Month: March 2010

CHICAGO – In what Chicago coach Joel Quenneville had billed as the biggest game of the year, the Blackhawks got the kind of goaltending they’ll need once the playoffs start

NASHVILLE – Half a minute of poor play was enough to end the Nashville Predators’ six-game winning streak.Loui Eriksson and Matt Niskanen scored goals 30 seconds apart early in the third period to give the Dallas Stars a 3-1 victory over Nashville on Tuesday

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The San Jose Sharks were relieved and back in first place in the Pacific Division after ending their long losing streak.Evgeni Nabokov stopped 18 shots, and four San Jose players scored to help the Sharks snap a six-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night

OTTAWA – Anton Volchenkov showed he’ll do whatever it takes to get the Ottawa Senators into the playoffs.Volchenkov was all over the ice Tuesday, blocking shots and delivering some game-changing if questionable hits as the Senators beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-0

TAMPA BAY, Fla. – Martin St. Louis is doing his part to keep Tampa Bay’s slim playoff hopes alive.St. Louis scored his second goal of the game 29 seconds into overtime and the Lightning stopped a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday

ATLANTA – Boston was in danger of giving up the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Fortunately for the Bruins, they had the right team chasing them

NEWARK, N.J. – Martin Brodeur is making it very hard for future goaltenders to break his records as he piles up milestones for the New Jersey Devils

TORONTO – Pete DeBoer can’t help but wonder what might have been.After watching David Booth register his first two-goal game of the season in a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, the Florida Panthers coach acknowledged that he often thinks about how different this season would have turned out had Booth and Nathan Horton been healthy all year

TORONTO – The NHL is growing impatient with the players’ union while it continues to mull over a proposed rule outlawing blindside hits to the head

TORONTO – Colorado Avalanche forward Darcy Tucker has been hit with a one game suspension, the NHL announced Tuesday.The suspension stems from Tucker making “excessive physical contact” on an icing play in Colorado’s 4-3 overtime loss against the Kings on Monday night in Los Angeles

MCLEAN, Va. – A Virginia chiropractor was arrested on drug charges Tuesday after a co-defendant accused him of supplying steroids to members of two Washington-area professional sports teams

TORONTO – It’ll be Coffey vs. Cuddy at this year’s Juno Cup.Paul Coffey and Jim Cuddy will take the ice on April 16 at the annual Juno week charity hockey game, which pits musicians against retired NHL players

The Edmonton Oilers dynasty will be well represented at the IIHF World Hockey Championship even without The Great One.Canadian general manager Mark Messier reached into his past and named Craig MacTavish head coach on Tuesday, reuniting the former Oilers teammates for the tournament in Germany

BROSSARD, Que. – When the doors to the Montreal Canadiens’ dressing room at their suburban training centre opened Tuesday and a throng of media rushed to Mike Cammalleri’s seat, mock cheers and applause went up from the returning winger’s teammates

Scoring summaries from Monday’s NHL games:Senators 2 at Canadiens 0 First Period1. Ottawa, Regin 10 (Karlsson, Alfredsson) 10:15Penalties – Foligno Ott (high-sticking) 4:32, Foligno Ott (hooking) 7:01

LOS ANGELES – Although Drew Doughty wasn’t really supposed to shoot the puck during that overtime power play, even the Los Angeles Kings’ coaches were grateful their rising star defenceman decided to wrap up two important playoff points with one fierce slap shot

Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueMINNESOTA WILD-Reassigned D Jaime Sifers to Houston (AHL).NEW YORK RANGERS-Agreed to terms with D Lee Baldwin

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens didn’t need a lethal power play to run up a six-game winning streak, so winger Brian Gionta figures a dormant one can’t explain the team’s current two-game slide

MONTREAL – The red-hot Montreal Canadiens turned out to be the perfect tonic for the slumping Ottawa Senators.Peter Regin and Erik Karlsson scored and Brian Elliot made 29 saves as the Senators ended a five-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Canadiens on Monday night

DETROIT – For the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins to play again this season, it’ll have to be in a third straight Stanley Cup final between the teams