasn’t lost on him that Wednesday night’s defeat to the Pittsburgh Penguins was likely his last in an Ottawa uniform.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Just a few days ago, the Detroit Red Wings were less than four minutes away grabbing a 3-0 lead in their Western Conference playoff series with the Nashville Predators.