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Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby practiced with the team Monday after staying off the ice for five days to rest his ailing left knee, but his status for Wednesday’s game against the New York Rangers is questionable.
“Five days (off the ice) is pretty long, and I was a little rusty,” Crosby said. “(I pushed it) [...]

The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed rookie center Nikita Filatov on injured reserve retroactive to Jan 18.
General manager Scott Howson announced the move Monday.
The 18-year-old has four goals in eight games this season, including a goal against Nashville in his NHL debut.
On Jan. 10 against Minnesota, he became the first Blue Jackets rookie to get [...]

The Dallas Stars have definitely been better without Sean Avery.
Since the agitating forward was suspended for crude comments he made about his ex-girlfriends dating other NHL players, the Stars have won more in 22 games than in the 23 games Avery played.
They have gone from having the fewest points in the Western Conference to within [...]

EASTERN CONF 12, WESTERN CONF 11 (SO)
MONTREAL It only was fitting that a hometown hero sent the sellout crowd at the Bell Centre home happy.
Alexei Kovalev of the host Montreal Canadiens scored twice in regulation before netting the decisive goal in the shootout, leading the Eastern Conference to an explosive 12-11 triumph over the Western [...]

Vincent Lecavalier’s wild weekend back home in Montreal took another positive turn Sunday night when he was added to the Eastern Conference All-Star starting lineup, replacing Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby.
The Tampa Bay Lightning center has garnered tons of attention since he arrived Thursday and was greeted at the airport by enthusiastic fans who hope [...]

Jean Beliveau has fond memories of taking part in the various NHL All-Star game formats that spanned his Hall of Fame career with the Montreal Canadiens.
“I remember in ‘64 playing with Gordie Howe on right and Bobby Hull on left,” Beliveau said. “I really enjoyed that.”
He was hardly alone.
Fresh from winning their third straight Stanley [...]

At Morgantown, W Va.
No. 4 PITTSBURGH 79, WEST VIRGINIA 67
PITTSBURGH (18-1)
Biggs 1-3 2-2 4, Young 9-14 4-4 22, Blair 6-12 4-8 16, Fields 4-7 5-5 13, Dixon 4-8 0-0 11, G.Brown 2-5 0-1 4, Gibbs 1-2 0-0 3, Tiesi 0-0 0-0 0, Wanamaker 1-1 0-0 2, Frye 0-1 0-0 0, Robinson 2-2 0-0 4, McGhee [...]

Houston guard Aubrey Coleman issued an apology Sunday after stepping on the face of Arizona player Chase Budinger during a game the previous day.
Coleman, a junior and the team’s second-leading scorer, was ejected after stepping on Budinger’s face following a charge call with 9:51 left in the second half. Arizona rallied for a 96-90 win [...]

(12) LOUISVILLE 67, (8) SYRACUSE 57
SYRACUSE, New York Earl Clark and Louisville continued their recent hot stretch with an unprecedented win in the Carrier Dome.
Clark scored five pivotal late points and finished with 16, leading 12th-ranked Louisville to a 67-57 victory over No. 8 Syracuse.
It was the seventh consecutive win for the Cardinals (15-3, 6-0 [...]

Russian superstars Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin teamed up to the delight of the Bell Centre crowd and both were winners in the NHL’s All-Star SuperSkills competition Saturday night.
Ovechkin successfully defended his breakaway challenge title as the evening’s six events were conducted independently of one another, unlike previous years that featured an overall title contested [...]