The Colorado Avalanche needed only about 30 strong minutes — and one shot in the tiebreaker — to beat the Edmonton Oilers and snap a three-game losing streak. T.J. Galiardi, Paul Stastny and Tomas Fleischmann scored in the first 14:49, and Milan Hejduk had the lone shootout goal in the Avalanche’s 4-3 victory Thursday night.
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The San Jose Sharks rebounded after blowing yet another lead. Joe Thornton broke a tie on a deflection at 7:13 of the third period and San Jose beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Thursday night to snap a two-game losing streak. Thornton, parked in front of the crease, redirected Marc-Edouard Vlasic’s shot from the left point past Marty Turco 7 seconds after a San Jose power-play ended.
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Rick Nash and the Columbus Blue Jackets made themselves right at home at Air Canada Centre. “To come into Toronto and finally win one in regulation with all my friends and family here, it’s pretty special,” Nash, from nearby Brampton, said after a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.
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Steven Stamkos got fancy and the result was a spectacular goal. Stamkos had two goals and two assists, goalie Cedrick Desjardins won in his NHL debut and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Thursday night. Stamkos made it 3-1 at 1:46 of the third when he beat Carey Price with a backhander after a spin move in the slot during a penalty shot.
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Atlanta Thrashers coach Craig Ramsay took a gamble and won. Tim Stapleton and Bryan Little scored in the first two rounds of a shootout and Toby Enstrom had two power-play goals in the Thrashers’ 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. Ramsay sent out Stapleton, who was just called up from Chicago of the American Hockey League, first in the tiebreaker.
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The New York Rangers say center Erik Christensen will miss 4-to-6 weeks because of a knee injury. Christensen, who has spent time this season on the Rangers’ top line alongside Marian Gaborik, sustained a second-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee during New York’s 3-1 victory at New Jersey on Monday night. Read Original Post Here
Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf will be out for at least two games after a deflected puck broke his nose. The Ducks put Getzlaf on injured reserve Thursday, which means he’ll miss the Ducks’ upcoming home games against Philadelphia and Chicago. Getzlaf was hurt during Tuesday’s win at Phoenix when Coyotes captain Shane Doan’s shot deflected off Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler’s… Read Original Post Here
The way Sidney Crosby has owned the New York Islanders, no one could have predicted his greatest scoring run would be wrecked by them. Crosby’s streak of 25 games with at least a point — tied for the 11th longest in NHL history — was snapped by the Islanders and goalie Rick DiPietro, who stopped the Pittsburgh captain and the rest of the Penguins’ high-powered offense in a 2-1 shootout…
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The Philadelphia Flyers are still giving up far too many goals for coach Peter Laviolette’s taste. They made up for it against the Los Angeles Kings with an impressive scoring flurry of their own. Mike Richards had two goals and two assists, Michael Leighton made 32 saves in a raucous season debut and the Flyers lit up the Kings’ normally sturdy defense in a 7-4 victory Thursday night.
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The Colorado Avalanche needed only about 30 strong minutes — and one shot in the tiebreaker — to beat the Edmonton Oilers and snap a three-game losing streak. T.J. Galiardi, Paul Stastny and Tomas Fleischmann scored in the first 14:49, and Milan Hejduk had the lone shootout goal in the Avalanche’s 4-3 victory Thursday night.
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