Month: April 2009

BROSSARD, Que. — The key word for the Montreal Canadiens now is discipline.

The Canadiens are down 0-2 in their best-of-seven NHL eastern conference playoff series with the Boston Bruins going into Game 3 on Monday night at the Bell Centre

ST. LOUIS — Roberto Luongo carried the Vancouver Canucks for two games. Specialty units helped them take a 3-0 series lead against the St. Louis Blues

The Philadelphia Flyers took Game 3 of their series with the Pittsburgh Penguins in convincing fashion, 6-3 in front of the home crowd.

Jeff Carter and Mike Richards ignited the charge with their first goals of the series

The Boston Bruins will be without forward Milan Lucic for Game 3 against the Montreal Canadiens after he was handed a one-game suspension by the NHL

CHICAGO — Jonathan Toews scored two of Chicago’s three second-period goals as the Blackhawks rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night to take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference quarter-final series

BOSTON — Marc Savard had two goals and two assists as the Boston Bruins grabbed a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference quarter-finals Saturday with a 5-1 thumping of the Montreal Canadiens

DETROIT — Brian Rafalski, Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg and Jiri Hudler scored, Chris Osgood posted his 14th NHL playoff shutout, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0 on Saturday to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round Western Conference series

RALEIGH, N.C. — New Jersey captain Jamie Langenbrunner will miss at least two games of the Devils’ playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes because of a lower body injury

WASHINGTON – A surprising switch to a rookie goalie did not prevent Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals from losing 1-0 and falling into a two-game hole against the New York Rangers

WILMINGTON, Mass. — Boston Bruins defenceman Matt Hunwick was rushed by ambulance to hospital Saturday morning with a spleen ailment

WASHINGTON – Bruce Boudreau implied, hinted and insinuated that Jose Theodore will be in goal Saturday afternoon when the Washington Capitals host the New York Rangers in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series

BOSTON – Boston Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said Friday he wanted the NHL to look into two incidents that happened late in the opening game of their first-round playoff series with the Montreal Canadiens, but the victim of both attacks didn’t see what all the fuss was about

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Sabres coach Lindy Ruff and general manager Darcy Regier are staying put.

Managing partner Larry Quinn said Friday that both will be back next season, calling it "absolutely the best move for our franchise" despite the Sabres missing the playoffs for a second straight year

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Colin Wilson is going from winning an NCAA championship with Boston University to Switzerland with Team USA for the World Championships with a signed three-year, entry-level contract with the Nashville Predators

FARGO, N.D. _ The United States scored two third-period power-play goals and defeated Canada 2-1 in Friday’s semifinal action at the world under-18 hockey championship

VANCOUVER — Mats Sundin scored his first playoff goal in five years and Roberto Luongo stopped 30 shots for the shutout as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the St

NEWARK, N.J. — Defenceman Tim Gleason scored his first NHL playoff goal on a slap shot at 2:40 of overtime and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 Friday night, tying their first round playoff series at a game apiece

PITTSBURGH — Bill Guerin scored his second goal of the game after Pittsburgh went on a rare two-man advantage in overtime, and the Penguins went up two games in their first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers, winning 3-2 on Friday night

The New York Rangers have agreed to terms with hot defense prospect Matt Gilroy of the NCAA champion Boston University Terriers.

Gilroy, who won the Hobey Baker Award as the top player in collegiate hockey, was the second BU player to earn the honor, the other being new teammate Chris Drury