NHL Players News

Craig MacTavish. Topics : Spengler , NHL , Edmonton Oilers , Canada , Davos , Saskatchewan Canada's team at the Spengler Cup has been together for two days of practice plus one big Christmas party for players, coaches, staff and their families.

Alexander Ovechkin will lead world champions Russia in the 2010 Olympic ice hockey tournament after being named in a preliminary 23-man squad on Friday.

Glen Metropolit scored two power-play goals after Andrei Markov had his third in three games, and the Montreal Canadiens routed the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 on Wednesday night for their third straight victory.

Vinny Prospal is scoring goals again. The New York Rangers gave their fans an early Christmas present with a fourth win in a row by defeating the Florida Panthers 41 at MSG on Wednesday night.

Trent Hunter and John Tavares scored 90 seconds apart in the second period, and Dwayne Roloson made 26 saves in the New York Islanders' 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.

The opportunity to upend the Philadelphia Flyers couldn't have been closer to grasp for the Lightning everything was picture perfect they were home after a lengthy roadtrip, they had won two consecutive games in somewhat dominating fashion and they were facing a struggling team that came into the contest having lost four consecutive games.

Ilya Bryzgalov made 21 saves for his NHL-leading fifth shutout of the season and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-0 on Wednesday for their eighth straight home victory.

James Neal scored twice, Alex Auld made 33 saves, and the Dallas Stars beat the stumbling Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Wednesday night.

Brad Boyes and T.J. Oshie beat Miikka Kiprusoff in a shootout to give the St. Louis Blues their third straight victory in Western Canada, 2-1 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night.

Marc Savard, Daniel Paille and Vladimir Sobotka scored during a 1:08 span of the first period, Savard added two assists and the Boston Bruins held on for 6-4 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night.

It doesn't seem to matter who plays goal for the Chicago Blackhawks. Antti Niemi made 33 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and his career, and Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist in the Blackhawks' 3-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night.

A pair of Northwest Division clubs trying to get back in the win column will battle tonight in St.

Defenseman Paul Martin underwent more surgery on his broken forearm and will miss four more weeks, GM Lou Lamoriello said Wednesday.

The guys in striped shirts have left the Senators seeing red. GM Bryan Murray called the NHL's director of officiating, Terry Gregson, Tuesday to voice his concerns after the club again went without a power play in the 2-0 loss to the Boston Bruins Monday.

Top performer is from the NHL. The San Jose Sharks Evgeni Nabokov. He came up with 45 saves in Chicago.

Daniel and Henrik Sedin each had a goal and two assists and Roberto Luongo made 20 saves and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Tuesday night.

For years we have heard about the San Jose Sharks being one of the NHL's model franchises.

The Phoenix Coyotes recalled forward Kevin Porter from their AHL affiliate in San Antonio on Tuesday.

RALEIGH, N.C. - A pair of benched veterans returned for the Rangers. So did the team's confidence.

Andy McDonald scored twice and the St. Louis Blues won their second game in as many nights, blowing out the Edmonton Oilers 7-2 on Monday.