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The Devils sent Stempniak, their leading scorer, to the Bruins; swapped forwards with the Canadiens; and dealt defenseman Eric Gelinas to the Avalanche.

TORONTO - Antoine Bibeau stopped 24 shots to lead the Toronto Marlies to a 4-0 win over the Albany Devils in AHL action Tuesday afternoon. The shutout was Bibeau's first of the season. He also earned his 20th win of the ...

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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Boston Bruins forward Zac Rinaldo has been suspended five games without pay for an illegal hit to the head in Sunday's game against Tampa Bay. Rinaldo took out Lightning forward Cedric Paquette against t...

Connor McDavid named rookie of the month

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Centre Connor McDavid was named the NHL's top rookie for the month of February on Tuesday. McDavid led all rookies with 12 assists and 17 points over 14 games. McDavid, taken first overall by Edmonton in...

Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel, the No. 1 and No. 2 picks in last year's draft, will meet for the first time in the N.H.L. when the Oilers play the Sabres on Tuesday.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Carolina Hurricanes right winger Andrej Nestrasil will miss the rest of the season with a broken vertebra. General manager Ron Francis said Tuesday that Nestrasil broke the vertebra Feb. 25 in a loss at T...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Predators have signed forward Miikka Salomaki (MEE-kah SA-loh-MA-kee) to a two-year, $1.225 million contract. The Predators announced the deal Tuesday. Salomaki, who turns 23 on March 9, ...

NEW YORK, - The NHL suspended Boston Bruins forward Zac Rinaldo for five games Tuesday for delivering an illegal check. Rinaldo was suspended without pay for hitting Tampa Bay Lightning forward Cedric Paquette in the hea...

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PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Patric Hornqvist had his first career hat trick, beating goalie Louis Domingue three times as the Pittsburgh Penguins made quick work of the sinking Arizona Coyotes 6-0 on Monday night. Chris Kunitz and...

DALLAS - Pavel Datsyuk scored a power-play goal in overtime and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Monday night for their third straight victory. Datsyuk put a rebound past goalie Antti Niemi at 2:33 of o...

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Patric Hornqvist had his first career hat trick, beating goalie Louis Domingue three times as the Pittsburgh Penguins made quick work of the sinking Arizona Coyotes 6-0 on Monday night. Chris Kunitz and...

PHILADELPHIA - Brayden Schenn had his first career hat trick, scoring all three goals in the first two periods and leading the Philadelphia Flyers past the Calgary Flames 5-3 Monday night. Claude Giroux had four assists ...

OWEN SOUND, Ont. - Petrus Palmu scored four times and added an assist as the Owen Sound Attack toppled the Niagara IceDogs 5-2 on Monday in Ontario Hockey League action. Palmu put the Attack (28-21-10) on the board with ...

TORONTO - Tyler Johnson scored twice as the Tampa Bay Lightning extended their win streak to seven games with a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre on Monday night. Johnson, who took a Kevan Mil...

EDMONTON - Jack Walker struck twice and Tyler Soy had a goal and three assists as the Victoria Royals toppled the Edmonton Oil Kings 6-1 on Monday to take over top spot in the Western Hockey League. Joe Hicketts added a ...

BOSTON - Heading into his first trade deadline as general manager of the Boston Bruins, Don Sweeney's biggest task was to resolve the situation with pending free agent Loui Eriksson. When the deadline passed at 3 p.m. ES...

Trade deadline sparks emotions, even with fewer moves