Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau said the ball is in Carey Price’s court. So far, the rookie netminder is holding serve. Price won his second straight start since taking over as Montreal’s top goalie, and Tomas Plekanec had three power-play goals for his first hat trick in the Canadiens’ 6-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.
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Dan Boyle scored a power-play goal with 2:58 left in overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Friday night. Boyle, who also had two assists, scored from the left circle. Vincent Lecavalier picked up his second assist of the game in setting up the game-winner. Tampa Bay’s John Tortorella tied Bob Johnson for the most NHL wins by an Amercian-born coach with 234.
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Cristobal Huet stopped 18 shots in his first start with the Washington Capitals and fellow newcomer Sergei Fedorov made a sensational no-look pass to help break a scoreless tie in a 4-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night. Mike Green, Viktor Kozlov, Alexander Semin and Donald Brashear scored for the Capitals, who pulled to within three points of first-place Carolina in the Southeast…
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Marian Hossa was happy to learn that his sprained knee will keep him from skating with his new Pittsburgh teammates for only about a week. Hossa injured his right knee against the Boston Bruins on Thursday night, just 13 shifts into his debut with the Penguins. “It’s bad news, but it’s also good news because I didn’t know what to expect and it’s a first-degree MCL (medial collateral ligament) and… Read Original Post Here
Joe Sakic was feeling a little nostalgic Friday, reflecting back on the Colorado Avalanche’s glory days. Those days are almost here again. With Adam Foote already back in an Avalanche sweater and Peter Forsberg set to arrive in town soon, the Avalanche captain said Friday that it felt “like old times” around the locker room.
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The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings put on a show that belied their poor places in the Western Conference standings. Ales Hemsky scored two goals and added an assist for the Edmonton Oilers, who earned their third straight win with a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in a matchup Thursday night of the bottom two teams in the West.
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Brad Richards did only one thing wrong in his Dallas Stars debut. He raised expectations impossibly high. Richards had an assist on just his second shift, then added two more helpers in the second period and another two in the third. The five assists matched a franchise record and were a first since the club moved to Dallas.
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The Phoenix Coyotes’ tenuous playoff hopes rest squarely on the shoulders of goalie Ilya Bryzgalov. Bryzgalov and the Coyotes beat St. Louis for the fourth time this season and second in less than a week, 2-1 Thursday night to pull within a point of Colorado for the eighth and final playoff spot. Bryzgalov made 41 saves and Phoenix won at St.
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Josef Vasicek and Trent Hunter turned an apparent disadvantage into the game-winning play for the New York Islanders. Atlanta won a faceoff early in overtime, but Vasicek stole the puck and set up Hunter’s winning goal as the Islanders recovered after blowing a three-goal lead to beat the slumping Thrashers 5-4 on Thursday night. Read Original Post Here
The New York Rangers’ newfound attention to details in paying off with a string of wins. Brandon Dubinsky and Sean Avery scored first-period goals to lift the Rangers to a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, New York’s third straight victory and sixth in eight games (6-0-2). “We really don’t have a choice right now,” said Henrik Lundqvist, who made 26 saves.
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