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The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed forward Jared Boll on injured reserve due to head/neck injury and recalled forward Nikita Filatov from the American League’s Syracuse Crunch.

CALGARY – Coach Mike Keenan’s wish list prior to this NHL season was that his Calgary Flames improve on special teams and cut down on their goals against.

MONTREAL – Michael Ryder looks at home in the Boston Bruins’ black and gold jersey and now he hopes it helps bring back his scoring touch. The 28-year-old right-winger did not even get an offer from the Montreal Canadiens when he became an unrestricted free agent after scoring only 14 goals last season.

TORONTO – Rookie left-winger Nikolai Kulemin is looking like a major find for the Toronto Maple Leafs, while veteran forward Matt Stajan is struggling to adapt to the demands of new head coach Ron Wilson.

The video of Alexei Cherepanov’s final moments on the bench are as chilling as anything any of us who play and follow hockey have ever seen.

But what is even more shocking and appalling is the seemingly amateur scene the video depicts.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Wild placed defenceman Marek Zidlicky on injured reserve Wednesday and recalled right-winger Cal Clutterbuck from Houston of the American Hockey League.

In his first interview with North American media since he left for Russia and the Kontinental League, Alexander Radulov left the door open for a return to the NHL and denied comments attributed to him in a letter to KHL president, Alexander Medvedev.

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueBOSTON BRUINS-Recalled D Matt Hunwick and F Vladimir Sobotka from Providence (AHL).

Scoring summaries from Tuesday’s NHL games:Avalanche 4 at Flames 5 First Period1. Calgary, Boyd 1 (Lombardi, Bourque) 3:21 (pp)2. Calgary, Bertuzzi 2 (Cammalleri, Langkow) 4:17 (pp)3.

MONTREAL – Tough guy Georges Laraque will make his first start for the Montreal Canadiens in the team’s NHL home opener on Wednesday night against the Boston Bruins.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – New York Islanders defenceman Radek Martinek will be out four to six weeks because of an unidentified upper-body injury sustained during a game last weekend, the club said Tuesday.

MOSCOW – Family, friends, teammates and thousands of fans paid their last respects Wednesday to Alexei Cherepanov, the 19-year-old rising hockey star who died after suffering heart problems during a game outside Moscow.

MOSCOW – Russian hockey player Alexei Cherepanov, who collapsed and died during a game, had heart problems and probably should not have been allowed to play, a regional investigator suggested Tuesday.

CHICAGO – Rich Peverley and J.P. Dumont scored in a shootout to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night.

WASHINGTON – Alexander Semin scored twice, Michael Nylander added another goal on a penalty shot, and the Washington Capitals limited Vancouver to only 10 shots on goal Monday night in a 5-1 victory over the Canucks.

TORONTO – Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes scored in a shootout to give the St. Louis Blues a 5-4 comeback win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday afternoon.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Patrick Marleau scored two goals, Evgeni Nabokov made 31 saves and the San Jose Sharks kept new coach Todd McLellan unbeaten through four games with a 5-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.

MONTREAL – The celebration of the Montreal Canadiens’ 100th season is about to begin, but there was little evidence of it at the Bell Centre on Tuesday.

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins don’t expect to go much longer with minimal output from stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. For now, they’re getting by with goals from players whose scoring for a season sometimes doesn’t match a week of Crosby’s.

LOS ANGELES – Now that he’s back on the ice, Patrick O’Sullivan’s only concern is trying to get the Los Angeles Kings back into the playoffs after a five-year drought.