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MONTREAL 4, PHILADELPHIA 3 (OT)
PHILADELPHIA Defenseman Mathieu Schneider scored a power-play goal with 1:39 remaining in overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.
All-Star Alexei Kovalev had a goal and two assists, Tomas Plekanec scored and assisted on another and Tom Kostopoulos also tallied as Montreal scored three times [...]

New York Islanders defenseman Brendan Witt was suspended five games by the NHL on Friday for elbowing Toronto Maple Leafs forward Niklas Hagman in the head.
Witt will begin serving his ban Saturday against Buffalo and will lose more than $74,000 in salary. He can return March 10 at Toronto.
Witt hit Hagman at 2:21 of the [...]

The Vancouver Canucks claimed veteran defenseman Ossi Vaananen off waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday.
The 28-year-old Vaananen had a goal and nine assists in 46 games with the Flyers this season, but was placed on waivers to clear salary cap space for the return of center Daniel Briere.
Vaananen, who has 67 points in 476 [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins traded defenseman Ryan Whitney to the Anaheim Ducks for forward Chris Kunitz and a junior prospect, less than two seasons into a six-year, $24 million contract that was supposed to make Whitney a key part of the Penguins’ future.
Whitney, who turned 26 last week, missed Wednesday’s night’s 1-0 win against the New [...]

TORONTO 5, NY ISLANDERS 4 (SO)
UNIONDALE, New York Tim Stapleton netted the decisive goal in the third round of a shootout, lifting the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders.
Jason Blake also tallied in the bonus format and Vesa Toskala stopped 40 shots before denying one shot in the shootout [...]

The Philadelphia Flyers waived center Glen Metropolit and defenseman Ossi Vaananen to clear salary cap space for Danny Briere’s impending return.
Briere was expected to return to the Flyers for Friday’s game against Montreal. He has missed the last 35 games and played in only nine games this season because of surgery on his abdomen and [...]

The Swedes are excited to watch some of their countrymen open the NHL season in Stockholm.
Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said Wednesday that tickets for their season-opening games against the St. Louis Blues sold out in less than an hour.
Detroit, which features stars from Sweden such as Nicklas Lidstrom and Henrik Zetterberg, will [...]

The New York Rangers picked up forward Mark Bell off re-entry waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.
The rest of his $2.5 million contract will be split between the Rangers and Leafs. Bell, who played in the AHL with the Toronto Marlies this season, will be an unrestricted free agent this summer.
The 28-year-old player [...]

TORONTO 2, NY RANGERS 1 (SO)
TORONTO New coach, similar problems for the New York Rangers.
Nikolai Kulemin scored the lone goal in shootout and Vesa Toskala denied all three attempts as the Toronto Maple Leafs spoiled John Tortorellas debut with a 2-1 victory over the Rangers in the conclusion of a home-and-home series.
Kulemin also collected an [...]

John Tortorella brought bluster and a new set of rules during his first day as coach of the New York Rangers.
The man with the booming voice and the rugged reputation got right to work Tuesday morning as he presided over practice and tried to turn around a slumping team that has lost its way.
You didn’t [...]