Archive for October, 2010

31 Oct

Rangers’ Lundqvist earns 25th career shutout

Oct. 30 Henrik Lundqvist stopped 36 shots for his 25th career NHL shutout and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 on Saturday.
Toronto was shut out for the second consecutive game and hasnt scored in 122 minutes, 24 seconds. The Maple Leafs (5-4-1) have recorded only s including two losses [...]

31 Oct

Bobrovsky’s strong play lifts Flyers past Islanders

Oct. 30, 201 Jeff Carter and Chris Pronger both scored two goals, to back a strong goaltending performance by Sergei Bobrovsky, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 6-1 on Saturday night.
Kimmo Timonen and Andreas Nodl also scored for the Flyers, who have won three straight since a lackluster 2-1 loss [...]

31 Oct

Dupuis nets 2, Pens’ Johnson blanks Hurricanes

Oct. 30, 2010 The Pittsburgh Penguins dressing room displayed a complete turnaround in about 24 hours.
One night after a tough home loss to Philadelphia, the Penguins rebounded to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Saturday night.
The loss on Friday produced a team meeting and glum talk, but after bouncing back against [...]

30 Oct

Teenager Skinner scores two in Hurricanes’ win

Oct. 29, Erik Cole scored the go-ahead goal on a power play with 3:59 left in the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers 4-3 on Friday.
Jeff Skinner, the youngest player in the NHL at 18 years, 5 months, had a big night, scoring twice and playing a pivotal role in [...]

30 Oct

Atlanta’s Byfuglien goes end-to-end for OT winner

Oct. 29 Dustin Byfuglien split two defenders and beat Ryan Miller with a wrist shot at 4:31 of overtime to give the Atlanta Thrashers a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.
Buffalo tied it with eight seconds left in regulation when Derek Roy tipped Jordan Leopolds shot past Chris Mason with Miller [...]

30 Oct

Auld stops 30 in debut as Habs win fourth straight

Oct. 29, 2010<b Benoit Pouliot snapped a third-period tie, and Alex Auld made 30 saves in his season debut to earn his first victory in nine months and the Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Friday for their fourth straight victory.
Pouliot, the trail man on a 3-on-2 rush, took a [...]

29 Oct

Bruins’ Thomas remains unbeaten this season

Oct. 2 Bruins netminder Tim Thomas remained unbeaten this season, stopping 20 shots to earn his second shutout and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 on Thursday.
Rookie Tyler Seguin scored his first goal in front of the Boston crowd, and Patrice Bergeron scored his first of the season for the Bruins. Thomas improved [...]

29 Oct

Blackhawks star Hossa to be sidelined few weeks

NHL news-Spo Blackhawks wing Marian Hossa will miss the next few weeks with an upper body injury, a big blow for the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Hossa was injured in the second period of Wednesdays 3-1 victory over Los Angeles. Coach Joel Quenneville said during Thursdays practice that the injury is “not of serious [...]

29 Oct

Senators win consecutive games for first time

Oct. 2 The Ottawa Senators got contributions from all over their lineup to light up what had been one of the NHLs stingiest defenses.
Milan Michalek, Mike Fisher and Daniel Alfredsson each had a goal and an assist to lead Ottawa to a 5-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday.
Zack Smith [...]

28 Oct

Caps’ Neuvirth stops 29 shots for first NHL shutout

Oct. 27, 2010 Michal Neuvirth stopped 29 shots for his first NHL shutout, and the Washington Capitals beat Carolina 3-0 on Wednesday to spoil the Hurricanes first game on home ice.
Nicklas Backstrom scored two goals, including an empty-netter, and Matt Hendricks also scored for the Capitals. They began a three-game road swing by [...]