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TORONTO – Jonas Gustavsson is starting to show why the Toronto Maple Leafs fought so hard to sign him last summer.The rookie goaltender outduelled Swedish counterpart Henrik Lundqvist on Saturday, turning aside 36 shots as Toronto beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime

RALEIGH, N.C. – Stuck on the outside of the Eastern Conference playoff race, the Atlanta Thrashers focused on beating the Carolina Hurricanes instead of the standings

TORONTO – The Rochester Americans dealt the Toronto Marlies’ dwindling playoff hopes a big blow on Saturday.Mike York and Clay Wilson each scored twice and added an assist to lead the Americans to a convincing 7-3 victory over Toronto in American Hockey League action

PITTSBURGH – They won’t miss the nails in the wall that substitute for lockers, the dressing room that’s too small to accommodate two goalies or the endless chants of “Go Home, Flyers

BOSTON – A pre-game visit from injured playmaker Marc Savard may have helped awaken the Boston Bruins’ dormant power play.The Bruins scored on their first three chances with the advantage Saturday en route to a 5-0 victory over the Calgary Flames

BOSTON – Boston Bruins centre Marc Savard believes the hit to the head he took from Pittsburgh’s Matt Cooke was made with “a little intent to injure” and that he’s still feeling the effects of the check that likely ended his season

Scoring summaries from Friday’s NHL games:Senators 4 at Sabres 2First Period1. Ottawa, Kelly 15 (Ruutu, Neil) 6:42Penalties – Z.Smith Ott, Kaleta Buf (fighting) 2:57, Fisher Ott (boarding major, misconduct) 15:32, Connolly Buf (slashing) 16:41

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Andre Benoit scored game-winner late in the third as the Hamilton Bulldogs edged the Abbotsford Heat 2-1 in American Hockey League play Friday night

Movements in the world of hockey Friday:National Hockey LeagueATLANTA THRASHERS-Recalled RW Tim Stapleton from Chicago (AHL).LOS ANGELES KINGS-Activated F Andrei Loktionov from injured reserve and assigned him to Manchester (AHL)

EDMONTON – The playoff picture is looking bleak at best and pretty much non-existent at worst for the Anaheim Ducks, but they haven’t completely called it a season of yet

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Kevin Lalande stopped 36 shots as the Syracuse Crunch stoned the Toronto Marlies 4-0 in American Hockey League play Friday.Lalande got his third shutout of the season as the Crunch snapped a four-game winless streak

DETROIT – Johan Franzen, Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Holmstrom got tired of watching Henrik Zetterberg, Valtteri Filppula and Todd Bertuzzi have all the fun

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Even without a full lineup, the Ottawa Senators still have the Buffalo Sabres’ number.Brian Elliott made 41 saves, Jason Spezza, Daniel Alfredsson, and Chris Kelly had a goal and assist each and the short-handed Senators beat the Sabres for the ninth straight time, 4-2 on Friday night

Detroit defenceman Brian Rafalski says Tennessee is unfairly taxing professional athletes to play in the state.The Red Wings star has been running the numbers, and he estimates 17 teammates will be paying more money in taxes to face off against the Nashville Predators on Saturday night than they will earn for playing the game

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Roberto Luongo says the slumps dogging his NHL season have taught him he’s only human.But the Vancouver Canucks netminder is feeling refreshed after a couple of days off, a session with goaltending consultant Ian Clark and is eager to discover his game again

The Hockey News mobile application, relaunched with a new VIP section providing instant game and breaking news alerts earlier this month, recently surpassed 500,000 downloads, putting it in the top 10 in the sports category in Canada on both iPhone and Blackberry

PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will miss a third consecutive game due to a bruised right foot.Malkin skated for about 15 minutes during practice Friday but didn’t look comfortable before leaving the ice

STANSTEAD, Que. – Even Prime Minister Stephen Harper is making jokes about the Toronto Maple Leafs this season.At the announcement of a new arena named for former NHL coach Pat Burns on Friday, Harper recalled Burns coaching the Toronto Maple Leafs to a conference final appearance in 1993

STANSTEAD, Que. – There was no sobbing or self pity from Pat Burns at what likely will be one of his last public appearances.The once-robust NHL coach has been left thin and frail, with a raspy, high pitched voice, from the cancer that is ravaging his lungs, only a few years after he battled the same disease in his colon and liver

Movements in the world of hockey Thursday:National Hockey LeagueANAHEIM DUCKS-Announced a multi-year affiliation agreement with Syracuse (AHL) beginning next season