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Ryan Miller stopped all 38 shots he faced Monday night to earn his third shutout of the season and lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

CP Selke, Pollock were the architects of Canadiens' amazing run of 15 Stanley Cup titles between 1956 and 1979 Neil Stevens The Canadian Press Published on Monday, Nov.

Before they joined the Ottawa Senators in the Dany Heatley trade, Jonathan Cheechoo and Milan Michalek knew only one National Hockey League team: the San Jose Sharks.

It was bound to be a memorable night for John Tavares. It turned it to be one the Toronto Maple Leafs won't soon forget either.

Ottawa Senators centre Mike Fisher of Peterborough has become the latest key player to be knocked out of the lineup by an injury.

Montreal Canadiens' Josh Gorges, right, collides with Washington Capitals' Matt Bradley during the first period.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes November 29th, 2009 November 29th, 2009 Topics : Washington Capitals , NHL , Montreal Canadiens , Montreal , Washington , Ottawa Frustrated at seeing his team blow an early two-goal lead, Bruce Boudreau ...

Toronto Maple Leafs centre Matt Stajan, right, fires the puck past Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Antero Niittymaki , of Finland, for a second-period goal during an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Nov.

Michael Ryder scored the lone goal in the shootout, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.

Sabres forward Patrick Kaleta was suspended for two games for a hit against Jared Ross of Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA - Tim Connolly and a little desperation helped the Buffalo Sabres snap a four-game losing streak.

Instead the puck slid into the right goal post and not into the net, and the Toronto Maple Leafs were able to eventually escape with a 2-1 shootout victory.

The blue and white Toronto Maple Leafs logos that were stencilled on city sidewalks are fading faster than the team's playoff hopes.

Erik Karlsson is back in the NHL. The Ottawa Senators recalled the 19-year-old defenceman from Binghamton on Friday, sending Brian Lee down to their American Hockey League affiliate.

Lucic out for four weeks Minnesota Wild defenceman Kim Johnsson, left, and Boston Bruins left winger Milan Lucic battle for the puck during the second period of Wednesday night's game.

Montreal's Andrei Markov was cut on the ankle by goaltender Carey Price's skate in the team's season opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Nick Foligno scored the go-ahead goal with 6:10 to play, and the Ottawa Senators held on for a 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets to continue their recent run of good play at Scotiabank Place.

The Ottawa Senators will have Alexei Kovalev in the lineup against the Columbus Blue Jackets Thursday night, but will be without Mike Fisher and Chris Neil.

's season already has been spiced with memorable moments. The Blue Jackets goaltender visited the White House in September with his former teammates, the Pittsburgh Penguins, and received his Stanley Cup ring several weeks later.

Sidney Crosby scored a goal and set up another with an no-look pass and the Pittsburgh Penguins matched a franchise record for most victories in their first 25 games, beating the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Wednesday night.

ESPN.com writer John Buccigross tells the coming-out story of a college student whose father, Brian Burke, is the general manager of the NHL's, the Toronto Maple Leafs.

If nothing else, the Toronto Maple Leafs are at least getting to experience things they never thought they would see.

Former Habs suitor sets sights on Coyotes NHL commissioner Gary Bettman addresses reporters during a news conference in Glendale, Ariz., on Monday.

Ottawa Senators No. 1 goaltender Pascal Leclaire has a broken cheek bone, the result of being hit by an errant puck while on the bench during Monday's 4-3 overtime win over the Washington Capitals.

Guillaume Latendresse failed to meet expectations in Montreal. With all the new faces brought in and all the money spent in doing so, Bob Gainey and the Montreal Canadiens no longer had time to wait for a player like Guillaume Latendresse to develop.

Montreal Canadiens' Glen Metropolit is dragged by Columbus Blue Jackets' Rostislav Klesla during the first period in Montreal on Tuesday.

Toskala heads to IR Vesa Toskala looks up at the Madison Square Garden game clock during the Maple Leafs' 7-2 loss Monday night to the New York Rangers.

Marc Savard #91 of the Boston Bruins skates the puck up ice against the Phoenix Coyotes on October 17, 2009 at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona.

Ottawa's Mike Fisher, left, celebrates his overtime winner with teammate Milan Michalek.

Montreal Canadiens forward Georges Laraque was handed a five-game suspension by the NHL on Monday for his knee-on-knee hit to Detroit's Niklas Kronwall on Saturday.

