David Moss scored two goals and Curtis McElhiney made 19 saves as the Calgary Flames won their fourth preseason game, beating the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 on Tuesday night. Dion Phaneuf and Eric Nystrom also scored for the Flames (4-1-0). Phaneuf opened the scoring five minutes into the game. Moss made it 2-0 early in the second and he capped the scoring with four minutes left in the period when he beat…
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Stephane Veilleux scored his second goal of the game with 23.9 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a 3-2 preseason victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night. Veilleux tied the game with a power-play goal 3:30 into the third period. His high wrist shot beat goaltender Corey Crawford in overtime for the game-winner.
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Max Pacioretty and Robert Lang scored in the shootout to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 2-1 preseason victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. Pacioretty, who scored Montreal’s goal in regulation, deked Jimmy Howard and beat the Detroit goalie with a backhander. Lang also scored on a backhander on the Canadiens’ second attempt.
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The Los Angeles Kings acquired defenseman Sean O’Donnell from the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday, receiving a conditional selection in the 2009 NHL draft in return. The 36-year-old O’Donnell played for the Kings from 1994-2000. Heading into his 14th NHL season, he has appeared in a combined 932 games with Los Angeles, Anaheim, Phoenix, Boston, New Jersey and Minnesota. Read Original Post Here
Jussi Jokinen and Vincent Lecavalier scored in a shootout Tuesday to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 victory over HC Slovan Bratislava in a preseason game, the first ever for an NHL team in Slovakia. Tampa Bay goalie Mike Smith stopped two of Slovan’s shootout attempts. Evgeny Artyukhin made it 1-0 for the Lightning in the first period before Slovan tied the score when Marek Uram got a goal… Read Original Post Here
The New York Rangers beat Swiss club Bern 8-1 Tuesday in an exhibition game. Dan Girardi and Wade Redden each scored off the power play in the first period, and the Rangers then added six more after the hosts got their goal early in the final period. The game, the Rangers’ first in Switzerland in 49 years, was scheduled as a warmup before the Rangers face European champion Metallurg Magnitogorsk at… Read Original Post Here
Sabres center Paul Gaustad will miss up to the first three weeks of the regular season after he had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb Tuesday. Gaustad, entering his fourth NHL season, was hurt during a fight in Buffalo’s 2-1 shootout loss to Minnesota on Sunday. He had one goal in two games this preseason and was expected to provide a physical presence on the Sabres’ second or… Read Original Post Here
Buffalo Sabres forward Paul Gaustad had a torn ligament in his right thumb surgically repaired Tuesday. He is expected to be out a minimum of 3-4 weeks, Buffalo General Manager Darcy Regier said in a statement.
Regier also announced today that the Sabres have assigned 12 players to the Portland Pirates of the American League. In addition, forward Philip Gogulla has been loaned to Kolner Haie of the German Elite League. The moves leave the Sabres with 34 players remaining in camp.
Heading to Portland are: forwards Tyler Bouck (pending waivers), Jimmy Bonneau (pending waivers), Colton Fretter, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Derek Whitmore, Felix Schutz and Colin Murphy; defensemen Mike Card and Mike Kostka; and goaltender Jhonas Enroth. Forward Josh Vatri and defenseman Paul Baier will attend Portland’s camp on a tryout basis.
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Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar will have arthroscopic surgery on his dislocated left shoulder Thursday and miss four to six months of the upcoming season. Gonchar, one of the NHL’s top offensive defensemen, has cartilage and ligament damage and had hoped to avoid surgery. He was hurt during a hit by Tampa Bay’s David Koci in an exhibition game against Tampa Bay on Sept.
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Jeff O’Neill has ended his NHL comeback bid with the Carolina Hurricanes. He notified the team of his decision after Sunday’s exhibition win over Philadelphia. Hurricanes president and general manager Jim Rutherford said it’s difficult for a player who sat out for a season to return to the league, but that O’Neill looked fine in training camp. Read Original Post Here
