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Dan Boyle scored the go-ahead goal on a power play 6:15 into the second period, and Evgeni Nabokov made 28 saves to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night.
Manny Malhotra scored on a breakaway with 2:35 left and Jamie McGinn made it 4-1 on a scramble [...]

British Columbia Even as rookie defenseman Jason Demers was earning 10 points in his first 15 NHL games, Sharks coach Todd McLellan would note that Demers defense still needed work.
Saturday, the coaching staff decided the next phase of that work will take place in Worcester. Demers, who had cooled off with three points in [...]

Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury is plenty familiar with being upstaged by Penguins teammate Sidney Crosby, as he was Saturday night in a rousing 8-3 win against the New York Rangers at Mellon Arena.
Fleury, who celebrated his 25th birthday with NHL victory No. 126, couldnt hold a candle last night to Crosby, whose second hat trick [...]

Rangers coach John Tortorella admitted it was a little weird stepping into the visitors locker room of the St Pete Times Forum, a place where he led the Lightning for seven years and won a Stanley Cup.
But though Tortorella, fired in 2008 by Tampa Bay, didnt want to say much about his former organization, [...]

Flyers, a Black Friday matinee has become - in just a short time - a tradition on the schedule.
Yesterday afternoon, their matchup with the Buffalo Sabres fell in line with a rivalry between two hated clubs that is steeped in another tradition: one of blood, broken bones and brain-jarring collisions.
This time, though, the game didnt [...]

Jason Spezza got a little extra satisfaction out of the Ottawa Senators latest home win.
Nick Foligno scored a power-play goal with 6:10 left to help Ottawa beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Thursday night.
Foligno moved out from behind the net to put a backhander past Steve Mason with Columbus defenseman Jan Hejda in the [...]

Until Wednesday night, no Sharks team had ever given up three short-handed goals in the same game.
But thats what happened against the Chicago Blackhawks, and if youre looking for what went wrong as San Jose dropped a 7-2 decision in what had been billed as a battle of the NHLs top two teams, thats [...]

Brayden Schenn made his NHL debut Thursday night for the Los Angeles Kings after signing a one-day amateur tryout agreement.
The 18-year-old center, drafted fifth overall last summer, was given the tryout agreement because he hasnt signed an entry-level contract.
Schenn, who has 12 goals and 27 assists in 24 games this season for the Brandon Wheat [...]

Marian Hossa scored twice in his first game for Chicago as the Blackhawks beat the San Jose Sharks 7-2 on Wednesday for their eighth straight NHL victory.
Troy Brouwer, Patrick Sharp, Dustin Byfuglien, Brent Seabrook and John Madden also scored for the Blackhawks, playing the fourth game of a six-game trip. Cristobal Huet made 22 saves.
Dan [...]

Something about seeing the Montreal Canadiens sweater seems to inspire Penguins captain Sidney Crosby.
Crosby played another terrific game against the team he grew up admiring, leading the Penguins to their third consecutive victory in a 3-1 decision over Montreal tonight.
Barring a playoff meeting, this marked the Canadiens final appearance at Mellon Arena.
Crosbys dominance was [...]