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WASHINGTON – With players like Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin and Mike Green, Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau never got too worried when his team slumped

TORONTO – There was no shortage of people willing to accept some blame after the Calgary Flames finished up a seven-game road trip with another disappointing result

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Brett Sterling, back in the NHL for the first time since November, became a hero for the Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday night

MONTREAL – Martin Brodeur called it a perfect day.The veteran goaltender made history in his home town by moving into a tie with Patrick Roy for the most career wins by an NHL goaltender with 551, as the New Jersey Devils downed the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Saturday night

TORONTO – Adam Munro stopped 28 shots and Tim Stapleton scored with 48 seconds remaining in overtime to lead the Toronto Marlies past the visiting Lake Erie Monsters 2-1 in American Hockey League action on Saturday night

TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Chris DiDomenico to a three-year entry level contract, the club announced Saturday.DiDomenico, a 20-year-old native of Toronto was selected by the Leafs in the sixth round (164th overall) in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft

PITTSBURGH – Too quick for his own good, Marc-Andre Fleury let the winning shot slowly trickle past him.Mike Comrie slid the deciding goal in the shootout past Fleury, and the Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Saturday for their fifth win in six games

ST. LOUIS – The Detroit Red Wings gave the St. Louis Blues a firsthand look at their potent, quick-strike offence.The Red Wings, who lead the NHL with 257 goals, scored on three consecutive shots in a 46-second span of a 5-2 victory over the Blues on Saturday

PHILADELPHIA – Given a chance to grab a firm hold of the starting job, Martin Biron has assured there won’t be any goalie controversy in Philadelphia

BOSTON – Bruins coach Claude Julien made it clear that he wanted young forward Phil Kessel to play hard every game.Kessel, benched by Julien during last year’s playoff series against Montreal and a subject of trade rumours at this season’s deadline, scored his 30th goal of the season in Boston’s 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday

NEWARK, N.J. – Hockey purists can debate what style Martin Brodeur employs.Is he the last of the standup goaltenders, a practitioner of the half butterfly, an athletic hybrid or simply a “fabulous freak” as one former netminder put it?It doesn’t matter on the ice

Movements in the world of hockey Friday:National Hockey LeagueNHL-Suspended Colorado F Cody McCormick for two games for a high sticking incident in a March 12 game against Minnesota

Kings 2 at Canucks 4 First Period1. Vancouver, Burrows 21 (Pyatt, Mitchell) 10:392. Vancouver, Sundin 8 (Bieksa, H.Sedin) 17:58 (pp)Penalties – Westgarth LA (high-sticking) 7:49, Kopitar LA (holding) 13:36, Bernier Vcr (elbowing) 14:50, Harrold LA (hooking) 16:53, Doughty LA (hooking) 17:14, Bernier Vcr (tripping) 19:56

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Henrik Sedin’s 100th NHL career goal could not have come at a better time Friday night – and his 101st was pretty timely, too

CHICAGO – Antoine Vermette is fitting in perfectly with the Blue Jackets.Vermette scored two goals to help Columbus beat Chicago 5-3 on Friday night for its fourth straight victory since he joined the team in a trade with Ottawa

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Glen Sather, the president and general manager of the New York Rangers, posted US$1 million bail for Peter Pocklington in a California courtroom Friday

ATLANTA – Thrashers captain Ilya Kovalchuk will not play Saturday at Buffalo after aggravating an upper-body injury during an overtime victory against Edmonton

EDMONTON – It took almost 800 NHL games and an incident that could have cost him the vision in his right eye to convince Edmonton Oilers captain Ethan Moreau to put the visor he took off 14 years ago back on

TORONTO – Colorado Avalanche forward Cody McCormick was suspended for two games by the National Hockey League on Friday for a high-sticking incident during a game against Minnesota

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Hockey fans heading to Friday night’s NHL contest between the Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings at General Motors Place will have to stickhandle around a picket line