Puck Podcast

NASHVILLE – The San Jose Sharks beat the Nashville Predators with a nifty play from three Canadian Olympic forwards.Dany Heatley, Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton teamed up for a power-play goal at 11:57 of the third period to break a tie in the Sharks’ 4-3 victory night

ATLANTA – Niclas Bergfors didn’t waste any time scoring his first goal with the Atlanta Thrashers.Bergfors scored the go-ahead goal with 4:26 left and the Thrashers beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Saturday night to end a three-game losing streak

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Nearly three hours after his first NHL start, Anton Khudobin sat at his locker surrounded by media recounting his 38-save performance for the Minnesota Wild

TORONTO – The Hamilton Bulldogs dominated the Toronto Marlies on Saturday night with stifling defence and an offensive outburst from Mike Glumac and P

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Carolina coach Paul Maurice said he couldn’t ease in goalie Justin Peters like other rookies.But the 23-year-old Peters didn’t need much assistance in his NHL debut, turning aside 34 shots to lead the Hurricanes to a 3-1 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday night

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Suddenly, hockey is a lot of fun for the Columbus Blue Jackets.Steve Mason stopped 28 shots for his third shutout of the season, and Rick Nash and Raffi Torres scored against the NHL’s top penalty-killing team, leading the Blue Jackets past the Buffalo Sabres, 4-0 on Saturday night

TORONTO – Ron Wilson leaned on the lectern with both hands. It was the end of a night that had been punctuated with a win, but it was also the end of a day filled with sadness for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the head coach opened his post-game media address on a personal note

TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay capitalized on a rare third-period letdown by Calgary.Andrej Meszaros scored 1:58 into overtime and the Lightning beat the Flames 2-1 on Saturday night

DALLAS – Marty Turco and the Dallas Stars won’t play at home again until March 2, and they left a good impression on their fans with one of their most complete efforts of the season

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Anaheim Ducks have reassigned goalie Justin Pogge to their minor-league affiliate in San Antonio, clearing the way for new goalie Vesa Toskala

ATLANTA – The Florida Panthers’ game against Atlanta was delayed after the Thrashers had problems returning from Washington because of snow.The Thrashers, who lost 5-2 at Washington on Friday night, took a four-hour bus ride to Richmond, Va

LOS ANGELES – Dustin Brown figured the Los Angeles Kings’ ninth straight victory contained everything that a moment of Hollywood hockey history deserves

LOS ANGELES – Detroit left wing Tomas Holmstrom has injured his left leg during the first period of the Red Wings’ game against the Los Angeles Kings

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens have generally relied on two areas of their game for wins this season – stellar goaltending and special teams

BOSTON – Pavol Demitra tied the game on a tip-in with 4:42 left and scored the only goal of the shootout to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 win Saturday that extended the reeling Boston Bruins’ winless streak to 10 games

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings have traded forward Ville Leino to Philadelphia for defenceman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and the Flyers’ fifth round pick in the 2011 draft

TORONTO – Members of the Toronto Maple Leafs expressed sorrow for general manager Brian Burke on Saturday, one day after his youngest son, Brendan, died in a car accident on a snowy highway in the United States

WASHINGTON – In their quest to set the NHL record for consecutive wins, the Washington Capitals face a familiar obstacle Sunday: Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins

NEW YORK – The game between the Atlanta Hawks and Washington Wizards has been postponed because of the blizzard that battered the Mid-Atlantic region

The Philadelphia Flyers have added winger Ville Leino from the Detroit Red Wings for defenseman O-K Tollefsen and a 2011 fifth round draft pick