NHL Hockey Betting

CALGARY 3, NASHVILLE 1
CALGARY, Alberta The All-Star break did not stop the Calgary Flames momentum at home.
Matthew Lombardi and enforcer Andre Roy scored second-period goals to help the Flames post a 3-1 win over the Nashville Predators.
Defenseman Adrian Aucoin tallied with the man advantage and Miikka Kiprusoff made 28 saves as the Flames swept the [...]

With Steven Reinprecht out of the picture for now, the Phoenix Coyotes filled the void at center Friday by recalling Alexander Nikulin from San Antonio of the American Hockey League.
Reinprecht separated his shoulder during his second shift of Thursdays 2-0 loss to the San Jose Sharks and is expected to miss four to eight weeks. [...]

The Atlanta Thrashers added a pair of forwards Friday, recalling center Colin Stuart and right wing Joe Motzko from Chicago of the American Hockey League.
A fifth-round pick in 2001, Stuart appeared in one game with Atlanta earlier this season, posting a plus-1 rating in a 4-2 loss to the Boston Bruins on December 13. The [...]

The way Florida Panthers coach Pete DeBoer saw it, his team put together a near-perfect game.
Jay Bouwmeester and Stephen Weiss scored power-play goals in the first period and the Panthers beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-1 on Thursday night.
“You don’t get many nights like that as a coach where you walk out and feel pretty good [...]

OTTAWA 3, ST LOUIS 1
ST LOUIS Peter Regin made his first NHL goal a memorable one.
The rookie scored with just under two minutes remaining in the third period to snap a tie as the Ottawa Senators recorded a 3-1 triumph over the St. Louis Blues.
Mike Fisher added both a shorthanded and empty-net goal and rookie [...]

Looking to keep one of hockey’s top teams on steady footing, the Detroit Red Wings knew exactly where to start.
The Stanley Cup champions announced Wednesday that they signed Henrik Zetterberg to the longest contract in team history, a 12-year, $73 million deal that could keep the star forward in Hockeytown until 2021.
“Henrik is one of [...]

Alex Ovechkin was given Wednesday off, an excused absence from practice that Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said had nothing to do with the “stinger” the league’s reigning MVP got from a shoulder-first crash into the boards.
“He’s fine,” Boudreau said. “I wanted to give him today off to rest. He’s probably a little stiff, I [...]

CALGARY 5, BUFFALO 2
CALGARY, Alberta Mike Cammalleri recorded his second career hat trick as the Calgary Flames scored three times in the third period to post a 5-2 triumph over the Buffalo Sabres.
Todd Bertuzzi and defenseman Dion Phaneuf also tallied and All-Star Jarome Iginla and Craig Conroy notched two assists apiece for Calgary, which recorded [...]

NEW JERSEY 4, OTTAWA 1
OTTAWA (Ticker)Captain Jamie Langenbrunner scored a pair of goals as the New Jersey Devils continued to roll with a 4-1 triumph over the Ottawa Senators.
Patrik Elias and Brendan Shanahan also tallied and Travis Zajac notched two assists for New Jersey, which has won six in a row and seven of eight.
Scott [...]

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin, the leading goal-scorer in the NHL and the league’s reigning MVP, left Tuesday night’s game against the Bruins in the second period and returned for the third after awkwardly crashing into the boards following a hook from Boston defenseman Zdeno Chara.
As Ovechkin returned, Capitals forward Alexander Semin was injured when [...]