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The Columbus Blue Jackets were supposed to have learned something from their first playoff experience - a first-round sweep at the hands of the Detroit Red Wings.

Raffi Torres is making two-goal games look astonishingly easy. Torres scored two uncontested second-period goals and the Columbus Blue Jackets held off the Atlanta Thrashers 4-3 on Thursday night.

COLUMBUS -- San Jose defenseman Dan Boyle scored the lone goal in a shootout, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped all three Columbus shooters to give the Sharks their sixth straight win, 3-2 victory over the Blue Jackets on Wednesday night.

Alex Ovechkin's upper-body injury doesn't seem serious, although he appears likely to miss at least one game.

After posting a 5-3 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night, the Los Angeles Kings return home to host the Columbus Blue Jackets at Staples Center on Sunday night.

Game Information Arena: Honda Center Location: Anaheim, California CLS ANA 6:12 0 1 CLS ANA 8:12 1 1 12:26 1 2 13:54 2 2 16:45 3 2 19:42 4 2 CLS ANA 4:56 4 3 7:43 4 4 16:38 5 4 19:44 Rick Nash Assists: Mike Commodore, Steve Mason 6 4 ANAHEIM, Calif.

There is an axiom in sports that all die-hard fans embrace. Once a team has reached a level at which its coach is grumpy after a victory, that team has "arrived." So it was with the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday in their 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings before a crowd of 15,251. On the back of their strong special teams' play, the Blue ...

Derick Brassard positions himself as teammate Samuel Pahlsson moves up ice against the Kings.

Duck won't fly in Canada The Anaheim Ducks started a three-game swing through Canada in Edmonton Thursday night.

Success in Columbus is nothing new for Blue Jackets forward R.J. Umberger. Most recently, the former member of the Ohio State men's hockey team showed his playmaking ability during opening night of the most anticipated season in franchise history.

Rick Nash #61 of the Columbus Blue Jackets waits for a faceoff against the Detroit Red Wings during Game Four of the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 23, 2009 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Travis Moen, Samuel Pahlsson and Rob Niedermayer did the Ducks a great service in 2006-07. As a unit, they formed perhaps the NHL's best shut-down checking line, and were an instrumental part of the Stanley Cup championship run.

"The main thing is to be ready to go. I'll take the necessary steps to do that. That's what we're looking at right now.

The Anaheim Ducks signed defenseman Brett Festerling to a two-year contract through the 2010-11 season.

The Ducks have acquired right wing Evgeny Artyukhin from Tampa Bay for left wing Drew Miller and a third-round selection in the 2010 NHL draft.

Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf underwent successful sports hernia surgery on Wednesday.

Take your pick. It's all three, and we're not talking about Anaheim's Brad May. We're talking about a Vancouver Canucks team that's in dire need of aid on this first day of May, thanks in large part to a power play that is somewhere south of Anemic - which may be the hometown the Ducks' Samuel Pahlsson left as a teenager to move to Ornskoldsvik, ...

James Wisniewski re-signed Monday with the Ducks. Defenceman James Wisniewski re-signed Monday with the Anaheim Ducks.

"James Wisniewski was a big part of our team's turnaround last season. Being only 25 years old, we expect him to continue improving and make a large impact on our team going forward." -- Ducks General Manager Bob Murray The Ducks announced today they have signed defenseman James Wisniewski to a one-year contract.

The post mortem is not going to be pretty, nor should it be. While the Anaheim Ducks were very much the superior team and full marks for their first Stanley Cup title, which they clinched last night with a 6-2 victory, the question in Ottawa will be: What happened to the Senators? The team that fell on its swords in only five games in the ...