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CHICAGO -Blackhawks backup Antti Niemi made 18 saves for his third shutout in seven starts this season, and Marian Hossa had a goal and an assist in Chicagos 4-0 victory over the slumping Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday night.
Patrick Kane, Ben Eager and Jonathan Toews also scored for the Blackhawks, who have won three [...]

A miserable month-long stretch ended Saturday for Penguins left wing Chris Kunitz, who played last night against the Florida Panthers at Mellon Arena for the first time since Nov 12.
Winger Eric Godard was scratched to make room for Kunitz, who had missed 13 consecutive games with a lower-body injury. Kunitz opened by playing with [...]

Evgeni Malkin is giving too much during this holiday season.
Im looking to pass, and I need to look for shots, said Malkin, the Penguins goal slumping superstar center, after practice Friday. Now is a tough situation for me. Im not scoring. My game is not good.
A five-game goal drought will follow Malkin into a [...]

BUFFALO, N Y -Ryan Miller made 35 saves for his 16th career shutout, Nathan Gerbe scored his first NHL goal, and the Buffalo Sabres halted Washingtons six-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory over the league-leading Capitals on Wednesday night.
Miller, owner of the NHLs lowest goals-against average, helped the Sabres slow down the high-powered [...]

The high-flying Washington Capitals have been scoring goals at a prodigious pace of late. A healthy dose of Ryan Miller - and a less than typical effort from the Caps - put an end to that Wednesday night.
Miller made 35 saves and stifled the leagues top offense in a 3-0 victory for the [...]

It is widely assumed the Lightning operates under financial stress, but other than the $15 million it received in league revenue sharing, the scope has been hard to quantify.
Attendance figures provided by Hillsborough County - an average turnstile count of 10,576 through the first 12 games at the 22,000-seat St. Pete Times Forum - indicate [...]

Wayne Gretzky made setting up behind the opponents net to feed teammates a work of art, while Wild winger Andrew Brunette plies his trade there more like a kindergarten kid with finger paints.
But a goal is a goal is a goal.
The line of Brunette, Mikko Koivu and Antti Miettinen has 70 points among them [...]

PHILADELPHIA -Mike Richards, Jeff Carter and Claude Giroux scored two goals apiece, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 6-2 on Tuesday night for their first win under new coach Peter Laviolette.
Brian Boucher, taking over No. 1 goalie duties from injured Ray Emery, made 22 saves for the Flyers, who broke a [...]

There were no controversial hits and no controversial celebrations for Alex Ovechkin, but there were two goals and a triumphant return.
Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves for his second career shutout for the Washington Capitals , and Ovechkin had a pair of tallies in a 3-0 victory Monday night at St. Pete Times Forum against the [...]

The 20-year-old Thrashers prospect will undergo surgery to repair a torn ACL in his right knee today, his second such procedure in 10 months. He then faces the same rehabilitation process he just completed.
Yes, Esposito said Monday when asked if he wondered why such misfortune has followed him. There always is, but Ive had so [...]