NHL Hockey News

Naslund is used to being a captain but in New York he will be rocking an "A" on his sweater.

Ryan Smyth's power-play tip-in at 3:07 of overtime lifted the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 pre-season win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night.

Tomas Vokoun made 29 saves, and Jay Bouwmeester had a goal and two assists in the Panthers' 6-0 win over the New York Islanders on Monday night, the pre-season finale for both teams.

Jason Strudwick's tiebreaking goal early in the third period lifted the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Sunday night in the pre-season finale for both teams.

Defenceman Shane O'Brien earned six goals and 31 assists, along with 330 penalty minutes, for the Lightning last year.

San Jose Sharks Brad Lukowich celebrates his goal against the Los Angeles Kings during the second period of the NHL preseason hockey game Sunday, Oct.

Phil Kessel and Patrice Bergeron scored shootout goals, carrying the Boston Bruins to a 5-4 win against the Washington Capitals on Sunday night that wrapped up each team's pre-season schedule.

Vancouver's Pavol Demitra falls on Anaheim's Francois Beauchemin during third period Sunday.

Ty Conklin made 21 saves, and Johan Franzen scored twice to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday night in the final preseason game for both teams.

Ville Leino also scored for Detroit (6-1-2) and Nicklas Lidstrom assisted on all three goals.

Ryan Miller stopped 23 shots for Buffalo (2-4-1).

Franzen opened the scoring 2:54 into the third period. Leino scored his third goal of the preseason just 1:52 later, and Franzen added an empty-net goal _ his fifth tally _ with one second left.

Ray Whitney and Eric Staal both scored to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 2-0 win over the Nashville Predators on Sunday in the final pre-season game for both teams.

St. Louis center Andy McDonald finished the preseason with an NHL-best 13 points, scoring his fourth goal and adding an assist to help the Blues beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4-1 on Saturday night.

Brian Rolston and David Clarkson scored power-play goals in the second period as the New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in their last preseason game.

Jonathan Sim tipped home a shot by defenceman Thomas Pock with 6:01 left Saturday, lifting the New York Islanders to a 3-1 victory over the Boston Bruins in a pre-season game.

Niklas Backstrom made 25 saves and Stephane Veilleux continued his strong pre-season with a goal and an assist to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens Saturday at the Bell Centre.

Detroit Red Wings' Henrik Zetterberg , of Sweden, looks for a shot through the defense of Toronto Maple Leafs' Mike Van Ryn and goalie Vesa Toskala, of Finland, during the first period of their pr-season NHL ...

Markus Naslund and Brandon Dubinsky scored to lift the New York Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday in the NHL's second straight year of opening its regular season in Europe.

Naslund scored with 1:52 remaining in the second period on a wrist shot after being fed by Scott Gomez.

Martin St. Louis tied the game 3:57 into the final period after skating past Rangers defenseman Dmitri Kalinin and firing a backhand shot past goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.

Dubinsky had the winner on a power play with 5:44 left in the game.

The Columbus Blue Jackets continue to wait and see if top Russian prospects Nikita Filatov and Maksim Mayorov will be allowed by the Russian Hockey Federation to play junior hockey in Canada.

It seems the National Hockey League has their eyes on the Anaheim Ducks and Toronto Maple Leafs.

Just days after being waived by the Chicago Blackhawks, the possibility exists that goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin may be heading back to Russia.

The Philadelphia Flyers signed defenceman Luca Sbisa to an entry-level contract on Wednesday.