NHL Players News

Nathan Horton scored three times for his second career hat trick and the Florida Panthers routed the New York Islanders 7-1 on Monday night.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Longtime Blue Jackets nemesis Steve Sullivan had three goals for the seventh time in his career, leading the Nashville Predators past Columbus 5-3 on Monday night.

Penalties once again proved to be the Montreal Canadiens' undoing on Monday night as they dropped a 4-3 decision to the Buffalo Sabres.

In a preview of this year's Winter Classic, the free- falling Philadelphia Flyers will visit the Boston Bruins tonight for a battle at TD Garden.

The Toronto Maple Leafs host the Ottawa Senators on Monday night at the Air Canada Centre.

The sliding Tampa Bay Lightning will try to avoid a fourth straight loss when they visit the first-place Chicago Blackhawks for tonight's interconference battle at United Center.

Colorado Avalanche right winger Marek Svatos, left, shoots the puck at Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom in the third period of the Wild's 1-0 victory in Denver on Wednesday.

Blackhawks backup Antti Niemi made 18 saves for his third shutout in seven starts this season, and Marian Hossa had a goal and an assist in Chicago's 4-0 victory over the slumping Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday night.

The seventh power play was the magic number for Ilya Kovalchuk and the Atlanta Thrashers.

Radim Vrbata and Robert Lang scored, and the Phoenix Coyotes beat Western Conference-leading San Jose 2-1 on Saturday night, extending the Sharks' season-worst losing streak to five games.

Michal Handzus scored the deciding goal in the fourth round of a shootout, and the Los Angeles Kings moved into a tie for first place in the Western Conference with a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night.

John Tavares, drafted first overall by the New York Islanders, has deservedly garnered most of the attention as the NHL's top rookie this season.

Tough guy Patrick Kaleta scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal in the second period, and the Buffalo Sabres shook off an uncharacteristic rough beginning by Ryan Miller in a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday night.

COLUMBUS -- The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated left wing Fredrik Modin off the injured list and assigned center Derek MacKenzie to the club's AHL affiliate in Syracuse.

CALGARY, Alberta - Martin Havlat scored at 3:15 of overtime to give the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Friday night.

Wojtek Wolski scored the only goal in a shootout, Craig Anderson stopped all three Tampa Bay shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Lightning 2-1 on Friday night.

Matt Niskanen scored in the 11th round of the shootout and the Dallas Stars overcame a stellar performance by San Jose goalie Evgeni Nabokov to hand the Sharks their fourth straight loss, 3-2 on Friday night.

Todd Bertuzzi tied it midway through the third period and scored a power-play goal 1:07 into overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 comeback victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.

Alexander Semin scored two goals, Mike Green connected 1:16 into overtime and the Washington Capitals rallied to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Friday night.

Edmonton Oilers goalie Jeff Deslauriers has stopped 125 of 137 shots in the team's four-game win streak.