Month: January 2010

TAMPA, Fla. – A careless penalty helped cost the Toronto Maple Leafs another road game.Martin St. Louis scored a power-play goal with 9.8 seconds left in overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 comeback victory over Toronto on Thursday night

ATLANTA – It didn’t take Eric Staal long to show how well he can lead the Carolina Hurricanes.Staal scored a season-high three goals in his first game since becoming Carolina’s captain and the Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-2 on Thursday night for a rare road victory

OTTAWA – From a five-game slide to a five-game win streak, the Ottawa Senators appear to have made a complete turnaround.Chris Phillips scored a tiebreaking game-winner in the third period as the Ottawa Senators defeated the St

PHILADELPHIA – Dan Carcillo’s bloody knuckles came at the expense of an unlikely victim.Ray Emery made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season, and James van Riemsdyk and Mike Richards scored in the Philadelphia Flyers’ 2-0 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild backup goalie Josh Harding left after the first period Thursday night against the Detroit Red Wings with a hip injury and was replaced by regular starter Niklas Backstrom

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Defenceman Dan Boyle could miss the next two games for the San Jose Sharks because of an undisclosed upper-body injury.Boyle was hurt in the third period of Tuesday night’s win in Los Angeles

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota defenceman Brent Burns returned to the Wild on Thursday night against Detroit after missing 29 games because of a concussion

CALGARY – No decision is coming any time soon on the future participation of NHL players in the Olympic hockey tournament, but the issue will require extensive discussions between the league and the NHL Players’ Association, according to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman

EDMONTON – If Pat Quinn was ready to take it easy, he’d be spending his days spoiling his grandchildren or hitting golf balls at his vacation home in California

MONTREAL – Hockey legend Jean Beliveau was listed in stable condition on Thursday after being admitted to hospital for unspecified tests.A spokeswoman for the McGill University Health Centre said more information on the health of the Montreal Canadiens legend would be released as it became available

HALIFAX, N.S. – It was only a few short steps from his chair to the podium and a wall of television cameras, but for Mike Danton it was a walk he hoped would take him a million miles from his past

BROSSARD, Que. – General manager Bob Gainey feels his Montreal Canadiens have a far better chance of making the playoffs without enforcer Georges Laraque than they do with him

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Sweden coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson will quit his job at the end of the season and will be replaced by Par Marts.The Swedish Ice Hockey Association announced the move Thursday, saying Marts will take over the position on June 1

EDMONTON – A couple of late power-play goals kept the Edmonton Oilers’ recent run of futility intact.Daniel Sedin scored the overtime winner and added two assists as the Vancouver Canucks won 3-2 Wednesday night and handed the Oilers their ninth consecutive loss

EDMONTON – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is promising the league will take a serious look at hits to the head during the general managers’ meeting in March, but he’s not interested in a quick fix to the growing problem

MONTREAL – New coach Davis Payne liked what he saw from his St. Louis Blues, even after they coughed up a third-period lead.The Blues, now 5-3-1 since Payne replaced Andy Murray behind the bench on Jan

Martin Brodeur didn’t have to work very hard for his latest shutout.Brodeur made 22 saves for the 108th shutout of his NHL career and Travis Zajac scored the winning goal late in the second period as the New Jersey Devils snapped a three-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night

NEW YORK – John Halligan, who spent a life in hockey working to publicize the New York Rangers and the NHL, died Wednesday. He was 68.The cause of death wasn’t disclosed

CALGARY – Brent Sutter has had enough.The Calgary Flames coach put his players through an intense practice on Wednesday to prepare for Thursday night’s home game against the Chicago Blackhawks (9:30 p

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators were all smiles Wednesday morning as they posed for their annual team picture, and there were plenty of reasons to be grinning, having beaten one of the league’s best teams a night earlier for their fourth straight victory