Articles by Doug Stolhand

TAMPA, Fla. – Vincent Lecavalier scored twice, and Martin St. Louis had a goal and three assists to help the Tampa Bay Lightning win their third straight game, 6-4 over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Rookie Steve Mason made 20 saves for his third shutout in Columbus’ 3-0 victory over Philadelphia on Saturday night, the Blue Jackets’ first win over the Flyers in franchise history.

PITTSBURGH – Andrei Kostitsyn had his first career hat trick, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Blake Wheeler scored twice in the second period, and Michael Ryder broke a tie with 6:14 left to help the Boston Bruins win their seventh straight game, 4-2 over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Blues forward Paul Kariya will have surgery on his left hip and could miss the rest of the season.Kariya hasn’t played since Nov.

NEW YORK – Rangers defenceman Michal Rozsival sat out Saturday night against the New Jersey Devils due to family issues, but is expected to return for New York’s next game.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The New York Islanders recalled centre Jeremy Colliton from Bridgeport of the AHL on Saturday, a day after left wing Andy Hilbert sustained a hairline fracture in his left foot in a victory over Toronto.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo Sabres placed centre Paul Gaustad on injured reserve Saturday because of an upper-body injury and recalled left wing Tim Kennedy from Portland of the American Hockey League.

DAVOS, Switzerland – Canada’s margin for error at the Spengler Cup just got smaller.Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Pohl scored the shootout winner to lead host HC Davos to a 6-5 win over Canada in a wild game on Saturday.

OTTAWA – Pat Quinn stepped on the ice for Saturday’s practice ready to be stern and demanding of Canada’s junior hockey team.
But the players didn’t give their coach a chance to furrow his brow and bark because they skated and competed hard.

DAVOS, Switzerland – Canada’s margin for error at the Spengler Cup just got smaller.
Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Pohl scored the shootout winner to lead host HC Davos to a 6-5 win over Canada in a wild game on Saturday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets recalled forward Craig MacDonald from the club’s American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse on Saturday.

LOS ANGELES – Peter Mueller ended a 21-game goal drought, and Shane Doan scored on a power play, leading the Phoenix Coyotes to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night.

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Sheldon Souray’s late second-period goal stood up as the winner as the Edmonton Oilers edged the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Friday night.

CHICAGO – Another huge crowd. Another big victory for the Chicago Blackhawks.Patrick Sharp scored his team-leading 19th goal of the season and the Chicago Blackhawks won their eighth straight to match the franchise record, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 5-1 on Friday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Ryan Malone beat backup goalie Craig Anderson with a wrist shot to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 shootout victory over the Florida Panthers on Friday night in the first game of a home-and-home series.

CLEVELAND – Staffan Kronwall scored the eventual winner and Adam Munro made 31 saves as the Toronto Marlies won 3-1 over the Lake Erie Monsters on Friday in the AHL.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Defenceman Kevin Klein scored a power-play goal, Vern Fiddler added a goal late in the second period, and the Nashville Predators held off the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Friday night in their first meeting of the season.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Rochester goaltender Mike Brodeur turned away 36 of 37 shots as the Americans beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 2-1 on Friday night in American Hockey League action.

ATLANTA – Eric Staal scored three goals in 4:31 span of the third period to overshadow Bryan Little’s first career hat trick in the Carolina Hurricanes’ 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Friday night.