Brett McLean News

Three veteran NHLers have been placed on unconditional waivers, for the purposes of buying out their contracts.

This is the second straight post season that has seen a trade between the teams.

Sean Avery is losing his cool. The New York Rangers are losing games. And if this keeps up, the Broadway Blueshirts will lose the opportunity to qualify for the post-season. Memo to Avery: If you want to help your team, use your stick to put pucks in the net, not to clunk goalies in the back of the head.

In what could be their final day as a playoff contender, the Florida Panthers will visit the Atlanta Thrashers for this evening's clash at Philips Arena.

Jeff Carter scored the go-ahead goal at 7:32 of the third period, helping the Philadelphia Flyers clinch a playoff berth with a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night.

Heads down. That is the way so many scarred fans have filed out of the BankAtlantic Center in recent years.

The Florida Panthers' spark Sunday night could be traced to Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby's brawl in the first period.

Minutes after the Panthers beat the Flyers on Thursday night, winger Gregory Campbell was talking about the game against the Ducks in early November.

The Florida Panthers helped their chances of reaching the postseason with a big win in their last outing.

It had been at least 10 minutes. Panthers goalie Tomas Vokoun had changed out of his gear, showered and put on his dress clothes.

Todd White scored in the shootout after Ilya Kovalchuk rallied the Atlanta Thrashers from a three-goal deficit to a 5-4 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.

Brett McLean scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, backup Craig Anderson made 40 saves, and the Florida Panthers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

Jason Pominville had a goal and two assists during a 2:07 span of the third period, leading the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-3 comeback victory over the Florida Panthers on Wednesday.

The Panthers came into Monday's game one point out of a playoff berth despite losses in five of their six previous games.

Blowing third-period leads has suddenly become a habit the Panthers would like to shake.

When the Panthers needed a hero Thursday night, Stephen Weiss stepped forward. One of several Florida players who has yet to make a playoff appearance, Weiss opened the scoring with his first short-handed goal of the season and added an assist as the Panthers crept to within one point of eighth place in the Eastern Conference with a 3-1 victory ...

The only breaks the Panthers got in the Eastern Conference playoff race since Saturday night were the one to center Nathan Horton's left ring finger and the one to an orbital bone on defenseman Bryan McCabe.

For a moment, everything looked so good for the Panthers on Thursday night. Radek Dvorak had just given the Panthers a lead in a scoreless game, and the team and the majority of the fans at BankAtlantic Center ...

Sidney Crosby has missed the last four games with a groin injury. Sidney Crosby will be back in the lineup for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Florida Panthers on Thursday, the club announced.

Comox Valley figure skater Michelle Jarvis has plotted a new course for herself this season.