Month: February 2009

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Dan Ellis made 22 saves in his first start in nearly three weeks, leading the Nashville Predators to a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Despite allowing his first goal in nearly 160 minutes, Ryan Miller stopped 35 shots in leading the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 victory over the Northeast Division rival Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.

ATLANTA – Kevin Weekes made 31 saves, New Jersey scored three goals in the first 12 minutes and the Devils recovered from their only loss in three weeks to beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-1 on Friday night.

PITTSBURGH – Kris Letang, normally not a scoring threat, had his second two-goal game in 10 days and the Pittsburgh Penguins won successive games for only the second time in 2 1/2 months, beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Friday night.

ARLINGTON, Va. – Now that Alex Ovechkin has his 200th goal, what can do the NHL’s reigning MVP to do improve his game?”The word I’m looking for is ‘camouflage,”‘ teammate Sergei Fedorov said Friday.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Florida’s Richard Zednik went airborne for his eighth goal of the season, leaping over a New Islanders defender sprawled out on the ice in yet another Panthers’ victory.

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars assigned backup goalie Tobias Stephan to Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Friday.The Stars want to give the Swiss goalie more playing time after he started only three of their first 50 games.

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars and New York Rangers would not comment on a report that the Rangers have had front-office talks about the possibility of bringing back suspended Stars forward Sean Avery.

ST. LOUIS – Manny Legace, an all-star goaltender for the St. Louis Blues in 2007-08 who has struggled this season with spotty play and just plain bad luck, was waived on Friday.

Joe Thornton’s first trip back to Boston after the 2005 blockbuster deal that sent him from the Bruins to the San Jose Sharks didn’t last very long.

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals claimed defenceman Staffan Kronwall off waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday and recalled blue-liner Karl Alzner from Hershey of the American Hockey League.

Bruins 4 at Senators 3 (SO)First Period1. Boston, Wheeler 15 (Ferrence, Kessel) 11:46 (pp)Penalty – Ruutu Ott (high-sticking) 10:10.Second Period2.

AHL No Games Scheduled.ECHL Gwinnett 4 Charlotte 3IHL No Games Scheduled.Central Laredo 7 Corpus Christi 1QMJHL Moncton 6 Rouyn-Noranda 1OHL Brampton 4 Kingston 3 (OT)Niagara 5 Sault Ste.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Carolina Hurricanes’ captain was home with an injury, and their only all-star was in the dressing room with another injury.

CALGARY – Andrew Ladd had a goal and two assists Thursday night to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-2 victory over Calgary, sending the Flames to their third straight regulation loss for the first time this season.

ST. LOUIS – The Edmonton Oilers got the two points they needed.Robert Nilsson and Sam Gagner scored in a shootout for Edmonton, and Dwayne Roloson stopped both St.

DENVER – Cody McLeod scored the tiebreaking goal with seven minutes left, and the Colorado Avalanche snapped the Dallas Stars’ five-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory on Thursday night.

WASHINGTON – Capitals goalie Brent Johnson will have hip surgery next week and is expected to miss up to two months.The decision to have the operation was made Thursday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Pekka Rinne made 28 saves, and Ryan Jones, Jason Arnott, Martin Erat and Vernon Fiddler scored in the Nashville Predators’ 4-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Richard Zednik’s highlight-reel goal in the second period helped the surging Florida Panthers beat New York 3-2 and snap the Islanders’ season-high, four-game winning streak Thursday night.