Month: November 2008

ATLANTA – Slava Kozlov scored his ninth goal of the season and Atlanta tied a team record with its fifth consecutive win, beating the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Friday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Pascal Leclaire made 36 saves in his return from an ankle injury and R.J. Umberger scored twice to help give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 6-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Johan Franzen scored on the power play early in the third period to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Friday night.

WASHINGTON – Brooks Laich and Tomas Fleischmann each scored to lead the Washington Capitals to a 3-1 win against the New Jersey Devils on Friday night.

MOSCOW – Emergency medical personnel acted properly in treating Russian ice hockey player Alexei Cherepanov after he collapsed during a game last month, a preliminary league investigation found on Friday.

Vladimir Shalaeva, vice-president hockey operations of the Kontinental League, and Peter Lidova, the league’s head of health programs, adressed members of the media today regarding results into the investigation of the death of Alexei Cherepanov.

EDMONTON – It has taken Edmonton Oilers captain Ethan Moreau just 16 games this season to equal his point totals of the previous two seasons combined.

TORONTO – New York Islanders defenceman Thomas Pock was suspended for five games without pay Friday for elbowing Ottawa forward Ryan Shannon the previous night.

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Canucks defenceman Kevin Bieksa is expected to miss two weeks with a broken foot.Bieksa leads Vancouver’s defence in scoring with 11 points in 13 games and the team in average ice time at 24:38.

TAMPA, Fla. – Barry Melrose’s latest go-around as an NHL coach has come to an abrupt end.The Tampa Bay Lightning fired Melrose on Thursday, and announced that assistant Rick Tocchet would take over the head coaching duties on an interim basis.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Last time out, the San Jose Sharks took 57 shots and still lost in overtime. Two nights later, they scored four times in the first period of a blowout win over Calgary.

EDMONTON – Tomas Kaberle had a goal and two assists and Matt Stajan added three helpers as the Toronto Maple Leafs won for just the second time in their last six outings, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Thursday night.

DALLAS – Michal Handzus and Kyle Quincey scored power-play goals and Erik Ersberg made 24 saves to help the Los Angeles Kings extend their winning streak to four games with a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Niklas Backstrom stopped 24 shots for his second shutout of the season, and the Minnesota Wild scored four power-play goals to beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-0 on Thursday night.

PITTSBURGH – No lead is safe with the Pittsburgh Penguins this season, just as no deficit is too big to overcome. Here’s some advice for the rest of the NHL, though: Don’t take them into overtime.

TAMPA, Fla. – Chris Osgood needed some help from his Detroit teammates to remain undefeated against Tampa Bay.Henrik Zetterberg, Mikael Samuelsson and Johan Franzen scored third-period goals, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night.

OTTAWA – Trent Hunter scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Joey MacDonald made 29 saves to lead the New York Islanders to a 3-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.

BOSTON – Marco Sturm and Stephane Yelle each scored two goals and the Boston Bruins snapped a 12-game losing streak against the Montreal Canadiens with a 6-1 victory Thursday night.

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Blues returned promising rookie defenceman Alex Pietrangelo to his junior team.The 18-year-old Pietrangelo was the fourth overall pick in the draft.

Derick Brassard has a standard answer whenever the topic is broached.The Columbus Blue Jackets centre finds himself leading all NHL rookies in scoring with 15 points and has already heard from more than a few friends who are thrilled they selected him in their fantasy hockey pools.