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BOSTON - A couple of days at home was the perfect cure for rookie Jack Eichel's rough stretch. Eichel scored twice in his return to Boston, Jamie McGinn had the go-ahead goal with 5:36 left and the Buffalo Sabres rallied...

TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Lightning power play rebounded after a woeful performance. Steven Stamkos had two power-play goals and an assist during the second period and the Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 o...

Sportsnet will televise "Rogers Hometown Hockey" on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. ET, prior to the game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders. The location this week is Oshawa, Ontario and the show will celebrate ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Brendan Smith and the Detroit Red Wings are beginning to get some good bounces. Smith had a goal and an assist to lead Detroit past the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Saturday night. Riley Sheahan also sco...

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Anze Kopitar scored 36 seconds into overtime to lift the Los Angeles Kings over the Arizona Coyotes 4-3 on Saturday night. Kopitar skated past Viktor Tikhonov, faked goalie Louis Domingue to the ice wit...

ST. LOUIS - David Backes scored in the ninth round of a long shootout to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night. Alexander Steen and Robby Fabbri scored in regulation and Jake A...

HELSINKI - Lukas Hrusik broke a tie 19 seconds into the third period and Slovakia beat Belarus 4-2 on Sunday in its first round-robin game in the world junior hockey championship. Patrick Koch, Filip Lestan and Juraj Sis...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have recalled defenceman Brad Hunt from the American Hockey League's Bakersfield Condors. The 27-year-old native of Ridge Meadows, B.C., is the Condors' leading scorer this season with six ...

HELSINKI - Mathias From scored the winner and Thomas Lillie made 22 saves as Denmark upset Switzerland 2-1 Sunday at the world junior hockey championship. Soeren Nielsen also scored for Denmark (1-0-0), which faces Canad...

Los Angeles Kings forward Jeff Carter is day-to-day because of an upper-body injury, general manager Dean Lombardi told LAKingsInsider.com on Sunday. Carter played two shifts in the Kings' 4-3 overtime win at the Arizona...

HELSINKI - It hasn't been easy to find someone to keep up with Dylan Strome and Mitch Marner, but the speedy Brendan Perlini might be the man to bring stability to Canada's top line at the world junior hockey championshi...

Islanders place goalie Halak on injured reserve

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The New York Islanders have placed goalie Jaroslav Halak on injured reserve because of an upper-body injury. The move, made Sunday, is retroactive to last Monday. Halak is 10-6-3 with a 2.09 goals-agains...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Maybe now the teasing will finally stop for Justin Faulk. The NHL's top goal-scorer on power plays finally has his first even-strength goal of the season. And it came at an important time for the Carolina...

Around the League notebook: Saturday Dec. 26 SATURDAY'S RESULTS Home Team in Caps Buffalo 6, BOSTON 3 TAMPA BAY 5, Columbus 2 WASHINGTON 3, Montreal 1 CAROLINA 3, New Jersey 1 ST. LOUIS 3, Dallas 2 (SO) Detroit 3, NASHVI...

Already loaded with trophies and awards for a spectacular season, Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price has dominated once again. He won the Lionel Conacher Award as The Canadian Press male athlete of the year in a l...

MONTREAL - Carey Price is Canada's male athlete of the year. The Montreal Canadiens goaltender won the Lionel Conacher Award in a landslide. The 28-year-old took 53 per cent of the vote in a Canadian Press poll of sports...

ST. LOUIS - David Backes couldn't remember his last shootout attempt before Saturday night, but the St. Louis Blues' captain won't soon forget this one. Backes scored in the final round of a franchise record-tying nine-r...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Brendan Smith had a goal and an assist to lead the Detroit Red Wings past the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Saturday night. Riley Sheahan and Luke Glendening also scored for the Red Wings, who moved into ...

The Devils, who have not won consecutive games since mid-November, tied the score at 1-1 early in the third period but surrendered two more goals and lost at Carolina.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang returned to the game Saturday against the Minnesota Wild after leaving early in the third period with an apparent head injury. Three minutes into the period, ...

WASHINGTON - Braden Holtby stopped 29 shots, Jason Chimera had a goal and an assist and the Washington Capitals beat the struggling Montreal Canadiens 3-1 Saturday night for their seventh straight victory. Off to the bes...