Guillaume Latendresse only has three points in 23 games this season. The Montreal Canadiens traded Guillaume Latendresse to Minnesota for Benoit Pouliot on Tuesday, the Wild announced on their website.

Toronto Maple Leafs general manger Brian Burke's goal going into the season was to make the playoffs, and the general manager believed he had the team to do it.

A St. Catharines math teacher is using the Toronto Maple Leafs dismal season as a learning opportunity for his students.

Niklas Hagman scored in regulation and again in the shootout Saturday to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals.

Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Martin had a simple explanation when asked why goaltender Carey Price has turned his season around in the past five games.

The Montreal Canadiens could be set to make a move. While GM Bob Gainey plays his cards close to his vest, he was surrounded by most of his scouting staff before the club's Friday night game in Washington and the speculation is there is a move coming.

The Buffalo Sabres held off the Philadelphia Flyers Saturday night in the Wachovia Center and the Flyers rebounded by holding the Sabres' place in the NHL record books Monday.

Phil Kessel, Niklas Hagman and a couple of good bounces helped pull the Toronto Maple Leafs out of another extended winless slide.

The president of the Ottawa Senators is blaming inconsistent ticket pricing policies for keeping fans away from games early this season.

Travis Moen and Tomas Plekanec scored in a three-minute span early in the second period, Michael Cammalleri added a goal in the third, and the Montreal Canadiens withstood a furious comeback to beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Friday night.

It had been over three years since Patrice Bergeron scored an overtime goal. The one he netted last night could turn into a rallying point for the Boston Bruins.

SINGER Carrie Underwood says she won't be moving in with boyfriend Mike Fisher of the Ottawa Senators in the near future.

Leafs starting to slip at box office? For the first time since it moved in the Air Canada Centre in 1999, MLSE's hockey team has failed to sell out its luxury suites Robert MacLeod TORONTO - From Thursday's Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Nov.

Chris Phillips waited a long time to reveal his offensive skills. Phillips scored twice in his 800th regular-season game, and Pascal Leclaire made 25 saves, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.

Patrice Bergeron scored the only goal of the shootout and the Boston Bruins snapped Atlanta's four-game winning streak, beating the Thrashers 4-3 on Thursday night.

Mike Fisher is making headlines for more than his high-profile romance with country music star Carrie Underwood.

Much of the sizzle surrounding the Battle of Ontario earlier this decade surrounded the matchup between the respective Swedish captains - Daniel Alfredsson of the Ottawa Senators and Mats Sundin of the Maple Leafs.

Ranger goalie Henrik Lundqvist stops a shot by Alex Kovalev in the shootout period as the Ottawa Senators met the New York Rangers in NHL action at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa , November 14, 2009.

Things are going well for Carrie Underwood and hockey boyfriend Mike Fisher - but not well enough for the two to shack up.

All it took for the Portland Pirates to end their two-game losing streak was some home cooking, some 500-plus miles away from their actual home.

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltenderJonas Gustavsson and defenseman Tomas Kaberle skate off the ice after their loss to the Minnesota Wild during their NHL hockey game in Toronto November 10, 2009.

Hard working, truculent, tough to play against, tough to score on. Nothing fancy, just a blue-collar hockey club that scrapes and claws and scratches out victories.

Tim Thomas made 27 saves and notched his 14th career shutout to lead the Boston Bruins to a 3-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins at TD Garden.

Henrik Zetterberg #40 of the Detroit Red Wings skates during game action against the Toronto Maple Leafs November 7, 2009 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Head shots remained on the minds of NHL general managers on Tuesday even though they were not on the opening agenda of a two-day hockey think tank.

Rob Zamuner and P.J. Stock are heading out on a road trip unlike any they ever experienced during their NHL careers.

The Ottawa Senators committed two years and $10 million to winger Alex Kovalev this summer, hoping for a masterpiece of an offensive season.

Photos from the Rangers 2-1 shootout win over the Senators in Ottawa. 2.jpg looks on as New York Rangers' Enver Lisin attempts to shoot the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Ottawa Saturday, Nov.

Ten-year-old Yehya Eldidi arrived at Scotiabank Place yesterday wearing his new Ottawa Senators jacket, flushed with excitement about seeing his first NHL game.

Nashville peppered Montreal with 55 shots on goal Saturday night. Steve Sullivan scored two goals and Pekka Rinne made 20 saves to lead the Nashville Predators to a 2-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

The Toronto Maple Leafs expect to be without hard-hitting defenceman Mike Komisarek for three weeks after placing him on injured reserve Thursday with a quadriceps injury.

