Month: February 2009

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Tim Stapleton’s shootout goal in the third round led the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-4 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.

OTTAWA – Milan Michalek and Patrick Marleau scored power-play goals in the second period as the San Jose Sharks beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 Thursday.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Jussi Jokinen scored the winning goal in a shootout, and Cam Ward made 36 saves in the Carolina Hurricanes’ 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.

NEW YORK – David Booth and Nathan Horton scored on consecutive shots a minute apart in the third period to rally the Florida Panthers to a key 2-1 victory over the Rangers on Thursday night, spoiling New York coach John Tortorella’s home debut.

WASHINGTON – Alexander Semin scored one of Washington’s three power-play goals Thursday night and assisted on both of the others, including Mike Green’s go-ahead goal, and the Capitals held on for a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers.

BOSTON – Tim Thomas stopped 35 shots for his fourth shutout of the season, and Michael Ryder had two goals and an assist in his second game back after facial surgery to lead the Boston Bruins to a 6-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night.

NEWARK, N.J. – Marty’s back, as good as ever.Martin Brodeur recorded his 99th career regular-season shutout, making 24 saves in his first game since elbow surgery in early November and the New Jersey Devils beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-0 on Thursday night.

TORONTO – Paul Kelly is finding out that there’s no precise weather report for an economic storm.The executive director of the NHL Players’ Association still isn’t sure exactly how much impact the crumbling economy will have on the league beyond next season.

MONTREAL – Enforcer Georges Laraque says he has a no-trade clause and he’s not going anywhere on deadline day.The Canadiens tough guy said this week he was not happy to have been made a healthy scratch for Montreal’s last two games and that he wouldn’t have signed a three-year contract worth US$1.

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens traded popular checking winger Steve Begin to the Dallas Stars in exchange for defenceman Doug Janik on Thursday.

PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Flyers waived centre Glen Metropolit and defenceman Ossi Vaananen to clear salary cap space for Danny Briere’s impending return.

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins traded defenceman Ryan Whitney to the Anaheim Ducks for forward Chris Kunitz and a junior prospect, less than two seasons into a six-year, US$24 million contract that was supposed to make Whitney a key part of the Penguins’ future.

Results Wednesday:AHL Binghamton 6 Hershey 5 (SO)Hartford 5 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1Lake Erie 6 Syracuse 0Peoria 2 Rockford 1 (SO)Springfield 4 Portland 3 (OT)Worcester 4 Lowell 3 (OT)ECHLCincinnati 5 Reading 0Elmira 6 Dayton 5Florida 4 Johnstown 3Stockton 3 Las Vegas 2Utah 4 Idaho 1CentralNew Mexico 5 Amarillo 4Oklahoma City 3 Bossier-Shreveport 2 (SO)Rocky Mountain 7 Rapid City 1Wichita 5 Tulsa 2IHL Muskegon 5 Fort Wayne 4 (OT)Port Huron 3 Kalamazoo 2QMJHL No Games Scheduled.

Scoring summaries from Wednesday’s NHL games:Rangers 1 at Maple Leafs 2 (SO)First PeriodNo Scoring.Penalties – Naslund NYR, White Tor (fighting) 6:01, Girardi NYR (interference) 8:50, Sjostrom NYR (tripping) 10:23, Stepniak Tor (interference) 10:45, Dubinsky NYR (hooking) 18:30.

DETROIT – Marian Hossa wasn’t on the ice when the Detroit Red Wings finished their game against the San Jose Sharks because of concussion-like symptoms.

TORONTO – Ian White doesn’t mind dancing with the stars.The Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman got into a first-period fight with New York Rangers winger Markus Naslund, a player whose only other NHL scrap came more than 15 years ago when he was a rookie with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Movements in the world of hockey Wednesday:National Hockey LeagueCALGARY FLAMES-Assigned F Kyle Greentree to Quad City (AHL).CAROLINA HURRICANES-Assigned C Brandon Sutter to Albany (AHL).

DETROIT – Henrik Zetterberg showed why the Detroit Red Wings want him to end his career with them.Zetterberg scored a spectacular goal and a crafty one, lifting Detroit to a 4-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night.

PITTSBURGH – No goals for 57 minutes-plus against the NHL’s worst team. Not much jump, either. No, the Pittsburgh Penguins didn’t miss Sidney Crosby.

TORONTO – It appears that John Tortorella is ready to rock the boat with the New York Rangers.Even though the coach didn’t seem upset after a 2-1 shootout loss to Toronto in his debut on Wednesday, he didn’t sugar-coat the situation either.