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The Garden was back in court yesterday - this time as a plaintiff. And the NHL was the defendant. Read Original Post Here

Chicago Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon has been trying to trade for a veteran defenseman for weeks, and… Read Original Post Here

Columbus Blue Jackets right winger Nikolai Zherdev wants to remain with the Blue Jackets, but that could change,… Read Original Post Here

Not long ago, the Detroit Red Wings had the hottest ticket in town and flags with their winged-wheel logo were sticking out of car windows all over Michigan. But the team’s buzz is slowly fading. It got so bad that five months ago, the Red Wings hosted games in the playoffs with rows and rows of available seats. Read Original Post Here

New Jersey Devils defenseman Colin White did suffer damage to his right eye when struck by a puck last week,… Read Original Post Here

Flyers rookie Steve Downie’s NHL debut is on hold. So is Dean McAmmond’s 13-year career. Downie received a 20-game suspension from the NHL on Friday for leaving his feet to deliver a deliberate and dangerous hit to the head of the Ottawa forward, one of the longest punishments in league history. “It’s a hit that as soon you see it live, you think, ‘This is going to be a bad one,” NHL disciplinarian… Read Original Post Here

Andrew Ladd scored in the ninth round of the shootout and Cam Ward stopped Columbus cold to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 2-1 preseason victory over the Blue Jackets on Friday night. Ward finished with 41 saves, then stopped each of the Blue Jackets’ nine attempts in the shootout. Seconds after Ward poked the puck from Sheldon Brookbank, Ladd ended it when he skated in hard on Pascal Leclaire…

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Derek Roy’s second goal of the game with 28 seconds left lifted the Buffalo Sabres to a 6-5 exhibition win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night. Sidney Crosby scored two power-play goals and had an assist for the Penguins. Buffalo improved to 3-2-0 and Pittsburgh fell to 1-2-2 in the preseason.

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Kari Lehtonen made 30 saves and the Atlanta Thrashers completed the NHL preseason with a 1-0 shutout of the Florida Panthers on Friday night. Veteran defenseman Alexei Zhitnik scored the goal on a power play late in the second period as the Thrashers ended exhibition play 5-2-0. Tomas Vokoun made 23 saves for the Panthers, who finished the preseason 4-3-0.

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Alex Ovechkin scored two goals and had two assists, including on the game-winner from Tomas Fleischmann, as the Washington Capitals scored five straight third-period goals to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7-5 on Friday night. The Capitals (3-2-1) trailed 5-2 after the Flyers’ Simon Gagne scored early in the third period. Read Original Post Here