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02 Feb

Stamkos’ 33rd goal lifts Lightning over Caps in OT

NHL news-Sports.com Steven Stamkos persistence paid off, helping Tampa Bay continue a surge the Lightning hope will propel them back into playoff contention.
Stamkos scored his NHL-leading 33rd goal at 2:45 of overtime, giving the Lightning a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals and extending Tampa Bays season-best winning streak to five games. [...]

31 Jan

MVP Gaborik’s hat trick leads All-Stars

NHL news-Sports Marian Gaborik got the best of New York Rangers teammate Henrik Lundqvist, and Zdeno Chara scored the winning goal for the NHL All-Star team named after him.
Even in defeat, Daniel Alfredsson rewarded the hometown fans with two goals and an assist, and then the Ottawa Senators captain provided a hint that [...]

26 Jan

Rangers’ Lundqvist blanks Jets, earns 5th shutout

NHL news-Sports.c Henrik Lundqvist took a ride up to the New York Rangers practice rink on Tuesday morning, thinking he would have that night off when the Winnipeg Jets came to town.
A bout with the flu for backup Martin Biron changed all that for New Yorks All-Star goalie. Instead of resting during the [...]

24 Jan

Hurricanes score twice early, hold off Jets

NHL news-Sports.com wi Jeff Skinner and Tim Brent scored first-period goals for the Carolina Hurricanes, who held off the Winnipeg Jets 2-1.
Carolina won its third straight at home heading into the NHL All-Star break.
Kyle Wellwood scored at 13:47 of the second period for the Jets only goal.
Cam Ward stopped [...]

23 Jan

Seguin’s goal lifts Bruins past Flyers in a shootout

NHL news-Sports.com w Once it came down to a shootout, this was no contest.
Tyler Seguin scored the decisive goal against Ilya Bryzgalov in a shootout and Tim Thomas and the Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5 on Sunday.
Thomas finally allowed a shootout goal after going 9 for 9, but he [...]

22 Jan

Gaborik’s goal gives Rangers OT win over Bruins

NHL news-Sports The New York Rangers finally broke their power-play drought with just 3.6 seconds to spare. Ryan McDonagh wasnt around to help them celebrate.
After Andrew Ference was ejected for sending McDonagh crashing into the boards in overtime, Marian Gaborik scored a third-try goal and the Rangers beat Boston 3-2 on Saturday in [...]

22 Jan

Senators lose to Ducks on Karlsson’s own goal

NHL news-Sports.com wire The Anaheim Ducks are playing their best hockey of the season, after three months of their worst hockey in years.
They hope its not too late for them to get back into the Western Conference playoff race.
Jonas Hiller made 31 saves, Corey Perry scored, and Lubomir Visnovsky was credited [...]

22 Jan

Hartnell’s two PP goals lead Flyers past Devils

NHL news-Sports.com w Jaromir Jagrs injury forced the Philadelphia Flyers to adjust their power play.
It worked just fine without him.
Jagr left in the first period of the Flyers 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday, and didnt return. Philadelphia coach Peter Laviolette made some changes to the power play, [...]

21 Jan

Malkin scores in fifth straight game, Penguins win

NHL news-Sports.com Evgeni Malkin scored in his fifth straight game and added the lone goal in the shootout to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 5-4 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday.
Pittsburgh won its fifth straight, with Malkin capping a two-goal third-period rally with his 25th of the season with 2:43 left in [...]

21 Jan

Jokinen scores two, leads Hurricanes past Caps

NHL news-Sports.com wi Jussi Jokinen scored when the Carolina Hurricanes were both up and down a man. That kind of production made their special teams seem, well, pretty special.
Jokinen had two goals and Cam Ward made 23 saves for his 18th career shutout in the Hurricanes 3-0 victory over the Washington Capitals on [...]