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Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has left practice early because of a sore groin, but is listed as probable for Wednesday night’s home game against the New York Islanders.
Crosby’s groin bothered him a few minutes into the practice and he decided to leave the ice Tuesday. Crosby did not speak with reporters after practice.
Crosby, the [...]

MONTREAL 3, VANCOUVER 0
MONTREAL Jaroslav Halak turned aside all 34 shots he faced and Tomas Plekanec recorded a goal and an assist as Montreal Canadiens snapped the Vancouver Canucks four-game winning streak with a 3-0 triumph.
All-Star defenseman Andrei Markov also tallied and Maxim Lapierre added an empty-net goal for Montreal, which won its second straight [...]

Not only did the New York Rangers seek to change the message behind the bench, but the way it was delivered, too.
That left mild-mannered coach Tom Renney out of a job on Monday and blustery John Tortorella en route to a starring role on Broadway.
Renney was fired by Rangers general manager Glen Sather after he [...]

Martin Brodeur is ready to play for the New Jersey Devils and all the four-time Vezina Trophy winner is waiting for is his first starting assignment since having elbow surgery roughly four months ago.
“I told them I am feeling ready,” Brodeur said Monday after an hour-long practice. “It’s up to them to see and look [...]

SAN JOSE 1, DALLAS 0
DALLAS Devin Setoguchi scored nearly eight minutes into the third period to snap a scoreless tie and Evgeni Nabokov turned aside all 29 shots he faced as the San Jose Sharks recorded a 1-0 triumph over the Dallas Stars in a battle of Pacific Division rivals.
Ryane Clowe and defenseman Christian Ehrhoff [...]

Three decades after Harry Howell and Andy Bathgate were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, they took their rightful place in the rafters of Madison Square Garden - the new one, not the arena where they starred so many years ago.
The longtime former teammates were honored together Sunday night in a pregame ceremony when [...]

TORONTO 3, NY RANGERS 2 (OT)
NEW YORK Niklas Hagman netted the game-winner exactly three minutes into overtime, lifting the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 3-2 victory over the slumping New York Rangers.
John Mitchell and blue-liner Ian White also scored and Vesa Toskala made 39 saves for the Maple Leafs, who ended a three-game losing streak.
Lee [...]

Jay Bouwmeester has noticed the changes. There are growing crowds and there is bubbling excitement over his surprising Florida Panthers, a franchise whose long absence from the playoffs has often left it forgotten in the crowded South Florida sports scene.
But Bouwmeester, a talented Canadian-born defenseman, also remembers the empty seats and the silent arena that [...]

Minnesota Wild left wing Andrew Brunette’s consecutive games played streak is in jeopardy again.
Brunette sustained a lower-body injury Thursday night in the first period of Minnesota’s overtime loss to Calgary. He has played 509 consecutive games, the longest current streak in the NHL.
Assistant general manager Tom Lynn said Brunette will try to play Saturday, declaring [...]

The Montreal Canadiens made it clear that they are troubled about allegations that three of their players have been socializing with a man recently arrested on drug charges.
The French-language daily La Presse reported Friday that Andrei Kostitsyn and Sergei Kostitsyn had social ties with Pasquale Mangiola, who was arrested Feb. 12.
“We’re very concerned,” Montreal general [...]