NHL: National Hockey League

By moontheloon23 Quote: As posted earlier, the Kings will skate tomorrow with a third line of Raitis Ivanans, Michal Handzus and Wayne Simmonds, and a fourth line of Teddy Purcell, Brad Richardson and Peter Harrold. Here’s how Terry Murray explained the Ivanans/Purcell flip today…

Just how costly will the James Neal boarding of Columbus winger Derek Dorsett be for the Dallas Stars? Neal was assessed the 5 minute major and a game misconduct – and now the league has tacked on a two game suspension.

By Sebastien Tremblay And the fact that, in Montreal, coaches have to speak some french to talk to the media, and Lever doesn’t, probably weighted a lot and he was replaced with Guy Boucher who should be, in a few years, the Montreal Canadiens new coach and again, is said to be a magician with developing young play...

With the recent rash of injuries to the Penguins, fans have gotten a glimpse of what the future of the team may look like as a handful of minor leaguers have already gotten the call-up this season to the NHL.

For Week 12 of the college football season, it would be hard to ask for a better matchup than first-place Oregon versus second-place Arizona with potential Pac-10 title ramifications. The Ducks only loss came against a Stanford team that was beaten by the Wildcats, while the two conferen...

Colorado closes out its three-game trip Friday night, when it faces a well-rested Vancouver Canucks team opening a five-game homestand.

By David Lee On Thursday night, the Hurricanes hosted the Maple Leafs with a good chance to stretch their points streak to four games.  Although things didn’t go well early on, they battled back.  Although they gave up a would-be game winning goal with 30 seconds remaining in the third, they never gave u...

By noreply@blogger.com (Greg) Though they did start well, the Flames tapered off in the 2nd period allowing 5 goals after Olli Jokinen scored his first goal in 9 games, and only his 3rd of the season. Just when it appeared that the Flames were set to take the lead, Jeremy Piven (and his mysterious powers) lead to 5 goals for t...

The Panthers defense has been much improved over the past few weeks, and it will be put to the test Friday against the defending Western Conference champion Red Wings.

Patrice Bergeron got the lone goal of the shootout, and Tuukka Rask produced a solid effort with 32 saves, as Boston got by a hot Atlanta Thrashers club, 4-3, at Philips Arena. Michael Ryder scored twice in regulation for the Bruins, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Marco Sturm also s...

After coming within one game of setting an NHL record for road wins to start the season, the New Jersey Devils have dropped two consecutive games away from the Garden State. Mike Santorelli and Martin Erat scored shootout goals, and Jason Arnott had two goals in regulation in the Nashville...

Rick Nash scored on a power play and Kristian Huselius added a short-handed goal in the final seconds of the fight-filled opening period, sending the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. Huselius and Raffi Torres added goals during a 5-minute pow...

By Canadian Press Tuomo Ruutu and Jussi Jokinen scored in the shootout as the Carolina Hurricanes rallied from three goals down to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 on Thursday night. The latest meeting of the NHL's worst teams had a wild finish. Ian White ...

Chris Phillips scored twice in his 800th regular-season game and Pascal Leclaire made 25 saves, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.

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By Schnookie 13:42 The Devils get the opportunity now to get a power play goal and be right back in it, as Chico would say. 11:42 The Devils do not get a power play goal to find themselves right back in it. 0:00 Okay, so the timeout wasn’t the Devils’ undoing. They get to the end of regulation tied at two. We’ll tak...

By What's News The previous story is excerpted from a Press Release by the Worcester Sharks for the AHL. What's News is the alternate profile of Bleacher Report writer Todd Civin and is used to repost Press Releases for the AHL, The WPS and the NY-PENN baseball League. Civin is a supporter of the award winni...

BLUES vs. Coyotes Where: Scottrade Center When: 7:05 tonight TV, radio: Fox Sports Midwest, KMOX (1120 AM) Blues preview: The Blues are 0-2 against Phoenix this season, with a 3-2 overtime loss in the desert and a 2-0 defeat at Scottrade C...

The Ottawa Senators will host the Penguins today at Scotiabank Place beginning at 7:30 p.m.

For a few hours, Brian Boucher moved from his usual seat on the Philadelphia Flyers' bench to the center of the Los Angeles Kings' target during a 21-shot third period. No wonder this former boy wonder-turned-backup was grateful to sit down again. Mika Pyorala scored his first NHL goal, Bou...

While readily admitting they didn't play nearly well enough Wednesday, the Red Wings mostly were baffled and disgusted.

By Kulp The Flyers begin their first meaningful road trip of the season tonight, a slate of five games that includes a pair of first place Western Conference opponents in San Jose and Colorado. Tonight's appetizer is the Los Angeles Kings, who... The Flyers begin their first meaningful road trip of t...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) Up front, Dustin Penner is a smidgen from actually walking on water and Ales Hemsky is sublime. Our man Horcoff is picking up the pace despite once again playing at less than 100%. Young Andrew Cogliano seems to have some jump and Patrick O'Sullivan cannot go through an entire season with his...

By Eric LaForge The Pittsburgh offense has started to get better during the past few games against Anaheim and Boston, but it was a bigger factor during the four game losing streak that the Penguins dealt with. Read more Pittsburgh Penguins news on BleacherReport.com

By noreply@blogger.com (Caps Nut) Washington Capitals (12-8; 28 points) @ New York Rangers (11-9; 23 points): Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 7:10 pm. Washington TV: None. Radio: WFED 1500-AM. New York TV: None. Radio: WEPN 1050-AM.  U.S. National TV: Versus.  Canadian National TV: TSN2  NHL Center Ice: None.