It just wouldn't be a season for the Ottawa Senators without the requisite questions being raised over the reliability of the team's goaltending.

Jason Pominville scored the winner in the fourth round of the shootout, and Ryan Miller made 25 saves to help the Buffalo Sabres beat Calgary 2-1 on Friday night, snappin the Flames' winning streak at four games.

Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla denied having challenged the whole Montreal Canadiens bench during Tuesday night's 1-0 win.

Marc-Andre Bergeron and Glen Metropolit scored 1:02 apart early in the third period and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-2 on Thursday night.

Ray Emery closed another door on his colourful and often notorious past when he faced and defeated his former Ottawa Senators teammates on Thursday night in a convincing 5-1 triumph.

Tomas Vokoun stopped 40 shots for his third shutout of the season, and Cory Stillman scored in a shootout to give the Florida Panthers a 1-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier announced today that goaltender Jhonas Enroth has been re-assigned to the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League.

Teammates embrace Buffalo Sabres forward Tim Kennedy after scoring his first goal in the NHL a few weeks ago, against the New Jersey Devils.

Controversy with the Montreal Canadiens is nothing new, and the next chapter seems to have begun with a tweet last night after the Haba TMs game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Mark Recchi and Zdeno Chara scored first-period power-play goals as the goal-starved Boston Bruins halted a rough stretch with a 4-2 win over Buffalo on Saturday night, sending the Sabres to their first consecutive losses of the season.

Maple Leafs most valuable team Toronto Maple Leafs forward Phil Kessel celebrates his first goal as a Maple Leaf while playing against the Detroit Red Wings during first period NHL action on Saturday, Nov.

Mike Fisher #12 of the Ottawa Senators skates against the Buffalo Sabres on January 6, 2009 at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York.

The Montreal Canadiens wore vintage sweaters from their 1910-11 NHL season. That was the year in which the legendary Georges Vezina began his career with the storied franchise.

VOORHEES -- It's been nearly 18 months since Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray painted Ray Emery as a selfish and disruptive player who would need to change his lifestyle if he ever hoped to become a successful goaltender in the NHL.

As the top seed in the Eastern Conference, the Boston Bruins quickly escorted the Montreal Canadiens out of the playoffs last spring, but the banged-up Bruins look like a different team in the midst of a major offensive drought.

TORONTO - Brian Leetch has one regret when looking back on his Hall of Fame career: the lingering belief that the NHL lockout five years ago cost him a chance at another Stanley Cup title.

Ladislav Smid had a point. Heading into their game against the Ottawa Senators Tuesday, the Edmonton Oilers defenceman figured it wouldn't be the last time he was asked about the proposed Dany Heatley trade.

Veteran Buffalo Sabres forward Adam Mair has been placed on waivers, with the other 29 NHL teams given until noon Tuesday to put a claim on him.

A wave of injuries has ripped through the NHL, hitting some of the league's biggest stars and seriously messing with the pecking order.

Southern Ontario might see a second NHL franchise, but it likely wona t happen any time soon.

After just watching the Bruins get shutout for the second straight game, I feel the question has to be asked.

Though it wasn't a textbook performance, New Jersey played well enough to earn its eighth straight road win.

The Toronto Maple Leafs staked their claim to 29th in the NHL. The Carolina Hurricanes, meanwhile, are all alone in last place.

With one skate in the crease, Dallas Stars' right winger Brett Hull shoots the Stanley Cup winning goal past the sprawling Buffalo Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek in the third overtime period of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Buffalo, N.Y., on June 20, 1999.

Mark Recchi and Zdeno Chara scored first-period power-play goals as the goal-starved Boston Bruins halted a rough stretch with a 4-2 win over Buffalo on Saturday night, sending the Sabres to their first consecutive losses of the season.

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Malone tapped home an awkward winner that bounced over Jonas Gustavsson moments after John Mitchell nearly won it for the Maple Leafs on a pretty rush, with the puck nearly taking another funny hop into the goal.

"There were so many black sweaters on the ice, I thought the game was over," Gilles Gilbert recalled, the nightmare still fresh three decades later.

Despite a sixth consecutive loss against the Atlanta Trashers on Tuesday evening, the Montreal Canadiens sent Carey Price in net Thursday for their game with the Boston Bruins.

