Articles by Doug Stolhand

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Derek Roy scored the decisive shootout goal, and had a goal and an assist in regulation in the Buffalo Sabres’ 6-5 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night.

NORFOLK, Va. – Marc Denis made 43 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and second in less than a week as the Hamilton Bulldogs defeated the Norfolk Admirals 2-0 on Friday in AHL action.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jason Williams scored with 6:55 to go to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 3-2 victory over Detroit on Friday night, ending the Stanley Cup champion Red Wings’ winning streak at six games.

NEWARK, N.J. – Scott Clemmensen had his second straight shutout after going nearly five years without one in the NHL, and Bryce Salvador provided a rare bit of offence as the New Jersey Devils beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 on Friday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo Sabres played the San Jose Sharks as scheduled Friday night, turning down an offer from the NHL to postpone the game a day after 50 people were killed when a commuter plane crashed into a house.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The San Jose Sharks placed centre Marcel Goc on injured reserve Friday because of a lower-body injury.Goc was hurt in San Jose’s 5-2 win in Boston on Tuesday night, and missed the Sharks’ loss Wednesday night in Pittsburgh.

In many ways, Mike Richards is no different than any Canadian hockey fan.He grew up watching the world junior championship every winter and still gets excited whenever he sees the national team play.

HARTFORD, Conn. – Forward Sean Avery is expected to play his first game with the Hartford Wolf Pack on Saturday.The Dallas Stars assigned Avery to the American Hockey League team on Tuesday.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Phoenix Coyotes forward Peter Mueller, who has missed the past seven games with a concussion, was activated from injured reserve Friday.

Former union presidents Troy Vincent and Trace Armstrong, along with lawyer DeMaurice Smith are the finalists to succeed Gene Upshaw as executive director of the NFL Players Association.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Blue Jackets activated goaltender Steve Mason off injured reserve on Friday and assigned Dan LaCosta to the club’s American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse.

AHL No Games Scheduled.ECHL Charlotte 5 Mississippi 4 (OT)IHL No Games Scheduled.Central No Games Scheduled.QMJHL Chicoutimi 1 Val-d’Or 0OHL Barrie 3 Owen Sound 2 (OT)Peterborough 7 Guelph 4Windsor 4 Sarnia 3 (OT)WHL No Games Scheduled.

Detailed summaries from yesterday’s games:.Senators 5 at Flyers 2First Period1. Ottawa, Heatley 23 (Alfredsson, Lee) 18:22Penalties – Kuba Ott (holding) 1:52, Hartnell Pha (interference) 2:44, Bell Ott (holding) 4:46.

LOS ANGELES – Miikka Kiprusoff made 36 saves, and Michael Cammalleri scored on a power play in the first period in the Calgary Flames’ 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Henrik Sedin capped a three-goal comeback with a power-play goal midway through the third period in the Vancouver Canucks’ 4-3 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Nashville Predators cut it about as close as possible.Jason Arnott tied it with three seconds left in regulation, and Steve Sullivan scored the only goal in a shootout to give Nashville a 4-3 victory over the St.

TAMPA, Fla. – Steven Stamkos and Vincent Lecavalier scored third-period goals as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-4 on Thursday night.

DETROIT – Jiri Hudler and Kris Draper scored in a 50-second span of the second period, and Chris Osgood made 21 saves in the Detroit Red Wings’ 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Tomas Vokoun made 42 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, Anthony Stewart and Gregory Campbell scored 12 seconds apart in the second period as the Florida Panthers routed the Carolina Hurricanes 5-0 on Thursday night.

PHILADELPHIA – Dany Heatley scored two for Ottawa and Jason Spezza added a goal and an assist as the Senators won their third straight game, 5-2 over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.