Archive for December, 2011

19 Dec

Blackhawks douse Flames, Quenneville earns milestone win

NHL news-Sports. Marian Hossa had a goal and an assist, andChicagos Joel Quenneville became the 10th coach to earn 600 NHL victories as the Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames 4-2 on Sunday night for their fifth straight win.
Steve Montador, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Patrick Kane also scored for the Blackhawks, who got 22 saves [...]

19 Dec

Panthers’ Versteeg wins it in OT to beat ‘Canes

NHL news-Sports.com wi The points just keep coming for the Florida Panthers, especially on home ice.
Kris Versteeg scored 3:08 into overtime, giving the Panthers a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night.
Stephen Weiss shot from in front was blocked, but Versteeg found the loose puck and swept it in [...]

19 Dec

Blues shed Jackets with four goals in third period

NHL news-Sports.co Jason Arnott triggered a four-goal, third-period rally with the tiebreaking tally to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 6-4 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night.
St. Louis won for the fifth time in six games and improved to 13-3-1 at home, tying Detroit for the most home wins. [...]

18 Dec

Bruins crush Flyers 6-0 to tie for best atop East

NHL news-Sports.com w The Bruins got started right away with a goal in the first minute and cruised to an easy win after burying the Flyers with a flurry of early goals.
Benoit Pouliot, Daniel Paille, Zdeno Chara and Milan Lucic scored in the first period to help Boston beat Philadelphia 6-0 Saturday, snapping [...]

18 Dec

Canadiens lose to Devils in Cunneyworth’s coaching debut

NHL news-Sports.c Patrik Elias scored twice, including his team-record 348th goal, and the New Jersey Devils spoiled Randy Cunneyworths NHL coaching debut with a 5-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
Elias tied John MacLeans franchise record with his 347th goal on a power play 5:05 into the second. He b to give [...]

18 Dec

Malkin nets hat trick as Penguins crush Sabres

NHL news-Sports.com Evgeni Malkin had his seventh career hat trick, and the injury-depleted Pittsburgh Penguins peppered two Buffalo Sabres goalies in a 8-3 win on Saturday.
Jason Williams and Simon Despres both scored their first goal with Pittsburgh during the first seven minutes, and James Neal, Deryk Engelland and Chris Kunitz added goals for [...]

16 Dec

Kings produce first win for interim coach Stevens

NHL news-Sports.com wir Dustin Brown scored on a redirect midway through the third period and Jonathan Quick had 24 saves to lead Los Angeles to a 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday, ending the Kings five-game skid and giving interim coach John Stevens his first victory.
Brown added an assist and [...]

13 Dec

Chicago gets OT goal from Sharp, edges Sharks

NHL news-Sports. Patrick Sharp is working overtime on an impressive goal-scoring roll.
Sharp steered in a loose puck off a rebound at 4:26 of overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks.
Antti Niemi stopped Marian Hossas shot from the top of the right circle, but kicked [...]

13 Dec

Stepan’s two goals help Rangers dominate Florida

NHL news-Sports.c After Derek Stepan and the New York Rangers put on one of their most impressive offensive displays of the season, all they could do was tout their defense, grit and hustle.
Stepan scored twice, including a pretty coast-to-coast goal just after the Rangers killed a penalty, and New York beat the Florida [...]

12 Dec

Corvo, Lucic help Bruins rally past Blue Jackets

NHL news-Sports.com wir The Boston Bruins lost Zdeno Chara and Joe Corvo found his scoring touch.
Corvo scored his first two goals of the season and Milan Lucic had three assists to lead the Bruins to a come-from-behind 5-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.
“Its been a long time [...]