Hedman feels OK after Neil hit Chris Neil #25 of the Ottawa Senators throws a crushing bodycheck on Victor Hedman #77 of the Tampa Bay Lightning as he skates around the back of the net during a game at Scotiabank Place on November 5, 2009 in Ottawa, Canada.

Until this week, Daniel Alfredsson had pretty much decided against getting an H1N1 flu vaccination.

In this Oct. 1, 2009, photo, Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin smiles after the Capitals defeated the Boston Bruins in an NHL hockey game in Boston.

No mercy: that is what it is all about for the Toronto Maple Leafs. They are in last place in the NHL with one win and seven sad points, and are heading to Carolina for a showdown with the Hurricanes Friday night - a team with two wins and ... seven sorry points.

Bruins sign Rask to a extension Boston Bruins goaltender Tuuka Rask is too late to stop Scott Hannan from putting a rebound into the net to give the Colorado Avalanche a 1-0 lead Monday afternoon.

Carrie Underwood may sing about heartbreak, but in real life she's found love with boyfriend Mike Fisher, giving the hockey player a shout-out on the liner notes of her new CD, Play On .

Ryan Miller made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season and 14th overall, and Thomas Vanek had a goal and assist in the Buffalo Sabres' 3-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night.

Bruins forward diagnosed with H1N1 David Krejci of the Boston Bruins, seen trying to beat New Jersey defenceman Colin White off the rush in an Oct.

The Ottawa Senators have filed a grievance against Dany Heatley for his conduct during the summer, when he demanded a trade.

Luc Robitaille has a conspiracy theory about one of the few bad memories he was left with after a Hall of Fame career.

Toronto Maple Leafs' Phil Kessel skates by as the Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate their first goal on Tuesday, Nov.

Sabres call up Enroth Jhonas Enroth, seen giving up an overtime goal to Canada's Wayne Simmonds while playing for Sweden at the 2008 world junior hockey championship, has been called up by the Buffalo Sabres.

Senators defenceman Filip Kuba will rejoin his team on Wednesday in Miami after suffering a lower-body injury in their first game of the season.

Carrie Underwood has kept a low profile with her year-long romance with hockey player Mike Fisher -- but not when it came to acknowledging him on her new album.

According to an article from Sun Media's Bruce Garrioch, Eugene Melnyk, owner of the Ottawa Senators, has filed a grievance with the NHL over this summer's highly publicized dispute with winger Dany Heatley.

The Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings were two of the NHL's top teams last season, but neither club has carried that level of play into 2009-10. The Red Wings do have a solid performance to build on as they return home Tuesday night to face the Bruins, who are slumping offensively without two of their biggest stars.

Patrick Kane plays keep-away with kids during a skate-around as part of the USA Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Orientation Camp on August 18, 2009 at Seven Bridges Ice Arena in Woodridge, Illinois.

Where National Hockey League GMs gather, trade talk follows. Their meetings in Toronto next week is in range of U.S. Thanksgiving -- the quarter-mark of the schedule, when many teams have seen enough to make a change.

Teen's death hits Blake hard Jason Blake, seen trying to elude Anaheim captain Scott Niedermayer on Monday night, lived next door to Evan Frustaglio's family when he joined the Toronto Maple Leafs two years ago.

Phil Kessel's play is expected to go a long way in determining Brian Burke's legacy as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle, Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne and San Jose Sharks netminder Evgeni Nabokov were named the NHL's 'Three Stars' for the week ending November 1. Kaberle gained top honors by leading the NHL in scoring for the week with 12 points on two goals and 10 assists.

Forget the new NHL and its wide-open offense when the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins get together.

Erik Cole #26 of the Carolina Hurricanes stretches at warm-ups against the Boston Bruins during Game Five of the Eastern Conference Semifinal round of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the TD Banknorth Garden on May 10, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Blake Wheeler broke a scoreless tie in the third period Saturday and the host Boston Bruins went on to blank Edmonton 2-0 in NHL action.

The Montreal Canadiens won their fifth straight home game. The Montreal Canadiens saw their rival Toronto Maple Leafs come back from the dead on Saturday but like a plucky teen heroine in a scary movie, the hometown Habs dealt the killing blow in the shootout for a 5-4 victory on Halloween.

Blake Wheeler tallied the go-ahead goal early in the third period and added an assist, while Tuukka Rask stopped all 19 shots to register his first shutout of the season, as the Boston Bruins blanked the Edmonton Oilers, 2-0, at TD Garden.