Month: February 2009

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins have fired head coach Michel Therrien and named Dan Bylsma as his interim replacement, the team announced Sunday.

DETROIT – Jordan Leopold scored in the fifth round of a shootout to give the Colorado Avalanche a 6-5 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Mike Green’s NHL-record goals streak for defencemen ended at eight games, but Alexander Ovechkin scored three times to give the Washington Capitals a 4-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Sunday.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Cory Schneider made 23 saves for the shutout as the Manitoba Moose beat the Providence Bruins 4-0 in AHL action Sunday.Playing their third game in three days, the league-leading Moose (38-14-0-5) showed no signs of exhaustion against the Bruins (30-21-2-1).

TORONTO – Jiri Tlusty’s eventual game winner led the Toronto Marlies to a 3-1 victory over the slumping Springfield Falcons in AHL action Sunday.

NEWARK, N.J. – David Clarkson scored his second goal of the game on a power play with 3:32 to play and the red-hot New Jersey Devils completed a sweep of the top teams in the Eastern and Western conferences with a wild 6-5 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday.

NEW YORK – Rangers defenceman Paul Mara injured his right shoulder Sunday during a third-period fight with Philadelphia’s Arron Asham and stayed home from New York’s trip to St.

NEW YORK – Mike Richards scored short-handed to spark a four-goal second period, and rookie Claude Giroux had a career-best three points in the Philadelphia Flyers’ 5-2 rout of the sliding New York Rangers on Sunday.

Results Saturday: AHL Manitoba 4 Hartford 1Toronto 5 Grand Rapids 4 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3 Hamilton 2Chicago 4 Peoria 1Houston 7 Iowa 6Lowell 7 Albany 4Manchester 6 Lake Erie 2 Norfolk 5 Hershey 4Philadelphia 4 Binghamton 1Providence 6 Portland 5 (SO) Quad City 7 San Antonio 3Rockford 4 Rochester 3Syracuse 2 Springfield 1 (SO)ECHL Alaska 3 Victoria 2 (SO)Bakersfield 5 Stockton 4Florida 3 Cincinnati 1Idaho 4 Phoenix 2Johnstown 3 Trenton 2Ontario 2 Las Vegas 1 (OT)Reading 4 Elmira 1South Carolina 9 Gwinnett 3At Troy, OhioDayton 3 Wheeling 2IHL Kalamazoo 5 Port Huron 4 (OT)Muskegon 8 Flint 7Central Arizona 4 Amarillo 3 (OT)Laredo 4 New Mexico 2Mississippi 5 Colorado 3Oklahoma City 3 Rapid City 1Rio Grande Valley 3 Corpus Christi 2Texas 4 Odessa 3 (SO)Tulsa 6 Wichita 0QMJHL Moncton 5 Acadie-Bathurst 4 (SO) Rouyn-Noranda 7 Victoriaville 2 Shawinigan 6 Halifax 2 Val-d’Or 5 Baie-Comeau 3 OHL Barrie 8 Ottawa 5Belleville 4 Saginaw 3 (OT)Erie 4 Kingston 3Mississauga 5 Sudbury 1Niagara 2 Owen Sound 1Sarnia 7 Kitchener 4WHL Calgary 5 Regina 2Kelowna 5 Prince George 1Lethbridge 3 Red Deer 0Medicine Hat 5 Kamloops 3Saskatoon 4 Swift Current 3Seattle 7 Portland 2Spokane 11 Edmonton 2Tri-City 4 Everett 1Vancouver 3 Chilliwack 2Maritime Jr.

Scoring summaries from Saturday’s games:Oilers 3 at Kings 2 (SO)First Period1. Edmonton, Penner 14 (Hemsky) 4:582. Edmonton, Horcoff 12 (Penner, Hemsky) 13:11 (pp)Penalties – Kopitar LA (holding) 12:44, Horcoff Edm, Doughty LA (roughing) 13:11, Smid Edm, Quincey LA (roughing), Gagner Edm, Johnson LA (fighting) 15:08, Stortini Edm, Ivanans LA (fighting) 16:20, Cogliano Edm (hooking) 17:20, Souray Edm, Brown LA (roughing) 19:05.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Matthew Lombardi scored two goals to help the Calgary Flames outscore the Phoenix Coyotes 7-5 on Saturday night.The Flames won for third time in four games, with the loss coming in a shootout in Anaheim on Wednesday night.

CHICAGO – The Chicago Blackhawks had a big homecoming party Saturday night.Martin Havlat had two goals and an assist, Jonathan Toews added a goal and two assists, and the Blackhawks celebrated their return to the sold-out United Center with a 6-2 victory over the Dallas Stars.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – David Legwand 3, Boston Bruins 2.Legwand beat Manny Fernandez in the fourth round of a shootout after scoring twice in regulation – including his third short-handed goal of the season – in the Nashville Predators’ 3-2 victory over the NHL-leading Bruins on Saturday night.

TORONTO – It’s too bad for the Toronto Maple Leafs that Saturday night’s game against Pittsburgh was the last time they’ll face the Penguins this season.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Daniel Alfredsson scored a short-handed goal early in the third period and the Ottawa Senators overcame a three-goal, first-period deficit to win their fourth straight game, 5-3 over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.

HARTFORD, Conn. – Controversial forward Sean Avery appeared in his first competitive hockey game in two months with the American Hockey League’s Hartford Wolfpack on Saturday night.

TAMPA, Fla. – Mike Green set an NHL record for defencemen by a scoring a goal in his eighth consecutive game and the Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Saturday night.

TORONTO – There aren’t many better examples than this of the kind of challenge the Pittsburgh Penguins face as they try to climbing back into the playoff picture.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Kristian Huselius scored two goals, and Steve Mason made 26 saves to help the Columbus Blue Jackets win their fourth straight game, 5-1 over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.

TAMPA, Fla. – Mike Green broke the NHL record for consecutive goal-scoring games by a defenceman, scoring on a power play at 5:33 of the second period to give the Washington Capitals a 4-0 lead over Tampa Bay on Saturday night.