The Detroit Red Wings were in full flight Thursday night. Marian Hossa, Dan Cleary, Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg each had a goal and an assist in Stanley Cup champion Detroit's 6-1 victory over the Dallas Stars. Kirk Maltby and Tomas Holmstrom also scored in Detroit's fifth straight victory, Niklas Kronwall added three assists, and Chris Osgood made 22 saves.
The Pittsburgh Penguins ended any debate about whether they should re-sign Jordan Staal, locking up the 20-year-old center with a $16 million, four-year contract on Thursday. The deal starts next season and runs through the 2012-13 season. Staal, who recently became the youngest player to appear in 200 NHL games, will play the rest of this season under the three-year entry level contract he signed...
Daymond Langkow and the Calgary Flames made the New York Islanders' pay for their mistakes. Langkow scored his 15th goal and added two assists in the Flames' 5-2 victory over the Islanders on Thursday night. Just 55 seconds after Jeff Tambellini's late second-period goal drew the Islanders even at 2, Langkow put the Flames back in front with 3:02 left in the period.
Mats Sundin got right back to work in practice Thursday a day after his first NHL game in nine months, while Vancouver Canucks star goalie Roberto Luongo returned to workouts with his teammates. "I felt good in the battles," Sundin said after playing about 15 minutes Wednesday night in a 4-2 victory in Edmonton.
John Anderson and the Atlanta Thrashers hope a road shutout victory propels the struggling team to better things. Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and an assist, and Kari Lehtonen made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season in the Thrashers' 4-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. "To come in here against a team like New Jersey, that plays so consistently good and are so big and...
The Montreal Canadiens got the start they needed. Andrei Kostitsyn had a goal and two assists, and Jaroslav Halak made 30 saves in Montreal's 6-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night. Patrice Brisebois assisted on each of the Canadiens' three first-period goals -- by Sergei Kostitsyn, Maxim Lapierre and Guillaume Latendresse.
Bobby Ryan's one-man show wasn't enough for the Anaheim Ducks against the Los Angeles Kings' balanced attack Alexander Frolov scored the go-ahead goal for Los Angeles on a power play after Ryan tied it with three straight goals, and the Kings won 4-3 on Thursday night. "You always feel confident when you lead 3-0.
Avalanche coach Tony Granato isn't ready to hand over total control of the net to Andrew Raycroft just yet. It's getting tougher to keep him out, though. Raycroft stopped a career-high 43 shots, including a late flurry, in Colorado's 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night. The backup goalie has won two straight since stepping in for the struggling Peter Budaj, running his record...
Two weeks on the road left the Flyers primed for a raucous return home. Did they ever deliver against Minnesota. Philadelphia killed off every power-play attempt, ended Niklas Backstrom's bid for three straight shutouts and, oh yeah, took sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Division. Mike Knuble, Scott Hartnell and Scottie Upshall scored goals and the Flyers returned home from two weeks...