Valtteri Filppula gave the Detroit Red Wings a rare win in Edmonton and kept the Oilers from salvaging a point from overtime. Filppula scored with just 24.4 seconds left in the third period to give the Detroit Red Wings their sixth win in a row, 2-1 over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. “We were all thinking it was looking like overtime,” Oilers coach Craig MacTavish said.
The Atlanta Thrashers have good reason to smile on their longest road trip of the season. Ilya Kovalchuk scored the decisive goal in the shootout to give Atlanta a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. The Thrashers have consecutive victories for the first time this season and improved to 3-2 on their seven-game trip.
Road arenas feel like home sweet home to the Phoenix Coyotes. Fredrik Sjostrom scored on a wraparound with 2:58 to go, capping a strong third period in the Coyotes’ 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night. Phoenix is 1-5 at home, the only victory coming over the Blues in the season opener, and 3-1 on the road.
Sidney Crosby has waited three years for a chance to play professionally in the “State of Hockey.” The hockey-crazed fans here have been just as eager to see No. 87 in person, and the NHL’s newest superstar and his brilliant young sidekick didn’t disappoint. Playing in Minnesota for the first time in their young careers, Crosby had a goal and three assists, and Evgeni Malkin scored twice and had an…
The Atlanta Thrashers have good reason to smile on their longest road trip of the season. Ilya Kovalchuk scored the decisive goal in the shootout to give Atlanta a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. The Thrashers have consecutive victories for the first time this season and improved to 3-2 on their seven-game trip.
Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron skipped a fundraising dinner honoring him Tuesday night because of a concussion sustained last weekend when he was checked face-first into the boards. There is no timetable for Bergeron to return to the ice, but Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said concussions of this severity usually require at least a month of recovery time.
Sidney Crosby has waited three years for a chance to play professionally in the “State of Hockey.” The hockey-crazed fans here have been just as eager to see No. 87 in person, and the NHL’s newest superstar and his brilliant young sidekick didn’t disappoint. Playing in Minnesota for the first time in their young careers, Crosby had a goal and three assists, and Evgeni Malkin scored twice and had an…
NHL players ratified a new constitution that significantly alters the way the union is governed, completing a lengthy review process that started with the dispute over the hiring of former executive director Ted Saskin. The constitution, approved through a secret ballot and announced Tuesday, eliminates the National Hockey League Players’ Association’s executive committee, which was comprised of a…
Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron skipped a fundraising dinner honoring him Tuesday night because of a concussion sustained last weekend when he was checked face-first into the boards. There is no timetable for Bergeron to return to the ice, but Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said concussions of this severity usually require at least a month of recovery time.
NHL players ratified a new constitution that significantly alters the way the union is governed, completing a lengthy review process that started with the dispute over the hiring of former executive director Ted Saskin. The constitution, approved through a secret ballot and announced Tuesday, eliminates the National Hockey League Players’ Association’s executive committee, which was comprised of a…
