Month: March 2010

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings looked like a team determined to make the playoffs.Darren Helm scored twice, and Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and an assist in Detroit’s 5-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Jeremy Williams scored twice for Grand Rapids to help the Griffins down the Manitoba Moose 4-1 in American Hockey League action Friday night

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Adam Mair was glad to help Tim Connolly gain some redemption from an earlier gaffe.Mair sent the game into overtime just under three minutes after Connolly’s costly turnover ended up in Buffalo’s net, and Connolly scored at 2:31 of overtime in Buffalo’s 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night

TORONTO – Montreal Canadiens forward Maxim Lapierre has been suspended for four games, the NHL announced Friday.The suspension stems from Lapierre’s late hit on Sharks forward Scott Nichol in Montreal’s 3-2 loss Thursday night in San Jose

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators appear to have cooled off during the Olympic break and their recent performance has made goaltending a hot topic of discussion in the Canadian capital once again

PITTSBURGH – Evgeni Malkin has been credited with the game-winning overtime goal in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-4 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night

Scoring summaries from Thursday’s NHL games:Senators 1 at Hurricanes 4First Period1. Carolina, Kostopoulos 8 (Boychuk) 5:182. Carolina, Brind’Amour 6 (Boychuk, Carson) 6:23Penalty – T

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Dany Heatley scored the tying goal and Manny Malhotra delivered the winner in a span of less than three minutes in the third period to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Wojtek Wolski left the Colorado Avalanche behind – again.Wolski beat his former Colorado teammates in his Phoenix debut, scoring the go-ahead goal with 22 seconds left in the Coyotes’ 3-1 victory Thursday night

DALLAS – The St. Louis Blues are working on another late-season surge.Paul Kariya scored twice, combining with Brad Boyes for a pair of goals during a 17-second span of the first period, and the Blues extended their winning streak to a season-best five games with a 6-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueBOSTON BRUINS-Placed G Dany Sabourin on re-entry waivers for the purpose of recall

NASHVILLE – The surging Los Angeles Kings still haven’t found a way to beat the Nashville Predators.J.P. Dumont, Jason Arnott, Marcel Goc and Jerred Smithson scored, and Pekka Rinne made 20 saves in the Predators’ 4-2 victory over the Kings on Thursday night

WASHINGTON – Scott Walker had simple goals before taking the ice Thursday night for his first game with the Washington Capitals.He was just hoping not to derail the his new teammates, who had the best record in the league before he joined the team in a trade at the deadline Wednesday

NEW YORK – Marc-Andre Fleury stopped only eight of 12 shots, but was let off the hook by his high-scoring teammates. Henrik Lundqvist made a career-best 50 saves and had only a hard-luck loss to show for it

BOSTON – Tim Thomas picked up more at the Olympics than a silver medal and a dozen minutes of ice time.The U.S. backup once again looked like the goalie who won the 2009 Vezina Trophy on Thursday night, returning from a slump that left him on two different teams’ benches to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in a shootout

ATLANTA – The new-look Atlanta Thrashers made it look easy against the New York Islanders on Thursday night.Nik Antropov had two goals and an assist, and Clarke MacArthur and Evgeny Artyukhin scored in their Atlanta debuts to help the Thrashers beat the Islanders 6-3

RALEIGH, N.C. – Manny Legace was still smarting that former teammate Matt Cullen broke up his shutout for the Carolina Hurricanes.The Carolina goalie’s mood brightened considerably when reminded that the Hurricanes’ 4-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators gave him at least one victory over all 30 current NHL franchises

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars activated defenceman Mark Fistric off injured reserve prior to their game Thursday night against the St. Louis Blues

CALGARY – The morning after being blanked 4-0 by the Minnesota Wild, the Calgary Flames turned their attention toward preparing for their final 19 games of the season with two new players in the fold

Although the United States men’s Olympic hockey team came up dramatically short in its gold medal pursuit at the Vancouver Winter Games, the architects of Team USA still feel in some way like they came out on top