Month: March 2010

MONTREAL – Welcome to the Edmonton Oilers, Ryan Whitney.Playing in only his fourth game as an Oiler on Thursday since being acquired from Anaheim at the trade deadline, Whitney took an Andrei Markov wrist shot off the right knee late in the second period of Edmonton’s game against Montreal and hobbled off the ice

DENVER – Paul Stastny had a forgettable game in Colorado’s loss to Vancouver on Tuesday night.He made up for it Thursday night.Stastny scored twice, and Craig Anderson made 27 saves to move into a tie for the NHL shutout lead with seven in the Avalanche’s 3-0 victory over the Florida Panthers

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueLOS ANGELES KINGS-Recalled G Jonathan Bernier from Manchester (AHL) under emergency conditions

TORONTO – There’s a new NHL super pest, and his name is Steve Downie.Well, he’s not too new. The Tampa Bay winger was a point-per-game player for Team Canada at the 2006 and ’07 World Junior Championships

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings started and finished strong.Johan Franzen scored twice, and Henrik Zetterberg had a goal and two assists in Detroit’s 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night

RALEIGH, N.C. – For the second straight night, the Carolina Hurricanes pushed one of the NHL’s best teams to overtime.This time they got the win

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens survived a scare from the NHL’s worst team on Thursday night.The Canadiens needed a huge save from Jaroslav Halak on Shawn Horcoff in overtime and Andrei Kostitsyn’s goal in the fifth round of the shootout for a 5-4 win over the lowly Edmonton Oliers

PHILADELPHIA – With Marc Savard most likely out for rest of the season because of a concussion, Patrice Bergeron led the way for the banged-up Boston Bruins

TORONTO – The youth movement has injected some new life into the long moribund Toronto Maple Leafs, and the way the kids have played of late offers up some tantalizing visions of better times ahead

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – This was one point the St. Louis Blues couldn’t let slip away.Fighting to get back into the Western Conference playoff race, the surging Blues found themselves in a shootout with the slumping New York Islanders

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Atlanta Thrashers needed a break. Instead, they got more bad news.Kristian Huselius had a goal and an assist and the Columbus Blue Jackets weathered a late rally to hang on for a 2-1 victory Thursday night, with the Thrashers’ loss clinching the Southeast Division title for the Washington Capitals

LOS ANGELES – Kings goalie Jonathan Quick has left Los Angeles’ road trip for the birth of his first child.Quick is the NHL leader with 37 victories this season

TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs are bidding for either the 2012 or 2013 NHL all-star festivities.

The club has also applied to host the 2011 NHL Entry Draft at Air Canada Centre as well as the 2012 NHL Winter Classic at BMO Field, home of MLS soccer club Toronto FC

PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bill Guerin says the NHL must outlaw hits to the head.That includes the kind of hit levelled by Guerin’s teammate, Matt Cooke, against the Boston Bruins’ Marc Savard

MONTREAL – Rookie goalie Devan Dubnyk will go for his first NHL win when the Edmonton Oilers face the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.Dubnyk is 0-7-1 with a 4

Scoring summaries from Wednesday’s games in the NHL:Canucks 3 at Coyotes 4 (SO)First Period1. Phoenix, Stempniak 16 (Yandle) 10:162. Vancouver, H

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Adrian Aucoin beat Andrew Raycroft in a shootout with a little help from Phoenix backup goalie Jason LaBarbera.Aucoin scored in the sixth round of a shootout, and Ilya Bryzgalov deflected Mason Raymond’s final attempt for Vancouver high over the net to give the Coyotes a 4-3 victory over the Canucks on Wednesday night

Movements in the world of hockey Wednesday:National Hockey LeagueATLANTA THRASHERS-Recalled D Chris Chelios from Chicago (AHL). Reassigned D Mike Vernace from Chicago (AHL) to Hamilton (AHL)

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Daniel and Henrik Sedin are donating $1.5 million to help build a new children’s hospital in Vancouver.The Swedish twins, who were drafted by the Canucks and have lived in Vancouver for 10 years, said their donation will be used to help build the intensive care unit and diagnostics and imaging area at the new BC Children’s Hospital

BUFFALO, N.Y. – As tall as he is, Tyler Myers’ stock on the Buffalo Sabres grew even larger after the rookie defenceman enjoyed a career-best performance