Ryan Kesler opened the scoring 64 seconds in and set up Mason Raymond's insurance goal with 5:12 left, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night. Sami Salo also scored in the first period and Roberto Luongo made 24 saves for the Canucks, who have won the first three games of an eight-game homestand. Alexander Frolov scored and Jonathan Quick made 25 saves as the Kings started a four-game road trip with their first regulation loss in nine games... Read Full Story
Francois Beauchemin scored 6 minutes into the third period to break the final tie and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Monday night. It was the Maple Leafs' first win in three meetings this season with their provincial rival. Phil Kessel and Jason Blake scored for Toronto. Mike Fisher and Jason Spezza had goals for Ottawa. Vesa Toskala made 22 saves, helping the Leafs win their fourth consecutive home game. Toskala has won four of his last five starts, including four... Read Full Story
Jimmy Howard made 30 saves and Kris Newbury, Patrick Eaves and Derek Meech scored to lift the Detroit Red Wings over the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 on Monday night. Taylor Pyatt and Radim Vrbata scored for Phoenix and Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 29 shots. Vrbata's goal with 36 seconds left in the second period pulled the Coyotes to within a goal. His shot from along the right wing boards deflected off the stick of Detroit's Todd Bertuzzi for Vrbata's 10th goal. Meech gave the Red Wings a 3-1 lead 2:05... Read Full Story
Clarke MacArthur scored a power-play goal 14:41 into the third period, and the Buffalo Sabres extended their winning streak to four with a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night. MacArthur tucked a rebound inside the right post, giving Buffalo its third lead of the game. Patrick Kaleta, who scored twice in Saturday's 3-2 road win over the New York Rangers, had his second short-handed goal in two games late in the second to put the Sabres up 2-1. Tim Kennedy's third goal 12... Read Full Story
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Vancouver Canucks prevented the Los Angeles Kings from taking over the sole lead of the Western Conference with a 3-1 victory on Monday. Roberto Luongo made 24 saves as the Canucks won their third straight game to keep the Kings (21-11-3) tied with San Jose atop the conference with 45 points. Ryan Kesler opened the scoring for Vancouver with a wrister 1:04 into the game before Sami Salo and Mason Raymond added goals to help the Canucks extend their winning streak... Read Full Story
Johan Hedberg made 46 saves and then was perfect in two shootout rounds to lift the Atlanta Thrashers to a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday night. Ilya Kovalchuk and Vyacheslav Kozlov scored on the Thrashers' only shots in the shootout against Henrik Lundqvist. Hedberg made a pad save on NHL-leading goal scorer Marian Gaborik in the first round, then watched the puck slide off the stick of Ales Kotalik before he could muster an attempt. Kozlov and Colby Armstrong scored to... Read Full Story
Nathan Horton scored three times for his second career hat trick and the Florida Panthers routed the New York Islanders 7-1 on Monday night. Michal Repik, Stephen Weiss, Kamil Kreps and Radek Dvorak added goals as the Panthers (13-14-7) won for just the third time in 13 games. Jesse Joensuu scored his first goal of the season for the Islanders (12-14-7), which lost for the fourth time in the past five games. Thomas Vokoun extended his mastery over the Islanders, improving to 11-4-0 in 15... Read Full Story
Blackhawks backup Antti Niemi made 18 saves for his third shutout in seven starts this season, and Marian Hossa had a goal and an assist to lead Chicago past the slumping Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 on Sunday night. Patrick Kane, Ben Eager and Jonathan Toews also scored for the Blackhawks, who have won three of four and improved to 6-1-1 against Eastern Conference teams. Kane left the game with 6:59 left in the first period due to an upper body injury and didn't return. Kane landed hard after... Read Full Story
Henrik Sedin set up first-period goals by twin brother Daniel Sedin, Mason Raymond and Alex Burrows, and the Vancouver Canucks held on for a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. Ryan Kesler added an insurance goal on a power play 6:44 into the third period as Vancouver ended a man-advantage slump with three goals on five chances. It turned into the winner after Martin Havlat scored with 1:06 and his goalie pulled for an extra attacker, but the Wild couldn't tie it on a late... Read Full Story
Tough guy Patrick Kaleta scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal in the second period, and the Buffalo Sabres shook off an uncharacteristic rough beginning by Ryan Miller in a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday night. Kaleta, known more for his fists than offensive touch, scored from in-close in the first and then converted a short-handed breakaway in the second to give the Sabres a 3-2 lead. He entered with 10 goals in 124 NHL games, but pushed his season total to a... Read Full Story
