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The names that top the list of NHL scoring leaders are about as expected as a Zamboni cleaning the ice between periods.
Malkin. Crosby. Ovechkin.
The league’s top goal scorer isn’t nearly as familiar. Don’t worry if Jeff Carter doesn’t ring a bell. The Philadelphia Flyers center isn’t even on the All-Star ballot, but he’s suddenly in [...]

Defenseman Jassen Cullimore sat out Tuesday’s game against the Predators with a hand/wrist injury, but should be ready to play in the Panthers’ next game Friday, coach Pete DeBoer said.
“He had an MRI and it doesn’t look like they see anything on it,” DeBoer said. “But we figured we’d give him the break. It’s still [...]

Dallas Stars left wing Loui Eriksson on Monday was named the NHLs First Star of the week.
Eriksson scored a league-leading six goals in three games last week, helping the Stars earn five of six available points.
He recorded both goals in a 2-1 overtime victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday, then notched his first career [...]

They say age is only a number. But while young superstars such as Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin represent the face of the NHL these days, a number of aging veterans still are making waves.
Yes, the 21-year-old Crosby, 22-year-old teammate Evgeni Malkin and the Pittsburgh Penguins had a coming-out party during the 2008 Stanley Cup [...]

Columbus Blue Jackets center Derick Brassard, who is leading all NHL rookies in points, will miss the rest of the season after suffering a dislocated shoulder that will require surgery.
General manager Scott Howson said Monday that Brassard will undergo surgery in early January. He was injured during a game Thursday in Dallas.
The 21-year-old Brassard has [...]

TORONTO 6, ATLANTA 2
ATLANTA Justin Pogge made 19 saves in his first career start and Alexei Ponikarovsky scored a goal and set up two others as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Atlanta Thrashers, 6-2, on Monday.
Matt Stajan had two goals and an assist while Jeremy Williams and Dominic Moore added a goal and an [...]

Starting pitcher Daniel Cabrera and the Washington Nationals have reached a preliminary agreement on a one-year contract, pending a physical that his agent said is slated for next week.
Cabrera went 8-10 with a 5.25 ERA in 30 starts last season for the Baltimore Orioles, who declined to offer the right-hander a contract for 2009, making [...]

Catcher Ryan Doumit and the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed Monday to an $11,5 million, three-year contract that includes a club option that could make the deal worth $26,5 million over five seasons.
Doumit reached the deal less than a year after becoming the Pirates’ starting catcher. He hit .318 with 15 home runs and 69 RBIs in [...]

Minor leaguers Ambiorix Suero of the Baltimore Orioles and Damian Taveras of the New York Yankees were each suspended 50 games Monday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.
Suero, a pitcher, tested positive for Boldenone and Taveras, a catcher, tested positive for Stanozolol in violation of the minor-league drug prevention and treatment program.
Most recently, the [...]

Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron, who missed most of last season with a concussion, was released from the hospital Sunday after being diagnosed with another concussion.
Bergeron spent the night at Massachusetts General Hospital and underwent extensive testing, Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said in a statement. Bergeron was placed on injured reserve, meaning he is [...]