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COLUMBUS -- At the same time center Ryan Johansen was preparing for his first practice since signing a new contract Monday, teammate Brandon Dubinsky was undergoing abdominal surgery in Philadelphia that could keep him o...

Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin declared himself ready to play in the season opener Thursday against the Anaheim Ducks at Consol Energy Center, and coach Mike Johnston said Malkin has a 99-percent chance of play...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - The Los Angeles Kings will open their Stanley Cup title defence with 21 players from last season's championship team. The Kings set their 23-man roster Tuesday in advance of Wednesday's season opener...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota is hardly a marquee place in major professional sports, a midsized market in the middle of the country best known on the coasts for the length and extremity of its winters. In the NHL, though,...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Sporting a scraggly beard and long hair, Ryan Johansen has returned to the ice for the Columbus Blue Jackets after missing most of training camp during a contract holdout. Johansen took part in the club'...

Chicago Blackhawks forward Kris Versteeg is expected to be out for three weeks with a lower-body injury, coach Joel Quenneville said Wednesday.

The St. Louis Blues and forward Peter Mueller have mutually agreed to terminate his contract so that he can pursue other hockey options in Europe, according to the Blues' Twitter account. Mueller, 26, had 24 goals and 46...

The Columbus Blue Jackets will be without center Brandon Dubinsky for the next six weeks after he underwent abdominal surgery.

CALGARY - Mason Raymond will have to adjust on the fly to his new team. Limited to a pair of pre-season games with the Calgary Flames because of a lower-body injury, Raymond says the first few games of the NHL season wil...

Chicago Blackhawks forward Kris Versteeg will miss about three weeks with a lower-body injury, coach Joel Quenneville said Wednesday according to the team's official Twitter account. It is not known whether Versteeg, who...

TORONTO - P.K. Subban knows he's under the microscope playing for the Montreal Canadiens. After signing a US$72-million, eight-year contract, the star defenceman doesn't think much will change in that respect. "I don't t...

Minnesota Wild coach Mike Yeo named Darcy Kuemper the starting goaltender for the season opener Thursday against the Colorado Avalanche, according to the team's official Twitter account. "Real excited, obviously, I think...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets will be without centre Brandon Dubinsky for the next six weeks after he underwent abdominal surgery. Coach Todd Richards said Wednesday's practice that Dubinsky had surgery earl...

It's finally time to open the 2014-15 NHL season! We will be answering your questions and talking all about the season at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday. So send us your questions, thoughts and photos of you in your favorite NHL sw...

Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk confirmed Wednesday he will not play in the season opener Thursday against the Boston Bruins, according to the Red Wings. Datsyuk sustained a second-degree separation of his right s...

NEW YORK - With today's start of the 2014-15 NHL season, NHL Network™-U.S., Where the NHL Gets Hockey™, announced today the launch of its programming lineup for the new season. New to the Network for U.S. fans this s...

NEW YORK -- Following are NHL club rosters, as of 10 a.m., Eastern time today. Some players who recently have agreed to terms with their respective clubs but whose contracts had not yet been approved by the League are no...

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KELOWNA, B.C. - The Kelowna Rockets extended their season-opening win streak to seven games on Tuesday by beating the visiting Swift Current Broncos 4-0 in Western Hockey League action. Carter Rigby had two goals for the...

The San Jose Sharks have not announced who their starting goalie will be in the season opener at the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday. Coach Todd McLellan had not revealed if it would be last season's No. 1 Antti Niemi or ...

Forwards Dany Heatley and Kyle Palmieri will miss the start of the Anaheim Ducks' season because of injuries.

The Islanders' opening-night roster will include the rookie defenseman Griffin Reinhart, 20, the fourth pick of the 2012 draft.