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CLEVELAND – Christian Hanson had a hat trick and Alex Foster added two of his own as the Toronto Marlies pounded the Lake Erie Monsters 7-1 in American Hockey League play Friday

DETROIT – Scott Clemmensen kept the Florida Panthers in the game until the rest of his teammates got their act together.Bryan McCabe’s goal 40 seconds into overtime gave Florida a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night

WASHINGTON – The Montreal Canadiens were leading by a goal late in the game, ready to pull off a road upset of the Washington Capitals.Then Maxim Lapierre gets sent off for hooking with 1:52 left

TORONTO – Dallas Stars forward James Neal has been suspended two games for hitting Derek Dorsett of the Columbus Blue Jackets from behind.The NHL handed down the ban on Friday

Penguins 2 at Senators 6First Period1. Pittsburgh, Staal 6 (Dupuis, Guerin) 1:092. Ottawa, Carkner 2 (Fisher, Foligno) 12:16Penalties – Talbot Pgh (tripping) 1:48, Carkner Ott (hooking) 19:45

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Scott Niedermayer scored a power-play goal 52 seconds into overtime as the Anaheim Ducks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night after blowing a three-goal lead

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueANAHEIM DUCKS-Assigned F Erik Christensen to Manitoba (ECHL) for conditioning

CALGARY – With a nearly unstoppable power play, the Blackhawks easily cruised to their fifth straight victory Thursday night.Kris Versteeg scored a pair of goals as Chicago went 4-for-5 with the extra man in a 7-1 rout of the Calgary Flames

DALLAS – The Columbus Blue Jackets didn’t back down in a fight-filled first period, using a pair of special-teams goals to maintain the best start in franchise history

NASHVILLE – After coming within one game of setting an NHL record for road wins to start the season, the New Jersey Devils have dropped two consecutive games away from the Garden State

ST. LOUIS – Erik Johnson showed why the St. Louis Blues took him with the first pick in the 2006 NHL entry draft.The defenceman finished off the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night with an end-to-end rush that ended with Johnson firing a wrist shot past goalie Ilya Bryzgalov from the high slot 17 seconds into overtime for a 3-2 victory

OTTAWA – The 800-game mark will only come along once in Chris Phillips’ career.Scoring two goals in the same game has arrived with only slightly more frequency for the Ottawa Senators defenceman

ATLANTA – The Boston Bruins finally figured out how to win a game after 60 minutes were up.Patrice Bergeron had the only goal of the shootout after Michael Ryder scored twice in regulation, lifting Boston to a 4-3 victory over Atlanta that snapped the Thrashers’ four-game winning streak Thursday night

Rallying from big deficits, scoring timely goals with the clock winding down. These are the kinds of dramatics that helped the Carolina Hurricanes reach the Eastern Conference finals last season

MONTREAL – Canada’s synchronized swimming team didn’t have to think long about a theme that represents their country for one of the top acts at the upcoming FINA World Trophy competition – hockey

VANCOUVER, B.C. – While the focus at Vancouver Canucks practice Thursday was supposed to be on the impending return of sniper Daniel Sedin, much of the attention instead centred around a shot that had nothing to do with pucks

Team Canada’s management group continues to traverse the continent with an eye on assembling a squad capable of winning Olympic gold in Vancouver

EDMONTON – With the puck nestled in the net and the crowd at Rexall Place roaring, Patrick O’Sullivan threw his arms in the air and looked skyward in a goal celebration that seemed equal parts relief and elation

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars have placed winger Fabian Brunnstrom on the injured list with a shoulder injury.The move Thursday was retroactive to Nov

The Carolina Hurricanes have placed goalie Cam Ward and All-star centre Eric Staal on the injured list.The team said Thursday that Ward was put on the long-term injured list, while Staal was placed on injured list