Articles by Doug Stolhand

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Their character questioned, their playoff hopes dwindling and facing a two-goal deficit, Jason Pominville and the Buffalo Sabres showed they’ve still got some fight left in them

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Marian Gaborik had two goals and two assists, Andrew Brunette and Owen Nolan each scored once and set up two others, and the Minnesota Wild beat the New York Islanders 6-2 on Wednesday night to snap a five-game road losing streak

RALEIGH, N.C. – Anton Babchuk scored with 6:01 remaining and the Carolina Hurricanes won their season-high fifth straight game, beating the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Wednesday night in a matchup of two of the NHL’s hottest teams

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller is scheduled to play against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday, marking his first start after missing a month with a sprained left ankle

Playoff fever has finally hit Columbus and no one is happier than Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock.”We’ve been in playoff fever for a month now and the fans have come out in droves,” Hitchcock said Wednesday on a conference call

It has been three weeks since the NHL trade deadline and so far, the winners look to be the Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Calgary Flames and Carolina Hurricanes

TORONTO – Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Martin Gerber received an automatic three-game suspension from the NHL on Wednesday for abusing referee Mike Leggo

DENVER – Colorado Avalanche centre Paul Stastny is out for at least two weeks and could miss the rest of the season with a broken foot.Stastny was injured while blocking a shot at Minnesota on March 17 and will be out two-to-four weeks, the team said Wednesday

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Gabor Ocskay, three times Hungary’s hockey player of the year, has died of a heart attack, his team said Wednesday. He was 33

Scoring summaries from Tuesday’s NHL games: Thrashers 3 at Canadiens 6 First Period1. Montreal, Tanguay 13 (Kovalev, Schneider) 7:212. Atlanta, Crabb 4 (Peverley, Exelby) 14:02Penalties – Plekanec Mtl (holding) 10:28, Komisarek Mtl (interference) 17:52

EDMONTON – Valtteri Filppula’s goal with 1:26 to play in the third stood up as the winner as the Detroit Red Wings surged back to first place overall in the NHL with a 3-2 comeback victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night

DALLAS – Daniel Sedin scored the go-ahead goal moments after taking a stick in the mouth, Ryan Kesler and Henrik Sedin each had two goals, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the fading Dallas Stars 5-2 Tuesday night

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueWASHINGTON CAPITALS-Recalled G Daren Machesney and F Steve Pinizzotto from Hershey (AHL)

ST. LOUIS – Rookie Patrik Berglund scored twice in the third period, Chris Mason made 22 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and the St

WINNIPEG – Maksim Mayorov scored twice as the Syracuse Crunch beat the Manitoba Moose 2-1 in American Hockey League action Tuesday.Dusty Collins replied for the Moose

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Teemu Selanne scored the only shootout goal and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Tuesday to move into a position for a post-season berth

TAMPA, Fla. – Martin St. Louis scored with 1:56 left in overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night

MONTREAL – Alex Tanguay had two goals and three assists and Alex Kovalev also scored twice as the Montreal Canadiens ended a five-game losing streak with 6-3 NHL victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday night

TORONTO – The theatrics didn’t belong to Alex Ovechkin on this night.Curtis Joseph was brought in cold off the Toronto Maple Leafs’ bench late in Tuesday’s game and shut down the Washington Capitals to help his team to a 3-2 shootout victory

NEW YORK – Nikolai Zherdev had a goal and an assist, and the New York Rangers moved into a sixth-place tie in the Eastern Conference by defeating the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Tuesday night