NHL Central Division News

Carolina goaltender Cam Ward was taken to the hospital after his leg was cut by a skate during the first period of the Hurricanes' game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.

Matt Duchene Avalanche rookie center Matt Duchene was on the ice for the morning skate today and afterward said he would be in the lineup for tonight's game against the Chicago Blackhawks at the Pepsi Center.

Eller gets the call to spark offense With McDonald unable to play tonight, prospect is joining the team from Peoria.

DETROITa 'Tomas Holmstrom is very motivated to get off to a strong start with the Detroit Red Wings.

Police investigating the hit-and-run death of a college student following a Detroit Red Wings hockey game plan to view surveillance video from downtown hotels and shops.

ATLANTA -- Raffi Torres is making two-goal games look astonishingly easy. Torres scored two uncontested second-period goals Thursday and the Columbus Blue Jackets held off the Atlanta Thrashers 4-3. Torres' second goal gave Columbus a 4-2 lead.

Peter Mueller scored his first goal of the season and Martin Hanzal added a goal and an assist as the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Thursday night.

Henrik Zetterberg 's shootout goal Wednesday gave the Detroit Red Wings a 2-1 victory over San Jose, snapping the Sharks' six-game winning streak.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed forward Kristian Huselius on injured reserve retroactive to Tuesday and added forward Alexandre Picard to the roster on emergency recall from the club's American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse.

Columbus may have trouble holding on to the NHL's Blue Jackets because the club has been losing US$12-million a year in central Ohio, according to a report released Thursday by a business group.

Head athletic trainer Matthew Sokolowski attends to Darcy Tucker of the Colorado Avalanche after he was hit by Tuomo Ruutu of the Carolina Hurricaneson Oct 23.

Detroit Red Wings defensemen Brian Rafalski and Jonathan Ericsson returned to practice today at Joe Louis Arena and are expected to play Thursday against the San Jose Sharks.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have added center Derek MacKenzie to the roster on emergency recall from the club's American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse.

A lot of NHL coaches prefer not to talk about the opposition, or pay a quick compliment and let it go at that.

Goaltender Chris Osgood, pictured, returned to form with 29 saves to record his first shutout this NHL season, a 2-0 win by the Detroit Red Wings over the Boston Bruins.

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.

Ron Wilson thinks the NHL 's general managers need to take another crack at legislating head shots at their annual meetings early in the new year.

Nashville Predators defenseman Shea Weber did not practice with the team on Monday morning.

The Washington Capitals just issued the following statement regarding the status of left wing Alex Ovechkin: Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin suffered an upper-body strain in Sunday evening's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets and his status is week-to-week, the team determined Monday.

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.