Daymond Langkow and the Calgary Flames cut the Vancouver Canucks’ division lead to just a point with a home-and-home sweep. Langkow scored the pivotal first goal in the Flames’ 3-1 victory over the Canucks on Saturday night, deflecting Dion Phaneuf’s rising snap shot from the blue line past rookie goalie Cory Schneider on a power play late in the second period.
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Bruins captain Zdeno Chara believes his team made a major statement against the defending Stanley Cup champions. “We can beat anybody in this league and we can play against anybody, obviously,” Chara said after Boston beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Saturday night for its ninth straight home win. “We’ve got to keep going and we’ve got to push forward,” Chara said.
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The Minnesota Wild made the Nashville Predators’ stellar penalty-killers look pretty average. Mikko Koivu scored two goals and added an assist and Minnesota scored five times on power plays in a 6-2 victory over Nashville on Saturday night. The Predators entered with the NHL’s best home penalty-killing percentage at 89.5, but they couldn’t stop the Wild when they had an advantage.
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The San Jose Sharks are on a long winning streak. The Phoenix Coyotes are on the verge of a goalie controversy. Joe Pavelski scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 8:37 remaining, and the Sharks rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Coyotes 3-2 Saturday night for their seventh straight win.
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Whatever message new general manager Brian Burke gave to the Toronto Maple Leafs, it surely got through. One of Burke’s first acts as team president and GM was to address the players before Saturday night’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers. The theme of his message was that everyone should relax. The Maple Leafs did and responded with one of their strongest efforts of the season, topping the…
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The rest of the NHL had better take notice. Sidney Crosby is living up to his superstar image. Crosby had his first career hat trick at Mellon Arena and added an assist, and the Pittsburgh Penguins snapped the New Jersey Devils’ five-game winning streak with a 4-1 victory Saturday night. Crosby, who has six goals in three games to give him a team-high 13 for the season, scored twice Friday night at…
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The Montreal Canadiens feel they have plenty of room for improvement despite a victorious start to the longest homestand in their 100 years of existence. Andrei Markov scored Montreal’s third goal of the second period to send the Canadiens to a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night. Andrei Kostitsyn and Steve Begin also scored in the middle period for Montreal.
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Rick Nash is the Columbus Blue Jackets’ best player, captain — and apparently the top marketing guy for the club. Nash scored twice and rookie goaltender Steve Mason stopped 26 shots to lead Columbus to a 3-0 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night, ending the Blue Jackets’ three-game home losing skid.
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If Mats Sundin decides to resume his NHL career, he will likely do it with a team other than the Toronto Maple Leafs. New Leafs general manager Brian Burke said Saturday that he spoke with Sundin recently and came away thinking that the former Toronto captain wanted to join a Stanley Cup contender. “I don’t think we fit the profile he is looking for,” Burke said after officially joining the Leafs… Read Original Post Here
Derek Armstrong is well aware that he’s closer to the end of his NHL career than the beginning, so he enjoys the game now more than ever. Armstrong scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, ending a 29-game drought and helping the Los Angeles Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Saturday. The 35-year-old center played in his third straight game after sitting out nine of 10 as a healthy…
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