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UNIONDALE, NY -Trent Hunters goal in the eighth round of a shootout made Rick DiPietro a winner in his first game on Long Island in over a year.
DiPietro made 31 saves through overtime, then turned aside five shooters in the tiebreaker in the New York Islanders 3-2 victory over Buffalo on Saturday night.
Limited to [...]

Craig Anderson was honored to face Martin Brodeur. He just wasnt intimidated.
Anderson made 37 saves, Chris Stewart had a goal and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche hung on to beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 on Saturday.
T.J. Galiardi also scored and Wojtek Wolski had an empty-net goal with 12.3 seconds left to seal the [...]

It took less than a minute for Alex Ovechkin to give the Washington Capitals the lead against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
After that, the reigning two-time NHL MVP repeatedly helped his teammates pad the margin.
Ovechkin had a goal and a career-high four assists, Mike Knuble scored twice, and the Capitals got 28 saves from Jose Theodore [...]

SUNRISE, Fla -Tomas Fleischmann scored in the sixth round of a shootout to give the Washington Capitals a 5-4 comeback victory over Florida on Wednesday night.
Jason Chimera, Brian Pothier, Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom scored in regulation for the Capitals. Michael Frolik, Dominic Moore, Stephen Weiss and Gregory Campbell countered for Florida, and Tomas [...]

A former St Louis Blues player convicted of conspiracy to commit murder wants to play hockey for a Halifax university.
Mike Danton has enrolled at Saint Marys University and is awaiting permission from correctional officials.
Danton was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for his role in a murder-for-hire plot. The native of Brampton, Ont., pleaded [...]

ST PAUL, Minn -Guillaume Latendresse scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period after getting a career-high three assists, giving the Minnesota Wild enough to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Monday night.
For only the fifth time in 22 games this season, the Penguins lost after scoring first, this time on Sidney Crosbys [...]

All the Tampa Bay Lightning needed to end a 10-game losing streak against the New Jersey Devils was three days, a lighting problem, a two-hour game delay, a sidetrip to Philadelphia and half a game Sunday.
The great goaltending by Mike Smith and the two goals by Steven Stamkos didnt hurt, either.
Smith made 33 saves and [...]

Is the Hockey world shrinking or growing. Depends on your perspective.
From an elite angle, it may indeed be getting smaller. At any given major international tournament these days, the list of true contenders has dwindled to four or five Canada, Russia, Sweden, the United States and sometimes Finland. Those nations also dominate the first [...]

NEWARK, -Mike Smith made 33 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning finished off the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Sunday in the completion of a game that was suspended two nights earlier because a lighting problem created a safety issue for the players.
Tampa Bay led 3-0 when play was suspended Friday night with 9:12 [...]

Calgary Flames coach Brent Sutter is upset security couldnt locate a laser pointer being used to distract goalie Miikka Kiprusoff during Saturday s 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks.
“Its ridiculous, Sutter said. “We could see it shining on his mask the whole night. It was brought to the attention of the refs and security, and [...]