Month: February 2009

PHILADELPHIA – Martin Biron made 34 saves for his 25th career shutout, and Jeff Carter scored his 36th goal of the season in the Philadelphia Flyers’ 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.

DETROIT – The Swedes are excited to watch some of their countrymen open the NHL season in Stockholm,Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said Wednesday that tickets for their season-opening games against the St.

The one thing Brian Burke counts on seeing every year at the trade deadline is teams overpaying for players.And the Toronto Maple Leafs GM isn’t shy about saying he’ll only be really active before March 4 if teams are willing to pay top dollar for his assets.

CALGARY – Calgary billionaire Brett Wilson has made a lot of money over the years by hedging his bets so it shouldn’t be a surprise that he’s not willing to say he has a firm deal in place to buy shares of the Nashville Predators.

PITTSBURGH – Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will miss at least one game due to a nagging groin injury.Crosby, who is listed as day to day, cut short his participation in a morning practice and said he would not play in Wednesday night’s game against the New York Islanders.

NEWARK, N.J. – Brent Sutter skated over to Martin Brodeur after the New Jersey Devils practised Wednesday and had a couple of easy questions for arguably the NHL’s top goaltender.

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Carolina Hurricanes have sent centre Brandon Sutter to their AHL affiliate in Albany for a conditioning stint.The team said Wednesday that their 2007 first-round draft pick would spend up to two weeks in Albany.

TORONTO – Mark Bell has been given a chance to revive his NHL career.The New York Rangers picked the forward off re-entry waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.

Results Tuesday:AHL Manitoba 4 Milwaukee 2Manchester 3 Providence 2 (SO)San Antonio 4 Iowa 3 (SO)ECHL Alaska 5 Bakersfield 2Idaho 6 Utah 0Reading 3 Cincinnati 1South Carolina 3 Charlotte 2 (SO)Wheeling 4 Trenton 3IHL No Games Scheduled.

Scoring summaries from Tuesday’s games:Canucks 0 at Canadiens 3First Period1. Montreal, Plekanec 16 (Koivu) 18:42Penalties – Raymond Vcr (high-sticking) 6:11, O’Brien Vcr (instigating, fighting, misconduct), Stewart Mtl (fighting), Burrows Vcr, Bieksa Vcr, Koivu Mtl, Komisarek Mtl (roughing) 10:40, Kovalev Mtl (high-sticking) 14:39.

EDMONTON – Still smarting from giving up a point against their provincial rivals, the Edmonton Oilers made sure they finished off a much-needed win against Tampa Bay.

MONTREAL – This isn’t exactly how Alex Burrows envisioned returning to his home province.The Vancouver Canucks forward, a native of Pincourt, Que.

ST. LOUIS – When the crowd roared, David Perron wondered why. He was certain they weren’t cheering for him.The St. Louis forward was headed to the bench for a line change after a routine dump-in when the puck bounced past Phoenix Coyotes goalie Ilya Bryzgalov for the tying goal in the Blues’ 2-1 victory on Tuesday night.

CALGARY – It looks like the old Jarome Iginla is back for the Calgary Flames, and just in time.Iginla scored twice and added two assists Tuesday night to lead the Calgary Flames to a 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Some of the Nashville Predators chose to stay silent. Others chatted about similar situations they faced in their hockey lives.

MILWAUKEE – Jason Krog scored two second-period goals as the Manitoba Moose capped a 10-game road trip with a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Admirals in AHL action Tuesday night.

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueCOLORADO AVALANCHE-Activated C Paul Stastny from injured reserve.DALLAS STARS-Placed C Toby Petersen on injured reserved.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Los Angeles Kings are fighting hard to stay in the playoff picture and will take wins any way they can get them.Drew Doughty scored the deciding shootout goal and the Kings beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Tuesday night.

MONTREAL – Coach Guy Carbonneau gave Jaroslav Halak the chance to be a starting goaltender, and the Montreal Canadiens backup seized it with relish.

OTTAWA – After getting killed by several slow starts, the Ottawa Senators got out of the gate quickly against the Carolina Hurricanes.The Senators scored three first-period goals, two in a 46-second span, then rode the goaltending of Alex Auld to deal a blow to the Hurricanes’ playoff hopes with a 4-2 victory Tuesday.