Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals made it a perfect 10. Ovechkin scored the go-ahead goal with 6:26 remaining, and the Capitals tied a franchise record with their 10th straight win Sunday, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2. The reigning two-time league MVP slid on one knee and into the boards to celebrate his 35th [...]
While the Pittsburgh Penguins are unbeaten in shootouts this season, Evgeni Malkin usually skips them. He's tried skating fast and skating slow, shooting backhanders and forehanders and between the pads, all with little success. Maybe beating the much-disliked Detroit Red Wings with an excellent move will change the reigning NHL scoring champion's outlook about one-on-one [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs shook up their struggling club, acquiring defenseman Dion Phaneuf from the Calgary Flames in a seven-player deal Sunday and swapping goalies with Anaheim to get J.S. Giguere. Along with Phaneuf, Toronto received Keith Aulie and Fredrik Sjostrom from Calgary in exchange for Ian White, Matt Stajan, Nick Hagman and Jamal Mayers.
Mike Fisher had room to operate and took full advantage of the rare 3-on-3 situation. Fisher scored 3:33 into the extra period and Ottawa extended its winning streak to a team-record nine in a row with a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Fisher took a pass from defenseman Erik Karlsson and cut [...]
Alex Burrows and Daniel Sedin each scored twice, and Henrik Sedin added a goal to help the Vancouver Canucks rally for their season-high seventh straight victory, 5-3 over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. Vancouver overcame a three-goal, first-period deficit that resulted in the rare benching of star goalie Roberto Luongo.
Washington Capitals defenseman Mike Green has been suspended three games for elbowing Florida Panthers forward Michael Frolik in the head. The NHL announced the discipline on Saturday. Green delivered the hit in the first period of Friday night's 4-1 win over the Panthers. Frolik was not seriously injured and Green was given a minor penalty [...]
On a night when Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin stepped out of the spotlight, the Washington Capitals still had enough firepower to earn their ninth straight victory. Mike Knuble and Nicklas Backstrom fueled the Capitals' vaunted attack with three points apiece, and Washington pulled away to a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Friday [...]
On a night when Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin stepped out of the spotlight, the Washington Capitals still had enough firepower to earn their ninth straight victory. Mike Knuble and Nicklas Backstrom fueled the Capitals' vaunted attack with three points apiece, and Washington pulled away to a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Friday [...]
Mike Knuble and Nicklas Backstrom fueled Washington's high-powered offense with three points apiece, and the Capitals pulled away to their ninth consecutive victory, 4-1 over the Florida Panthers on Friday night. Knuble had two goals and an assist, and Backstrom had a goal and two assists for the Capitals, who took a 2-1 lead into [...]
Jimmy Howard made 46 saves, and Jason Williams, Nicklas Lidstrom, Drew Miller and Henrik Zetterberg scored in the Detroit Red Wings' 4-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night. With the victory, Detroit avoided a season-high, four-game losing streak. Francis Bouillon tied it for Nashville in the first period and Shea Weber pulled the [...]
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