NHL Hockey News

Toronto came away with a 3-2 shootout victory over the visiting Lake Erie Monsters in American Hockey League action Sunday, but Marlies coach Dallas Eakins was annoyed his team needed two third period goals to get there.

Ryan Jones and the Nashville Predators defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 in a shootout Saturday night.

Bryan Bickell scored his first goal of the season 1:12 into the third period, and Antii Niemi made 30 saves to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night.

Steven Stamkos scored his 15th goal at 2:56 of overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning their second straight win, 4-3 over the Atlanta Thrashers on Sunday.

Daniel Sedin has missed 18 games after missing just one over the past five regular seasons.

David Perron scored twice, and Patrik Berglund's first goal in 13 games proved to be the difference in the St.

Keith Yandle and the Phoenix Coyotes took advantage of the Philadelphia Flyers' momentary confusion Saturday night.

Jere Lehtinen of the Dallas Stars is checked into the bench by New Jersey Devils defenceman Matthew Corrente during the first period of Saturday's game.

For two periods Saturday night, Brian Elliott sat at the end of the Ottawa Senators bench.

Jarome Iginla scored a goal in each period to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

Shawn Horcoff hopes the Oilers can get off to a better start. The Edmonton Oilers established some offence their last time out, but will be challenged to continue the momentum on Saturday against the Chicago Blackhawks, winners of five straight .

D Paul Ranger , out; D Mattias Ohlund day-to-day. Hurricanes - C Eric Staal , G Cam Ward , C Michael Ryan , out; D Joni Pitkanen , G Michael Leighton , RW Scott Walker , questionable.

Owen Nolan's goal with 67 seconds remaining, his second of the game, sent the struggling Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night.

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.

Mike Santorelli and Martin Erat scored shootout goals, and Jason Arnott had two goals in regulation in the Nashville Predators' 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.

Rick Nash scored on a power play and Kristian Huselius added a short-handed goal in the final seconds of the fight-filled opening period, sending the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.

Michael Ryder scored twice, Patrice Bergeron had the only goal of the shootout and the Boston Bruins snapped Atlanta's four-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory over the Thrashers on Thursday night.

Scott Niedermayer scored a power-play goal 52 seconds into overtime and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night after blowing a three-goal lead.

Chris 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.

Two of the Carolina Hurricanes' cornerstone players have been placed on the injured list.