Month: January 2010

Scoring summaries from Friday’s NHL games:Canadiens 3 at Devils 1First Period1. New Jersey, Parise 21 (Langenbrunner, Mottau) 5:162. Montreal, Pouliot 11 (Gomez, Moen) 16:10Penalty – Metropolit Mtl (hooking) 2:54

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Fatigue was not a factor for Maxim Noreau on Friday night.The Aeros defenceman scored twice and added an assist in Houston’s 7-1 drubbing of the Abbotford Heat in American Hockey League action

EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers keep finding new and devastating ways to lose.James Neal’s goal with just 22.2 seconds remaining helped the Dallas Stars snap a 10-game road losing trip, defeating the struggling Oilers 4-3 on Friday night

DENVER – No one expected the Colorado Avalanche to be in first place this late in the season – except the Colorado Avalanche.Craig Anderson stopped 29 shots, rookie Matt Duchene and Brandon Yip both scored, and the Avalanche won their season-high fifth straight by topping the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Friday night

ATLANTA – The Atlanta Thrashers have assigned goalie Kari Lehtonen to Chicago of the American Hockey League on Friday for conditioning as he comes back from two back operations

HERSHEY, Pa. – Hershey forward Andrew Gordon kick started a four-goal third period as the Bears cruised past the Manitoba Moose 8-3 in American Hockey League action Friday

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Joey MacDonald made 24 saves for Toronto as the Marlies beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 4-1 in American Hockey League play Friday

NEWARK, N.J. – Jaroslav Halak and the Montreal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils at their own game by combining sharp goaltending and timely goals

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Defenceman Nolan Baumgartner has been called up by the ailing Vancouver Canucks to fill in for Sami Salo.Baumgartner has played 131 games in the NHL but none since the 2006-07 season

MONTREAL – Hospital officials say hockey legend Jean Beliveau is recovering from a mild stroke and his condition is continuing to improve.The Montreal General Hospital says Beliveau and his family are appreciative of all the support they have received

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins reassigned forward Nick Johnson to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL, indicating that injured forwards Pascal Dupuis and Max Talbot will be ready to play against the Flyers

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Kings got their sixth straight shootout victory – all on home ice. It was hard to tell by listening to their coach, who all these years later still isn’t a fan of the tie-breaker

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Even with high-scoring defenceman Dan Boyle injured, the San Jose Sharks managed to find generate some offence from the blue-line

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Alex Burrows deflected the puck into his own net, was the victim of a boarding penalty and even had a goal disallowed.Instead of getting upset, he kept his temper in check and helped the Vancouver Canucks to another win

CALGARY – Ben Eager scored the go-ahead goal at 5:52 of the third period Thursday night as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the struggling Calgary Flames 3-1

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Scottie Upshall wasn’t sure what was more memorable, his first career hat trick or the damage he inflicted on teammates during his post-goal celebrations

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Thanks to Drew Miller, the Detroit Red Wings avoided an embarrassing loss and finally won a shootout.Miller scored his first career shootout goal in the eighth round and the Red Wings survived Minnesota’s third-period rally to beat the Wild 4-3 on Thursday night

PITTSBURGH – If there can be a playoff game in January, this was it. The Washington Capitals only hope that beating the Pittsburgh Penguins during the season will show them how to get it done when the games truly count

Matt Moulson and the New York Islanders are making themselves right at home at Nassau Coliseum.Moulson scored the decisive goal in a shootout and the Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Thursday night for their sixth straight home victory

BOSTON – Anton Stralman’s stick helped Columbus at both ends of the ice in the closing minutes against the Boston Bruins.The defenceman appeared to clip teammate Derick Brassard in the face with his stick at one end, only to have referee Dean Morton call a double-minor on Boston’s Milan Lucic