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EDMONTON – A couple of late power-play goals kept the Edmonton Oilers’ recent run of futility intact.Daniel Sedin scored the overtime winner and added two assists as the Vancouver Canucks won 3-2 Wednesday night and handed the Oilers their ninth consecutive loss

EDMONTON – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is promising the league will take a serious look at hits to the head during the general managers’ meeting in March, but he’s not interested in a quick fix to the growing problem

MONTREAL – New coach Davis Payne liked what he saw from his St. Louis Blues, even after they coughed up a third-period lead.The Blues, now 5-3-1 since Payne replaced Andy Murray behind the bench on Jan

Martin Brodeur didn’t have to work very hard for his latest shutout.Brodeur made 22 saves for the 108th shutout of his NHL career and Travis Zajac scored the winning goal late in the second period as the New Jersey Devils snapped a three-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night

NEW YORK – John Halligan, who spent a life in hockey working to publicize the New York Rangers and the NHL, died Wednesday. He was 68.The cause of death wasn’t disclosed

CALGARY – Brent Sutter has had enough.The Calgary Flames coach put his players through an intense practice on Wednesday to prepare for Thursday night’s home game against the Chicago Blackhawks (9:30 p

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators were all smiles Wednesday morning as they posed for their annual team picture, and there were plenty of reasons to be grinning, having beaten one of the league’s best teams a night earlier for their fourth straight victory

MONTREAL – The old and the new U.S. Olympic hockey teams are represented on the St. Louis Blues, so first-time Olympians David Backes and Erik Johnson have their own grizzled veteran to turn to if they need advice heading into the Winter Games next month in Vancouver

TORONTO – New York Islanders defenceman Andy Sutton was suspended two games Wednesday after leaving Pittsburgh’s Pascal Dupuis bloodied with a hit from behind

HALIFAX, N.S. – Former NHL player Mike Danton, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, will break his silence to discuss his move to a Halifax university to play varsity hockey

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars have placed Jere Lehtinen on the injured list.The move announced on Wednesday is retroactive to Saturday, when Lehtinen suffered an upper body injury against Detroit

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Carolina Hurricanes decided not to wait any longer before signalling a changing of the guard.The last-place team has turned to a new leader, with veteran forward Rod Brind’Amour handing over the captaincy to 25-year-old Eric Staal on Wednesday

PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Team officials for the Czech Republic believe captain Patrik Elias will recover in time for next month’s Vancouver Olympics even though the New Jersey Devils have put him on the injured list with a concussion

Scoring summaries from Tuesday’s NHL games:Blackhawks 1 at Senators 4First Period1. Ottawa, Smith 2 (Neil) 6:512. Ottawa, Shannon 5 (Regin, Kovalev) 12:31Penalties – Byfuglien Chi (delay of game) 9:50, Carkner Ott (hooking) 13:43, Brouwer Chi (interference) 14:57, Kovalev Ott (slashing) 15:16, Kane Chi (hooking) 18:05

LOS ANGELES – Patrick Marleau and Ryane Clowe scored two goals apiece, and the San Jose Sharks completed a remarkable two-day scoring barrage with a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Ryan Getzlaf and Evgeny Artyukhin scored 62 seconds apart to trigger a four-goal first period, Bobby Ryan connected on a power play, and the Anaheim Ducks extended their home winning streak to eight games with a 5-4 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueBOSTON BRUINS-Assigned D Adam McQuaid and F Drew Larman to Providence (AHL).COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Activated LW Fredrik Modin from injured reserve

PHILADELPHIA – Jeff Carter found a unique way to break a tie.The Philadelphia centre won a faceoff and rifled a goal past Columbus’ Mathieu Garon, helping to lift the Flyers to a 5-3 win over the Blue Jackets on Tuesday

PITTSBURGH – Penguins forward Pascal Dupuis sustained an undisclosed facial injury after being rammed from behind into the boards by the Islanders defenceman Andy Sutton with 2:55 remaining in Pittsburgh’s 6-4 victory on Tuesday night

PITTSBURGH – Evgeni Malkin broke out of a slump with three goals and Sidney Crosby scored twice while figuring in every Pittsburgh goal as the Penguins recovered after blowing a three-goal lead to beat the Islanders 6-4 on Tuesday, ending New York’s four-game winning streak