Saturday's NHL roundup: Pavol Demitra had three assists after missing 10 games because of broken rib cartilage, and Roberto Luongo made 28 saves in the Vancouver Canucks' 4-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
NHL scoring leader Alexander Semin sat out the Washington Capitals' game against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night. Semin, who leads the league in goals and assists, missed the third period of the Capitals' 3-1 win over the Devils in Washington on Friday with an undisclosed upper-body injury. Semin skated out for the pregame warmup Saturday, the second game of the home-and-home series, but...
Anaheim Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin underwent surgery Thursday to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He is expected to be sidelined about six months. Beauchemin was injured during a 4-3 overtime loss to Nashville on Nov. 14. He will be placed on long-term injured reserve.
The Tampa Bay Lightning made Rick Tocchet their full-time coach Monday, lifting the interim tag and giving him a multiyear contract. The former NHL star took over in mid-November after Barry Melrose was fired. Tampa Bay went 19-33-14 under Tocchet. "Now I'm on the clock," Tocchet said. "I'm ready to go.
CHICAGO - Andy McDonald scored his second goal on a power play 2:15 into overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night.
With Chicago's Dave Bolland off for hooking, McDonald fired the winner pa...
WINNIPEG - Alexandre Bolduc's first goal of the season proved to be the winner as the Manitoba Moose earned a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Marlies in AHL action Friday night.
Bolduc scored unassisted at 8:20 of the third period when he sp...
Movements in the world of hockey Friday:
National Hockey League
NHL-Suspended N.Y. Islanders D Thomas Pock for five games, without pay, for an elbowing incident in a game on Nov. 13.
EDMONTON OILERS-Recalled LW Liam Reddox fro...
Matt Eagles took it upon himself to keep the Moncton Wildcats' streaks alive against an opponent who wouldn't give up.
Eagles scored a pair of power-play goals and notched the only shootout marker as Moncton outlasted the Quebec Remparts ...
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) -Johan Franzen scored on the power play early in the third period to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Friday night.
Marian Hossa had the first two goals for the Red Wings, who improved t...
MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau thinks his players need to update their calendars and realize that last season is over.
The Canadiens slump continued Saturday night as Jeff Carter and Scottie Upshall scored to lead the ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Marek Zidlicky and Antti Miettinen scored in the shootout and Niklas Backstrom made two saves to lift the Minnesota Wild past the Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-2 on Saturday night.
Zidlicky slid his shot under goalie Steve Ma...
ERIE, Pa. - Captain Zack Torquato had a goal and two assists to lead the Erie Otters past the Owen Sound Attack 6-3 in the Ontario Hockey League Saturday night.
Brandon Biggers, Paul Cianfrini and Andrew Yogan had two points apiece for th...
NEW YORK - Nigel Dawes and Markus Naslund wiped out New York's two-goal deficit in the closing minutes of the third period, and Chris Drury scored the lone goal in the shootout to give the Rangers a 3-2 victory over Boston on Saturday night.
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PITTSBURGH - Jordan Staal had two goals, including the tiebreaker late in the third period, and the Pittsburgh Penguins scored four third-period goals to rally for their sixth straight victory, 5-2 over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.
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PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Matt Sisca scored a hat trick and added an assist as the Niagara IceDogs dumped the Peterborough Petes 6-2 in Ontario Hockey League action Saturday night.
Alex Pietrangelo, in his first game back from the St. Louis Bl...
Trailing by a goal with five minutes to play, the Gatineau Olympiques looked to be heading for yet another loss. That's when Paul Byron stepped in.
Byron scored his second goal of the game to spark a two-goal burst in less than a minute a...