Month: November 2008

LOS ANGELES – After a stumbling start, the Calgary Flames have figured things out and are now one of the NHL’s hottest teams.Daymond Langkow scored the go-ahead goal with 3:37 remaining, Miikka Kiprusoff made 34 saves, and the Flames beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 Saturday night for their sixth straight victory.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Eric Belanger is playing a number of roles for the injury-riddled Minnesota Wild, and he is loving it.Belanger scored with 9:25 remaining to lift the Wild past the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 on Saturday night.

ST. LOUIS – When a team has offensive players like Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Miroslav Satan, goal scoring shouldn’t pose a problem.Yet, it has been for the Pittsburgh Penguins early this season, that is until Saturday night.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Martin Erat has come of age with the Nashville Predators.Selected in the seventh round in the 1999 draft, Erat has developed into a top scorer.

BOSTON – Marco Sturm scored two goals and Patrice Bergeron added a goal and a great defensive play to help the Boston Bruins beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 on Saturday night.

TORONTO – For two and a half periods, it looked like Steve Valiquette was going to do it to the Toronto Maple Leafs once again.The New York Rangers backup goaltender entered into Saturday night’s game at Toronto with a career record of 3-0-0 against the Leafs, including one shutout and a stingy 1.

TAMPA, Fla. – Evgeny Artyukhin scored in the eighth round of a shootout to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning past the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Saturday night.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – To Cristobal Huet it wasn’t so much the quantity of shots he faced, it was the lack of quality ones.Huet stopped 48 shots and made Jonathan Toews’ goal in the shootout stand up to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Alexei Kovalev’s second goal of the game with 4:41 left capped a four-goal third period for the Montreal Canadiens, who rallied to beat the New York Islanders 5-4 on Saturday night.

NEWARK, N.J. – Martin Brodeur’s left elbow injury overshadowed the New Jersey Devils’ 6-1 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Ryan Miller stopped 29 shots for his eighth NHL shutout, Thomas Vanek scored twice, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5-0 Saturday night.

TORONTO – It might be time to start calling the Toronto Maple Leafs the NHL’s comeback kids.Pavel Kubina’s hard slapshot from the point with just over five minutes to play Saturday helped the Maple Leafs overcome another two-goal deficit and beat the New York Rangers 5-2.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Rick DiPietro underwent a second knee operation, and the New York Islanders franchise goalie will be sidelined four to six weeks, the team announced Saturday night.

NEWARK, N.J. – New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur, one of the most durable players in the NHL, left Saturday night’s game after bruising his left elbow in the second period against the Atlanta Thrashers.

TORONTO – The Toronto Marlies got the shots, but the Lake Erie Monsters got the goals.The Marlies fired 35 pucks at Lake Erie goalie Tyler Weinman, but still came away with a 3-0 loss Saturday afternoon in front of 1,587 fans at the Ricoh Coliseum.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Ethan Moreau scored two goals in the final 88 seconds to give Edmonton a 3-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday and snap the Oilers’ five-game losing streak.

Team Canada may be forced to play without its familiar Maple Leaf logo at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, the victim of an International Olympic Committee rule that is only now being enforced.

ST. LOUIS – Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby plans to play against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night despite suffering an undisclosed injury in his previous game, according to the team’s website.