The Ottawa Senators’ post-Olympic misery is over. Chris Kelly had a goal and an assist, and Matt Cullen, Milan Michalek and Mike Fisher also scored for the Senators, who snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. The Senators scored three times in the third period, matching their total during their post-Olympics skid.
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Jannik Hansen put his body into his winning goal and was thankful for a couple of fortunate bounces. After all, the puck rattled around and glanced off him and the goalie before finally going into the net for the decisive score in the Vancouver Canucks’ 6-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.
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After one period, the Minnesota Wild appeared to be on the way to another easy win over the Florida Panthers. Then they turned in one of the worst offensive performances in franchise history. Cory Stillman scored the winning shootout goal and the Panthers held the Wild to a franchise-tying low 11 shots in a 3-2 win on Tuesday night.
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Simon Gagne fired a pass toward Mike Richards, but New York Islanders defensemen Mark Streit’s stick got in the way. The lucky deflection sent the puck past goalie Dwyane Roloson with 6:06 left to play, and completed a Philadelphia Flyers rally for a 3-2 win Tuesday night. Philadelphia beat the Islanders for the 15th straight time, the NHL’s longest current run by one team over another.
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The Montreal Canadiens got offense from throughout their lineup to improve their playoff prospects and deal a blow to the Tampa Bay Lightning’s postseason hopes. Scott Gomez had a goal and two assists, and Mathieu Darche scored twice to lead Montreal to a 5-3 win over Tampa Bay on Tuesday night. Jaroslav Halak made 28 saves for the Canadiens, who gave coach Jacques Martin his 550th career win…
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The Calgary Flames played as though they were hungrier than the Detroit Red Wings, who are in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in years. Jarome Iginla and Rene Bourque scored 1:31 apart in the third to put Calgary ahead in a 4-2 win over Detroit on Tuesday night. “We got outshot 15-4 at home in the third period in a game that desperation on both sides should show,” Red…
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The nearly yearlong legal battle between the National Hockey League and former Phoenix Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes isn’t over yet. The NHL filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Moyes and his family on Friday, alleging that the trucking magnate violated a number of league agreements when he put the franchise in bankruptcy last year and then attempted to sell it to Canadian businessman Jim… Read Original Post Here
NHL general managers have developed the framework for a new rule that punishes hits to the head. The action comes as the league’s 30 GMs wrap up three days of meetings. The new rule would allow referees to assess a minor or major penalty for blindside hits targeting the head. The penalty must be approved by the competition committee and has not yet been given a specific name. Read Original Post Here
Boston Bruins center Marc Savard(notes) got leveled on Sunday the Pittsburgh Penguins‘ Matt Cooke(notes) and Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli is saying it is very possible that Savard will be out for the 17 games left in the season after suffering a Grade 2 concussion, according to the Boston Herald.
Savard had 10 goals and 23 assists on the season before getting hammered by Cooke. If he’s out, it’ll be a big loss to Boston. "You look at the time he was unconscious on the ice and some of the symptoms he’s exhibiting now, this is a serious concussion," Chiarelli said.
It’s still unclear what punishment, if any, the NHL will give Cooke. League disciplinarian Colin Campbell is supposedly getting some feedback on the subject from GMs around the league at the GM meetings in Boca Raton, Florida.
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The Columbus Blue Jackets have known for quite some time that they likely won’t return to the playoffs. The Anaheim Ducks are starting to realize a similar predicament. Jakub Voracek scored the first of Columbus’ three power-play goals and had two assists, leading the Blue Jackets to a 5-2 victory over the fading Ducks on Tuesday night.
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