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Veteran defenseman Brent Seabrook has agreed to a five-year contract extension with the Chicago Blackhawks. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The 25-year-old Seabrook has played 452 regular-season games over parts of six seasons with the Blackhawks, who selected him with the 14th pick in the 2003 draft.
Seabrook made his debut with Chicago [...]
The Washington Capitals have claimed forward Marco Sturm off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings.
The 32-year-old Sturm, who can become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, played in only 17 games with Los Angeles after he was acquired from Boston on Dec. 11. The Capitals will be Sturms fourth team in 13 [...]
The Boston Bruins signed veteran defenseman Shane Hnidy on Saturday to a one-year contract.
Hnidy, who hasnt played since injuring a shoulder during a training camp tryout with Phoenix, joined the Bruins on the ice in Vancouver on Wednesday. He has yet to be clear to play by doctors and wasnt scheduled to be [...]
NHL news-Sports. The Tampa Bay Lightning have become streak busters.
Martin St. Louis and Simon Gagne had early second-period goals, and the Lightning beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Friday night to end an opponents eight-game winning streak for the second consecutive game.
“Two wins against the two hottest teams in the [...]
Veteran defenseman Bryan McCabe was traded to the New York Rangers by the Florida Panthers on Saturday for forward Tim Kennedy and a third-round draft pick in this years draft.
The 35-year-old McCabe has long been rumored to be a target of the Rangers, and he waived his no-trade clause for the deal to [...]
NHL news-Sports. After being in control most of the way, the Los Angeles Kings had to do some serious scrambling to avoid blowing a four-goal lead in the final seven minutes.
Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist, Jarret Stoll and defenseman Drew Doughty scored power-play goals, and the Kings held on to [...]
NHL news-Sports. Martin St. Louis and Simon Gagne had early second-period goals, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Friday to end an opponents eight-game winning streak for the second consecutive game.
Dwayne Roloson made a pad save on Ilya Kovalchuks shot during a breakaway early in the second [...]
NHL news-Sports.co Erik Cole continued his hot streak for the Carolina Hurricanes, scoring a goal and adding an assist in a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.
Cole, playing in his 600th career NHL game, has five goals and five assists in February.
Jay Harrison and Joe Corvo scored, Jussi Jokinen [...]
NHL news-Sports.com Rookie Matt Calvert had three goals and an assist and the Columbus Blue Jackets bounced back from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-3 on Friday.
Calvert, playing in his 20th NHL game, had never had two goals in a game. His night included a highlight-reel score when he [...]
Forward Alexei Kovalev is returning to the Pittsburgh Penguins on a day the team couldnt escape losing yet another regular to an ever-growing injured list.
The Penguins acquired Kovalev in exchange for a conditional draft pick with the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. The trade is Pittsburghs second in four days as the team attempts [...]