Tomas Holmstrom scored twice to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Wednesday night. Matt Ellis also had a goal, Brian Rafalski added two assists, and Dominik Hasek made 13 saves for the Red Wings. Matt Cooke and Daniel Sedin scored for Vancouver, and Robert Luongo stopped 36 shots.
Rangers forward Ryan Callahan will be sidelined indefinitely because of a sprained knee, yet another blow to New York’s struggling offense. Callahan, who has one of New York’s 13 goals in eight games this season, was injured Tuesday night at Pittsburgh in the Rangers’ second consecutive 1-0 defeat. An MRI taken Wednesday revealed a Grade 2 sprain that won’t require surgery.
The Edmonton Oilers placed defenseman Sheldon Souray on the injured list with a sprained left shoulder and recalled Ladislav Smid on Wednesday. Souray has missed three games since being injured against Vancouver on Oct. 13. He is expected to be out two more weeks. He had a goal and an assist in six games.
Having Ryan Smyth in town might only have served to magnify the hole the Edmonton Oilers have since he left. Tyler Arnason had a goal and assist, and the Colorado Avalanche made Smyth’s return to Edmonton successful with a 4-2 victory over the Oilers on Tuesday night. Jaroslav Hlinka, Wojtek Wolski and Brett Clark also scored for the Avalanche, who signed Smyth to a five-year, $31.25 million…
The St. Louis Blues signed Paul Kariya, hoping he would add some much-needed offense. So far, so good. Kariya scored a goal and had three assists Tuesday night as the Blues kept Anaheim winless on the road by beating the Ducks 4-2 Tuesday night. Kariya, who had 72 points for Nashville last season, has nine assists and 11 points for the Blues in his first seven games.
All the New York Rangers have to show for those many zeros in the big salaries they gave to Chris Drury and Scott Gomez during the offseason are a lot more zeros on the scoreboard. Marc-Andre Fleury turned aside 36 shots in another strong start Tuesday night and the Pittsburgh Penguins won their third in a row by handing the Rangers their second successive 1-0 loss.
Josh Beckett, Dustin Pedroia and the Boston Red Sox were revved up and ready. Not so the Colorado Rockies, who lurched into Beantown with all the zip of a creaky old stagecoach. Back in the World Series with no Bambino’s curse to worry about, the Red Sox flattened the Rockies 13-1 in Wednesday night’s opener.
It started with a bang. There weren’t any whimpers. Dustin Pedroia homered to lead off the World Series for the Red Sox, and Boston kept on scoring … and scoring … and scoring, pummeling the Rockies with 17 hits on Wednesday night to beat Colorado 13-1 in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series. “They beat us pretty good tonight.
Barry Bonds is just a tad bitter about his departure from the San Francisco Giants. The 43-year-old home run king heard a long list of his accomplishments read during a special speaking forum Wednesday night hosted by the Commonwealth Club, then was asked by KGO Radio host Ray Taliaferro if he’d really reached all those feats.
Will anyone remember that the Colorado Rockies got here by winning 21 of 22? That fabulous streak skidded to a halt Wednesday night in Colorado’s 13-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox, who piled on more runs than any team in a World Series opener. The eight-day layoff the Rockies earned by sweeping the Diamondbacks in the NL championship series proved costly at Fenway Park.
