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RALEIGH, N.C. — This looks familiar to Carolina: The Hurricanes bouncing back from a lopsided Game 1 loss to wrest home-ice advantage from a higher-seeded opponent in Game 2

VANCOUVER — The Canucks travelled to Chicago on Sunday without defenceman Sami Salo, who remained in Vancouver for treatment of an unspecified lower body injury

NEW YORK — Alex Kovalev of the Montreal Canadiens, Rick Nash of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings are being recognized for their charity work

NEW YORK – New York Rangers forward Markus Naslund is retiring from the NHL.

The 35-year-old signed a US$ 8-million, two-year contract with the Rangers last summer after 11 seasons with Vancouver

Results Sunday:IIHF World Championship Qualifying RoundAt ZurichCanada 5 Norway 1Czech Republic 3 Belarus 0At BernRussia 6 Latvia 1Sweden 4 Switzerland 1AHL PlayoffsNo Games Scheduled

Scoring summaries from Sunday’s NHL playoff games:Hurricanes 3 at Bruins 0First PeriodNo Scoring.Penalties – None.Second Period1. Carolina, Corvo 1 (Staal, Cole) 2:302

WASHINGTON – As per his usual routine, Sidney Crosby took to the practice rink Sunday and replayed the top scoring chances he missed in his previous game

BOSTON – The “desperate” Boston Bruins kept firing shots at Cam Ward. The “rock” of the Carolina Hurricanes kept stopping them.The playoff MVP in Carolina’s 2006 Stanley Cup victory, Ward turned aside 36 shots for his second shutout in his last four playoff games and the Hurricanes won 3-0 Sunday night for a split of the first two games

DETROIT – Todd Marchant scored 1:15 into the third overtime on Sunday to lift the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings and even their Western Conference semifinal series 1-1

VANCOUVER, B.C. – The young, speedy Blackhawks are back in Chicago buoyed by splitting the first two games of their Stanley Cup playoff series against the Vancouver Canucks

VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Canucks travelled to Chicago on Sunday without defenceman Sami Salo, who remained in Vancouver for treatment of an unspecified lower body injury

KLOTEN, Switzerland – The routine victories just keep on coming for Canada at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.Drew Doughty had a goal and two assists Sunday as the Canadians beat Norway 5-1

Blackhawks 6 at Canucks 3First Period1. Vancouver, Salo 3 (H.Sedin, D.Sedin) 5:35 (pp)2. Vancouver, Edler 1 (Sundin, Bieksa) 6:44 (pp)Penalties – Hjalmarsson Chi (delay of game) 5:05, Eager Chi (roughing), Burish Chi (misconduct), Rypien Vcr (misconduct) 6:16, Keith Chi (slashing) 6:34, O’Brien Vcr (hooking) 13:56, Demitra Vcr (interference) 18:52

MELVILLE, N.Y. – New York Islanders owner Charles Wang says he regrets buying the money-losing NHL team nine years ago.”If I had the chance I wouldn’t do it again,” Wang told Newsday

VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Blackhawks are making comebacks a winning habit in the playoffs.Chicago battled back from a two-goal deficit and used Dave Bolland’s short-handed goal to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 6-3 on Saturday night to tie their Western Conference semifinal series 1-1

WINNIPEG – Cory Schneider made 28 saves and the Manitoba Moose edged the Grand Rapids Griffins 2-1 in Game 2 of the AHL North Division final Saturday

WILMINGTON, Mass. – The Boston Bruins are staying out of the penalty box and shutting down the rare power plays they have given up in the playoffs

DETROIT – Anaheim Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf and Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen seem to have some similarities.They’re both in their fourth NHL season

BERN, Switzerland – Russia scored three power-play goals to beat the United States 4-1 Saturday in a second-round match at the IIHF World Hockey Championship

WASHINGTON – Alex Ovechkin contributed a power-play goal, yet it was a few of his unheralded teammates on the Washington Capitals who made the difference in Game 1 of their showdown against Pittsburgh Penguins