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Friday, December 25, 2009

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Monday, December 21, 2009

Atlantic lead on line in Pens-Devils clash

TSN- The battle for supremacy in the Atlantic Division has been slanted one way so far this year. The Pittsburgh Penguins will try for their first win in three games versus the New Jersey Devils this year in tonight's battle of division co-leaders at Mellon Arena.

The Penguins and Devils are both tied for the most points in the NHL with 51, good enough for a 16-point advantage over the third-place New York Rangers in the Atlantic Division.

However, while Pittsburgh has won seven of its 10 games versus division foes this year, two of those losses have been at home to New Jersey by 4-1 margins. The Devils are 6-3-0 versus the Atlantic Division this year and have won eight of their last 11 in the Steel City.

These two clubs will meet for the first time this year in New Jersey on December 30.

Both teams come into this matchup riding impressive win streaks. The Devils are in the midst of their second four-game winning streak of the season, while the Penguins have won five straight overall.

Pittsburgh has been doing its damage in the shootout, where it has won its last two games and is 6-0 this year. Kris Letang scored the lone shootout tally in Saturday's 2-1 victory over Buffalo, while Marc-Andre Fleury halted all three Buffalo skaters in the final frame to cap his 31-save effort.

"I think our side did awesome," Fleury said. "Guys played really hard to the end and in overtime. They blocked a lot of shots and they took the rebounds away from me, so that was big."

Chris Kunitz had the lone regulation tally for the Penguins, who went 0-for-5 on the man advantage but also held the Sabres scoreless on their eight power- play attempts.

The Penguins have now won seven of their last nine at home and begin a three- game residency tonight.

Pittsburgh has an outstanding 12-5-1 mark at home this year, but welcomes a New Jersey squad to town that is 12-2-1 on the road. New Jersey has won three straight as the guest and kicked off a three-game swing with a 5-4 victory in Atlanta on Saturday.

New Jersey fell behind 3-1 in the first period, as Martin Brodeur allowed three goals on six shots before getting the early hook. He was making his 12th straight start and first since setting a new NHL record for most regular- season appearances by a goaltender with 1,030. Yann Danis came on in relief in his first appearance since November 21 and made 19 saves on 20 shots.

Brian Rolston, Rod Pelley and Dean McAmmond all scored in the second period and McAmmond capped a four-goal burst with another marker in the third. Pelley, meanwhile, notched his first goal since November 23, 2007 versus Atlanta.

"We changed goalies to be different," said New Jersey coach Jacques Lemaire. "I thought it was a good opportunity to put Danis in. The guys kept working hard. It's a great win for us because of the situation. Our first period was probably our best period."

New Jersey's Patrik Elias added an assist to run his point streak to seven games. He has four goals and eight points on the run.

Coyotes sign D Eriksson

The Phoenix Coyotes on Monday signed veteran defenseman Anders Eriksson and recalled him from San Antonio of the American Hockey League. Per club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.

The 34-year-old Swede had a goal and two assists in eight games with the Rampage. He spent the majority of the 2008-09 campaign with Calgary's AHL affiliate, the Quad City Flames.

Originally selected by Detroit with the 22nd overall pick of the 1993 draft, Eriksson has registered 22 goals and 149 assists in 552 career NHL games with the Red Wings, Chicago, Florida, Toronto, Columbus and Calgary.

He won a Stanley Cup with Detroit in 1998.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Quick named NHL's top star

Quick named NHL's top star

New York, NY (Sports Network) - Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick, Vancouver's Daniel Sedin and Phoenix's Ilya Bryzgalov have been selected as the NHL's 'Three Stars' for the week ending December 13.

Quick picked up the First Star after winning each of his three starts last week by stopping 80 of the 85 shots he faced.

Sedin notched a hat trick against Atlanta and added a goal and an assist in each of the Canucks' other two games last week to garner the Second Star.

Bryzgalov captured the Third Star after a 2-0-1 week -- the lone loss coming in an eight-round shootout -- with a shutout.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Current NHL Injuries in and Around the League




