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Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueNHL-LW Brendan Shanahan announced his retirement.CALGARY FLAMES-Assigned D Staffan Kronwall to Abbotsford (AHL)

NASHVILLE – The Nashville Predators thought they gave away two points to the Sharks a week ago in San Jose. They refused to make the same mistake on their own ice

MONTREAL – Despite moments earlier this season when he felt he needed a new approach, Carey Price stuck with what he was doing.Now, he’s reaping the rewards

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs may be off to uninspiring starts this season, but they proved to a surprisingly low turnout Tuesday that their rivalry is alive and well

DENVER – In game No. 667, Henrik Sedin had a first.The centre – an all-star last season – notched his first NHL hat trick, helping the Vancouver Canucks halt a three-game losing streak with an 8-2 rout of the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night

ST. LOUIS – Even though the San Jose Sharks were decidedly outplayed, they needed only 16 seconds of good play to extend their unbeaten streak to 11 games

PITTSBURGH – Evgeni Malkin returned and woke up the Pittsburgh Penguins’ slumbering offence.Playing for the first time in eight games following a shoulder injury, Malkin had three assists

SUNRISE, Fla. – A two-goal lead wasn’t enough for either the New York Islanders or the Florida Panthers.So they settled things in a shootout

TORONTO – Jonas Gustavsson lost some of his rookie shine Saturday night.The 25-year-old Toronto rookie goaltender made just two saves and allowed three goals before being pulled in favour of the embattled Vesa Toskala less than 10 minutes into the Leafs’ 5-2 loss to Calgary

DETROIT – Henrik Zetterberg and the Detroit Red Wings finally found a way to shake off the rallying Anaheim Ducks.Zetterberg had three goals and two assists in the Red Wings’ 7-4 victory on Saturday night

GLENDALE, Ariz. – David Schlemko and the Phoenix Coyotes made coach Dave Tippett’s first game against his former club a memorable one.Schlemko scored his first career goal, Robert Lang had a goal and an assist and Ilya Bryzgalov made 26 saves to lead the Coyotes past the Dallas Stars 3-2 Saturday night

PHILADELPHIA – Tyler Ennis described his first game in the NHL as an awesome experience.Ennis scored his first NHL goal and Ryan Miller stopped 29 shots to help the Buffalo Sabres snap the Philadelphia Flyers’ five game winning streak, 3-2 on Saturday night

ROCKFORD, Ill. – Rockford scored four times in the first period Saturday as the IceHogs went on to beat the Abbotsford Heat 6-3 in American Hockey League action

NASHVILLE – A record-breaking night for the Nashville Predators left them victorious, while a record-tying night for Carey Price left him with a loss

TAMPA, Fla. – Jonathan Quick and the Los Angeles Kings rebounded quickly from a one-sided loss.Anze Kopitar scored the lone shootout goal as the Kings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Saturday night

The New Jersey Devils are playing so well that even an early two-goal deficit is no sweat.Zach Parise’s breakaway highlighted a three-goal second period, and the Devils won their eighth straight game with a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night

TORONTO – Everything about Brent Sutter’s body language suggested he was discussing a Calgary Flames loss.Shoulders slightly slumped, the coach carefully chose his words while summing up the end of the team’s successful three game road trip through Eastern Canada

ST. LOUIS – Blues president John Davidson was honoured again less than a week after receiving the Foster Hewitt Award for broadcasting during the Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony

OTTAWA – Jason Spezza’s appreciation of the shootout is better some days than others. Saturday was not one of the days he’s a fan.”When you win them, they’re fine,” the Senators centre said after Ottawa fell 2-1 in shootout to the New York Rangers before a crowd of 17,561 at Scotiabank Place

Scoring summaries from Friday’s NHL games:Flames 1 at Sabres 2 (SO)First Period1. Calgary, Langkow 6 (Dawes, Bourque) 1:042. Buffalo, Roy 4 (MacArthur, Vanek) 16:54 (pp)Penalties – Prust Cal, Mair Buf (fighting) 5:02, Pardy Cal (hooking) 9:14, Iginla Cal, Kaleta Buf (unsportsmanlike conduct) 11:54, Prust Cal (holding stick) 16:36