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The Pittsburgh Penguins ended any debate about whether they should re-sign Jordan Staal, locking up the 20-year-old center with a $16 million, four-year contract on Thursday. The deal starts next season and runs through the 2012-13 season. Staal, who recently became the youngest player to appear in 200 NHL games, will play the rest of this season under the three-year entry level contract he signed...
The Detroit Red Wings were in full flight Thursday night. Marian Hossa, Dan Cleary, Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg each had a goal and an assist in Stanley Cup champion Detroit's 6-1 victory over the Dallas Stars. Kirk Maltby and Tomas Holmstrom also scored in Detroit's fifth straight victory, Niklas Kronwall added three assists, and Chris Osgood made 22 saves.
John Anderson and the Atlanta Thrashers hope a road shutout victory propels the struggling team to better things. Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and an assist, and Kari Lehtonen made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season in the Thrashers' 4-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. "To come in here against a team like New Jersey, that plays so consistently good and are so big and...
Two weeks on the road left the Flyers primed for a raucous return home. Did they ever deliver against Minnesota. Philadelphia killed off every power-play attempt, ended Niklas Backstrom's bid for three straight shutouts and, oh yeah, took sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Division. Mike Knuble, Scott Hartnell and Scottie Upshall scored goals and the Flyers returned home from two weeks...
Andrei Kostitsyn had a goal and two assists, and Jaroslav Halak made 30 saves in the Montreal Canadiens' 6-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night. Patrice Brisebois assisted on each of Montreal's three first-period goals -- by Sergei Kostitsyn, Maxim Lapierre and Guillaume Latendresse.
Ryan Suter's power-play goal at 9:04 of the third period broke tie, and the Nashville Predators beat the slumping Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 on Thursday night to snap a five-game losing streak. Pittsburgh has lost six of its last seven games. With Penguins defenseman Rob Scuderi in the penalty box for interference, Suter fired a slap shot from the top of the left faceoff circle.
Mats Sundin got right back to work in practice Thursday a day after his first NHL game in nine months, while Vancouver Canucks star goalie Roberto Luongo returned to workouts with his teammates. "I felt good in the battles," Sundin said after playing about 15 minutes Wednesday night in a 4-2 victory in Edmonton.
The NHL-leading Boston Bruins got back to their winning ways -- at the expense of the slumping Ottawa Senators. David Krejci and Marc Savard helped Boston snap a two-game losing streak, scoring 4:16 apart midway through the third period in the Bruins' 6-4 victory over the Senators on Thursday night. "They played hard and desperate and we sat back a bit," Chuck Kobasew said.
Jay Bouwmeester found the perfect way to celebrate an All-Star selection. Hours after being picked as a reserve for the Eastern Conference team, the defenseman broke a tie 31 seconds into the third period to help the Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Thursday night. "Nice way to finish off a pretty good day," Bouwmeester said.