NHL Injuries
Anaheim Ducks
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Kyle Calder LW 11/29/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 2-4 weeks IR left eye
Ryan Carter C 11/12/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR broken right foot
Joffrey Lupul RW 11/20/2009 is on injured reserve IR back spasms
Atlanta Thrashers
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Kari Lehtonen G 10/01/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR back surgery
Boston Bruins
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Milan Lucic LW 11/26/2009 will miss at least four weeks Out high ankle sprain
Buffalo Sabres
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Paul Gaustad C 11/29/2009 is out indefinitely Out knee
Patrick Kaleta RW 12/01/2009 is probable for Thursday's game against Montreal Probable two-game suspension served
Craig Rivet D 12/01/2009 is questionable for Thursday's game against Montreal Questionable knee/ankle
Calgary Flames
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
John Armstrong C 09/17/2009 is on injured reserve IR shoulder
Rene Bourque LW 11/20/2009 is expected to be activated from injured reserve for Thursday's game against Phoenix IR undisclosed
Cory Sarich D 12/01/2009 is questionable for Thursday's game against Phoenix Questionable undisclosed
Carolina Hurricanes
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Casey Borer D 09/14/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR broken neck
Joe Corvo D 12/01/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 2-3 months IR lower right leg surgery
Chad LaRose RW 12/01/2009 is questionable for Saturday's game against Vancouver Questionable lower body
Michael Ryan LW 09/22/2009 is on injured reserve IR concussion
Scott Walker RW 11/16/2009 is out indefinitely Out upper body
Cam Ward G 11/08/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR lacerated left leg
Chicago Blackhawks
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Dave Bolland C 11/06/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 3-4 months IR back surgery
Adam Burish RW 09/22/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR knee surgery
Colorado Avalanche
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Kyle Cumiskey D 11/24/2009 is on injured reserve IR foot
Milan Hejduk RW 12/02/2009 is expected to miss Wednesday's game against Florida Out knee
David Jones RW 11/29/2009 is expected to miss 4-6 months Out torn left ACL
Ruslan Salei D 10/09/2009 is on injured reserve IR back
Brandon Yip RW 10/01/2009 is on injured reserve IR undisclosed
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Derek Dorsett RW 11/20/2009 is on injured reserve IR head
Rostislav Klesla D 12/01/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks IR torn groin
Marc Methot D 12/02/2009 is doubtful for Thursday's game against Toronto Doubtful upper body
Fredrik Modin LW 09/29/2009 is on injured reserve IR knee
Andrew Murray C 10/20/2009 is expected to be activated from injured reserve for Thursday's game against Toronto IR torn muscle in shoulder
Dallas Stars
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Luke Gazdic LW 10/02/2009 is on injured reserve IR shoulder
Detroit Red Wings
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Patrick Eaves RW 12/02/2009 is expected to miss Thursday's game against Edmonton Out left ankle
Cory Emmerton C 09/28/2009 is on injured reserve IR upper body
Valtteri Filppula C 10/30/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 6-8 weeks IR broken right wrist
Johan Franzen C 10/09/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss at least four months IR left knee surgery
Niklas Kronwall D 11/22/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 1-2 months IR sprained left MCL
Andreas Lilja D 09/14/2009 is on injured reserve IR post-concussion symptoms
Brian Rafalski D 12/02/2009 is questionable for Thursday's game against Edmonton Questionable tightness in back
Jason Williams C 11/08/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss at least two months IR broken right fibula
Edmonton Oilers
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Taylor Chorney D 11/10/2009 is on injured reserve IR ankle
Mike Comrie C 11/17/2009 is on injured reserve IR mononucleosis
Denis Grebeshkov D 11/12/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks IR partially torn MCL
Ales Hemsky RW 11/27/2009 is on injured reserve and will miss the remainder of the season IR left shoulder surgery
Nikolai Khabibulin G 11/21/2009 is on injured reserve IR back
Robert Nilsson C 11/10/2009 may be activated from injured reserve for Thursday's game against Detroit IR concussion
Fernando Pisani RW 11/12/2009 is on injured reserve IR ulcerative colitis
Marc Pouliot C 09/30/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss at least two months IR sports hernia/pubic bone inflammation
Ryan Stone C 10/22/2009 may be activated from injured reserve for Thursday's game against Detroit IR arthroscopic knee surgery
Florida Panthers
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
David Booth LW 10/25/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR concussion
Kenndal McArdle LW 12/02/2009 is out indefinitely Out left shoulder
Cory Stillman LW 11/21/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR knee
Nick Tarnasky LW 09/26/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR broken orbital bone
Tomas Vokoun G 12/02/2009 is expected to miss Wednesday's game against Colorado Out lacerated left ear
Los Angeles Kings
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Andrei Loktionov C 11/26/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss four months IR shoulder surgery
Rob Scuderi D 12/02/2009 is questionable for Thursday's game against Ottawa Questionable lower body
Brandon Segal RW 12/02/2009 is doubtful for Thursday's game against Ottawa Doubtful lower body
Ryan Smyth LW 11/18/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss four weeks IR upper body
Minnesota Wild
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 10/04/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR concussion/headaches
Brent Burns D 11/19/2009 is on injured reserve IR concussion
Martin Havlat RW 11/19/2009 is expected to be activated from injured reserve for Wednesday's game against Nashville IR strained hamstring
Shane Hnidy D 12/02/2009 is probable for Wednesday's game against Nashville Probable personal
Kim Johnsson D 12/02/2009 is questionable for Wednesday's game against Nashville Questionable flu-like symptoms
Antti Miettinen RW 12/02/2009 is probable for Wednesday's game against Nashville Probable swine flu