Aaron Thompson scored a career-high 22 points and Cal State Fullerton upset UCLA 68-65 in double overtime Monday night, snapping a nine-game losing streak against the Bruins. Gerard Anderson added 14 points and Jacques Streeter 11 for the Titans (2-0), who blew a 10-point lead in the sec...

By Associated Press Defenseman Jack Johnson scored the only goal in the shootout, and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 Monday night.

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Bill Guerin ended Pittsburgh's eight-game streak without a power-play goal by scoring in the first period, Jordan Staal scored short-handed and the Penguins wrapped up Anaheim's winless four-game road trip by beating the Ducks 5-2 on Monday night.

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By Mike Halford The Games: Friday vs. Colorado (7 p.m., Sportsnet), Sunday vs. Chicago (7 p.m., Sportsnet) And how the Western Conference finished up: Item: Vancouver Canucks CLEAN/DIRTY Dishwasher Magnet Halford: Win over Colorado, win over Chicago. Brough: Win over Colorado, win over Chicago.

An NHL general manager says Peter Forsberg is going to stay in Sweden this season. Mike Gillis of the Vancouver Canucks was considering signing the former Colorado star, but said he learned Monday that Forsberg wanted to stay in his home country. Forsberg, who is playing for Modo of the Swed...

No. 1 star, Jussi Jokinen, Carolina Hurricanes It's no accident that if the Hurricanes were to break their...

By Hipcheck I am not sure there are that many coaches in the NHL who after a loss in that fashion could seem even keeled-the fact it comes from Tocchet is even more surprising giving his style as a player. One could only imagine what the reaction would have been from Marc Crawford.

By Associated Press Nathan Horton's wrist shot beat Dwayne Roloson in the fourth shootout round to lift the Florida Panthers past the New York Islanders 5-4 on Saturday night.

By Greg Wyshynski It's a little surprising there isn't more outrage on the Interwebs over the no-goal call during the Toronto Maple Leafs' 3-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks last night. Maybe we've all accepted that inconclusive is inconclusive; maybe Leafs fans have already used up all of their indignat...

By Randy Russon …All is not well on the Manitoulin with players coming and going, losses mounting and bills piling up. It has been suggested from more than one corner that the Islanders may not make it past Christmas, given their apparent financial straits. But a reliable source tells me if the Islanders do...

By noreply@blogger.com (Tibbs) NEW JERSEY DEVILS NJ Devils move into first place in Atlantic Division with 4-1 win over Pittsburgh Penguins - (The Star Ledger) Game #17 - Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins - (In Lou We Trust) Devils' players stats - (Yahoo NHL) Devils Team Report - (Yahoo NHL)

Big slugger Vladimir Guerrero is a free agent now and it appears that the Texas Rangers would like to bring the...

By monikawk The Montreal Canadiens beat the Coyotes 5-2. I’m happy Robert lang got one and Paul “Bissy” Bissonette got one too! The refs had to review it to make sure it wasn’t kicked in. The Montreal Canadiens beat the Coyotes 5-2. I’m happy Robert lang got one and Paul “Bis

By Jason Brough What's wrong with the Canucks' power play? It's 3-for-25 over the last seven games. That's not good. Guest: Bruce MacLeod of the Macomb Daily to talk Detroit Red Wings. How's Todd Bertuzzi doing? Guest: Jason Botchford of The Province. The latest on Daniel Sedin, plus all the rest of the Canuc...

Jarrett Stoll scored the go-ahead goal with 7:51 to play, and the Los Angeles Kings roared from behind with a four-goal third period in a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.

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Coming off a shootout win over Anaheim, the Coyotes face Los Angeles at Jobing.com Arena.

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By Associated Press Mason Raymond and Ryan Kesler each had a goal and an assist, and Andrew Raycroft made 18 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks over the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Sunday night.

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Dainius Zubrus tipped in Zach Parise's soft shot 7:51 into the third period and the New Jersey Devils remained undefeated on the road with a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night. Zubrus' first goal this season made a winner of Martin Brodeur, who had never beaten Rangers c...

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Mike Smith won for the first time in nine months, James Wright scored his first NHL goal and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Thursday night.

The Boston Bruins on Tuesday acquired forward Daniel Paille from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a third-round draft choice and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2010.

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No. 1 Star: Brent Seabrook, Chicago Blackhawks As the Hawks went down 5-0 to the visiting Calgary Flames,...

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By Canadian Press CALGARY - Staffan Kronwall's first NHL was the game-winner as the Calgary Flames remained perfect on the season with a 4-3 victory Tuesday night over the Montreal Canadiens. Tied 3-3, the deciding goal came at 2:16 of third period as Kron...

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By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -Who would ever have imagined it? The Washington Capitals are the "it" team in the nation's capital. They have the most popular athlete in the city - sorry, Redskins - and expect to sell out every game. Their first attempt at hol...

NHL : Islanders center Mike Sillinger , who played for a record 12 teams during 17 seasons in the NHL is retiring because of an injured left hip. ... and more »

1982: The Hartford Whalers acquired Greg Adams, Ken Linseman, and the Philadelphia Flyers' first-round draft choice in 1983 (David A. Jensen) from ...

DALLAS (AP) -- The Dallas Stars hired Marc Crawford as their new coach Thursday, bringing in a well-traveled NHL veteran to replace the fired Dave Tippett. Crawford has a 470-361-156 record in 13 seasons as coach of the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado ...

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