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VANCOUVER, B.C. – Mats Sundin’s first goal in 11 games stood up as the winner Saturday as the streaking Vancouver Canucks defeated San Jose 3-1 to end a seven-game NHL losing streak against the injury-depleted Sharks

WINNIPEG – Cory Schneider made 29 saves and Jason Krog had a goal and an assist as the Manitoba Moose shut out the Providence Bruins 2-0 on Saturday night in AHL action

The town of Terrace, B.C., will host a NHL pre-season game between the Vancouver Canucks and New York Islanders, as winners of the Hockeyville contest, it was announced Saturday night

TORONTO – A new goaltender making his home-ice debut and an injury-depleted defence corps.That’s not the traditional recipe for success – and it didn’t work for the Toronto Maple Leafs against the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night

HAMILTON – Cedrick Desjardins made 25 saves as the Hamilton Bulldogs blanked the Syracuse Crunch 3-0 on Saturday night in the AHL.Dejardins posted his second-straight shutout and extended his shutout streak to 126:08

TAMPA, Fla. – Eric Staal had his best offensive game, and helped the Carolina Hurricanes continue their playoff push.Staal tied franchise records with four goals and six points and the surging Hurricanes hammered the Tampa Bay Lightning 9-3 on Saturday night

OTTAWA – Daniel Alfredsson and Nick Foligno had two goals each Saturday night as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Buffalo Sabres 6-3.Chris Kelly and Chris Campoli also scored for the Senators (25-29-10) while Brian Elliott made 27 saves

PHILADELPHIA – Joffrey Lupul scored two goals, Martin Biron made 31 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers beat Nashville 4-1 on Saturday night to snap the Predators’ winning streak at six games

SUNRISE, Fla. – David Booth had three goals and an assist, and the Florida Panthers beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3 on Saturday night to move into fifth place in the Eastern Conference

DETROIT – Rick Nash had his fourth career hat trick and second against Detroit this season, and R.J. Umberger added two goals in the Columbus Blue Jackets’ 8-2 victory over the Red Wings on Saturday night

TORONTO – The Edmonton Oilers just needed a little reminder of home to get back in the win column.Dwayne Roloson made 39 saves Saturday as the Oilers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 in front of thousands of their fans

TORONTO – A large gathering of Edmonton Oilers fans made the Air Canada Centre feel like home. It was just what the team needed to end a four-game road losing streak

TORONTO – With two high-powered offences in Hershey and Toronto squaring off, goaltending was the story. Hershey got it, while the hometown Marlies didn’t

LOS ANGELES – Anze Kopitar extended his goal-scoring streak to a career-best four games with the go-ahead score, Kyle Quincey had a goal and an assist and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Saturday

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Martin Brodeur finally lost.He gave up six goals in his first loss since returning from elbow surgery, including the first two of Sean Bergenheim’s first career hat trick, and the New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 7-3 Saturday

ARLINGTON, Va. – Alex Ovechkin is ready to return to the Washington Capitals’ lineup.The team says the NHL MVP and goal-scoring leader will face Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday

BOSTON – Mark Recchi scored twice as the Boston Bruins snapped a three-game winless streak with a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday

With a keen business mind and the interests of her husband and sons at heart, Colleen Howe was the glue that held the Howe family together.She was such an integral part of her husband Gordie Howe’s hockey career that her nickname was Mrs

Scoring summaries from Friday’s NHL games:Flames 1 at Hurricanes 6First Period1. Carolina, Whitney 19 (Samsonov, Brind’Amour) 14:51 (pp)2. Carolina, Samsonov 14, 17:403

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Loui Ericksson scored two goals, Marty Turco bounced back from one of his toughest losses this season to make 36 saves, and the Dallas Stars beat the rebuilt Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Friday night