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TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Lightning have added another title to Brian Lawton’s portfolio.The NHL team officially named him general manager on Wednesday.

MOSCOW – The Russia-based Continental Hockey League will impose new regulations to safeguard the health of players in the wake of last week’s death of Alexei Cherepanov.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Buffalo Sabres captain Craig Rivet will miss at least two weeks after having arthroscopic knee surgery.General manager Darcy Regier announced the injury Wednesday, shortly before the Sabres (5-0-1) opened practice to prepare for a two-game road trip that opens at Minnesota on Thursday.

CALGARY – On a night filled with power plays, Matthew Lombardi’s even strength goal was the difference.Lombardi’s first goal of the season 2:42 into the second period stood as the game-winner Tuesday night as the Calgary Flames earned a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals.

CALGARY – Matthew Lombardi’s first goal of the season 2:42 into the second period stood as the game-winner Tuesday night as the Calgary Flames earned a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals.

It was a sight to behold.Anaheim Ducks right winger George Parros, known for his muscle and moustache as much as his hockey-playing ability, skated in on a first-period breakaway and whipped a high wrist shot past the glove of Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Vesa Toskala.

TAMPA, Fla. – Barry Melrose got his first win as Tampa Bay coach when Vincent Lecavalier scored a power-play goal with 3:19 left in overtime to lift the Lightning to a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Thomas Vanek scored the decisive shootout goal and Ryan Miller stopped five of six chances to cap the Buffalo Sabres’ come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.

TORONTO – The Anaheim Ducks felt pretty lucky to leave the Air Canada Centre with this victory.The struggling team failed to register a shot in the third period and saw the Maple Leafs tie the game with 52.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Derek Dorsett got his first NHL goal and Rick Nash scored into an empty net to complete the Columbus Blue Jackets’ 4-2 win Tuesday night over the injury-riddled Vancouver Canucks.

DETROIT – Red Wings defenceman Andreas Lilja has undergone an appendectomy.The team says Lilja could return to the lineup as soon as Friday following Tuesday’s surgery at the Detroit Medical Center.

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Andreas Lilja underwent an appendectomy Tuesday.
Lilja has not scored in five games so far this season after signing a two-year contract extension in the summer.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets activated centre Manny Malhotra off injured reserve Tuesday.He has been nursing a lower-body injury that has kept him out of the lineup through the club’s first five games.

EDMONTON – They haven’t all been artistic masterpieces, but the Edmonton Oilers are one win away from their best start to a season in 23 years.

VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Vancouver Canucks recalled centres Kyle Wellwood and Jason Krog from the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.

TORONTO – Brian Burke expects to decide whether or not he’ll sign an extension with the Anaheim Ducks by December.The veteran general manager has no shortage of things to consider before then.

TORONTO – The Maple Leafs are dismissing talk of a second NHL team in Toronto as little more than speculation.Richard Peddie, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, had little to say about a report in Tuesday’s Globe and Mail suggesting NHL governors are talking informally about placing a second team in Canada’s largest city.

Henrik Zetterberg and Brad Stuart are both expected to be ready to return to the lineup when the Wings face St. Louis Wednesday night.
Zetterberg missed Saturday’s tilt with the Rangers with a sore groin and Stuart also missed the game with soreness in his left knee after he took a puck there last Thursday.

LOS ANGELES – When a forward line is in synch, there’s no better feeling for the three players involved. Ryan Smyth, Milan Hejduk and Paul Stastny are seizing the moment and piling up the points for the Colorado Avalanche.

BOSTON – Evgeni Malkin scored in the second extra round of the shootout to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-1 win over Boston on Monday night in the Bruins’ home-opener.