Month: February 2009

PHILADELPHIA – David Krejci and Dennis Wideman scored 25 seconds apart in the third period, lifting the NHL-leading Boston Bruins to a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.

OTTAWA – The struggling Ottawa Senators recalled right-winger Ryan Shannon from the team’s American Hockey League affiliate Wednesday.Shannon played two games for Ottawa earlier this season, recording one assist.

TORONTO – Paul Kelly thinks the National Hockey League should look to Canada first if the current economic downturn forces one of the existing 30 franchises to find a new home.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Carolina captain Rod Brind’Amour is coming back from the Hurricanes’ West Coast trip early due to a lower-body injury.The Hurricanes said Wednesday that Brind’Amour would not play Thursday night at San Jose.

BROSSARD, Que. – Going into the season, Maxim Lapierre was a modest, fourth-line checking centre with a gift for getting on opposing players’ nerves.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Lindy Ruff figures there’s no way to put together this kind of streak without a little good fortune.As the longest-tenured man in a volatile profession, the Buffalo Sabres coach doesn’t get surprised when he hears that another member of the fraternity has lost his job.

TORONTO – The head of the NHL Players’ Association believes it’s time to consider a rule mandating helmet use during fights, and to examine the role of one-dimensional enforcers in the game.

OTTAWA – Former Ottawa Senators assistant coach Curtis Hunt agreed Wednesday to become head coach of the team’s AHL affiliate, the Binghamton Senators.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Justin Pogge has earned another NHL start.The Toronto Maple Leafs have recalled the 22-year-old goaltender and plan to start him against the Buffalo Sabres later in the evening.

Scoring summaries from Tuesday’s NHL games:Penguins 2 at Canadiens 4First Period1. Pittsburgh, Caputi 1 (Thomas, Scuderi) 2:302. Montreal, Hamrlik 3 (S.

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Alex Burrows scored short-handed with less than 90 seconds left in regulation and the Vancouver Canucks ended a bitter nine-game home losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday.

DALLAS – Marty Turco’s solid goaltending and an improved power play are pushing the Dallas Stars up the Western Conference standings.Turco stopped 24 shots, Jere Lehtinen and rookie James Neal scored power-play goals, and the Stars stretched their season-long winning streak to five games with a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.

OTTAWA – The Cory Clouston era in Ottawa started the same way the Craig Hartsburg one ended: with a loss.With Clouston making his NHL coaching debut, the Senators went out and showed there’s still plenty of work to be done in Ottawa after getting shut out 1-0 by the Los Angeles Kings on home ice.

EDMONTON – Martin Havlat and Dave Bolland had a goal and an assist apiece as the Chicago Blackhawks won their second in a row, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Tuesday night.

TORONTO – A little killer instinct would have gone a long way in helping the Toronto Maple Leafs earn just their second three-game win streak of the season.

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueDETROIT RED WINGS-Recalled C Darren Helm from Grand Rapids (AHL). Assigned C Justin Abdelkader to Grand Rapids.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Getting the early lead is crucial for the Nashville Predators.Jason Arnott scored less than three minutes into the first period and Radek Bonk needed 45 seconds to add the second goal in the second period as the Predators beat the Phoenix Coyotes 2-1 on Tuesday night.

NEW YORK – Markus Naslund rescued one point for New York’s sluggish offence, and the Rangers then counted on Henrik Lundqvist to deliver the second one as he usually does.

WINNIPEG – Nolan Baumgartner scored the eventual winner in the third period as the Manitoba Moose edged the Lake Erie Monsters 3-2 on Tuesday in the AHL.

NEWARK, N.J. – The New Jersey Devils traded little-used defenceman Sheldon Brookbank to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night for the rights to Colgate centre David McIntyre.