Petr Sykora RW 11/09/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR concussion
Marek Zidlicky D 12/02/2009 is probable for Wednesday's game against Nashville Probable upper body
Montreal Canadiens
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Hal Gill D 11/04/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR broken foot
Brian Gionta RW 11/18/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR broken left foot
Andrei Kostitsyn LW 12/02/2009 is probable for Thursday's game against Buffalo Probable foot
Georges Laraque RW 12/01/2009 will be eligible to return for Friday's game against Boston Suspended five-game suspension
Andrei Markov D 10/02/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss four months IR left ankle tendon surgery
Benoit Pouliot LW 11/15/2009 is on injured reserve IR wrist
Nashville Predators
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Colin Wilson C 11/01/2009 is on injured reserve IR groin
New Jersey Devils
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
David Clarkson RW 11/28/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks IR broken right fibula
Jamie Langenbrunner RW 12/02/2009 is questionable for Wednesday's game against Vancouver Questionable undisclosed
Paul Martin D 10/26/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks IR broken left arm
Rob Niedermayer C 11/05/2009 is expected to be activated from injured reserve for Wednesday's game against Vancouver IR upper body
Johnny Oduya D 10/30/2009 is on injured reserve IR groin
Jay Pandolfo LW 10/26/2009 is expected to be activated from injured reserve for Wednesday's game against Vancouver IR separated right shoulder
Dainius Zubrus C 11/20/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks IR right kneecap surgery
New York Islanders
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Rick DiPietro G 10/01/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR knee surgery
Mark Flood D 09/30/2009 is on injured reserve IR lower body
Radek Martinek D 11/07/2009 is on injured reserve and will miss the remainder of the season IR torn right ACL
Frans Nielsen C 12/02/2009 is expected to miss Thursday's game against Atlanta Out upper body
Jeremy Reich LW 09/30/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR broken left wrist
Andy Sutton D 11/29/2009 is expected to miss 2-4 weeks Out strained groin
Doug Weight C 11/07/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks IR upper body
New York Rangers
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Artem Anisimov C 12/01/2009 is questionable for Saturday's game against Buffalo Questionable head
Donald Brashear LW 12/01/2009 is questionable for Saturday's game against Buffalo Questionable head
Brandon Dubinsky C 11/09/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks IR broken right hand
Wade Redden D 12/01/2009 is questionable for Saturday's game against Buffalo Questionable right shoulder
Ottawa Senators
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Shean Donovan RW 11/20/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR knee
Pascal Leclaire G 11/24/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss four weeks IR broken jaw
Chris Neil RW 11/26/2009 is expected to miss 1-2 weeks Out knee
Philadelphia Flyers
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Blair Betts C 11/22/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks IR dislocated right shoulder
Danny Briere C 11/30/2009 is probable for Thursday's game against Vancouver Probable flu-like symptoms
Simon Gagne LW 10/27/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 6-8 weeks IR abdominal/hernia surgery
Darroll Powe C 11/21/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks IR strained left shoulder
Mike Rathje D 10/01/2009 is on injured reserve and will miss the entire season IR hip/back
Jared Ross C 11/29/2009 is questionable for Thursday's game against Vancouver Questionable head
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen D 11/08/2009 is out indefinitely Out concussion
Phoenix Coyotes
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Ed Jovanovski D 11/30/2009 is questionable for Thursday's game against Calgary Questionable lower body
Peter Mueller C 11/30/2009 is questionable for Thursday's game against Calgary Questionable upper body
Kurt Sauer D 10/07/2009 is on injured reserve IR headaches
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Matt Cooke LW 11/29/2009 will be eligible to return for Saturday's game against Chicago Suspended two-game suspension
Alex Goligoski D 12/01/2009 is questionable for Thursday's game against Colorado Questionable undisclosed
Chris Kunitz LW 11/13/2009 is on injured reserve IR lower body
San Jose Sharks
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Jody Shelley LW 11/10/2009 is on injured reserve IR body soreness
Brad Staubitz RW 11/16/2009 is out indefinitely Out broken right cheekbone
St. Louis Blues
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Eric Brewer D 12/01/2009 is questionable for Thursday's game against San Jose Questionable back
Carlo Colaiacovo D 12/01/2009 is questionable for Thursday's game against San Jose Questionable foot
D.J. King LW 10/25/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss at least two months IR right hand surgery
Tampa Bay Lightning
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Paul Ranger D 10/23/2009 is on injured reserve IR personal
Toronto Maple Leafs
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Carl Gunnarsson D 12/02/2009 is questionable for Thursday's game against Columbus Questionable upper body
Jonas Gustavsson G 12/02/2009 is expected to miss Thursday's game against Columbus Out irregular heartbeat
John Mitchell C 11/24/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR knee
Vesa Toskala G 11/24/2009 is on injured reserve IR groin
Mike Van Ryn D 09/30/2009 is on injured reserve and will miss the remainder of the season IR left knee surgery
Vancouver Canucks
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Alexandre Bolduc C 10/30/2009 is on injured reserve IR shoulder
Pavol Demitra C 09/14/2009 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR shoulder surgery
Michael Grabner RW 11/02/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss six weeks IR broken ankle
Ryan Johnson C 12/02/2009 is probable for Wednesday's game against New Jersey Probable sore left foot
Rick Rypien C 12/02/2009 is probable for Wednesday's game against New Jersey Probable upper body
Washington Capitals
Player Pos. Date Details Status Injury
Boyd Gordon C 11/15/2009 is on injured reserve IR back
Mike Knuble RW 11/14/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 3-4 weeks IR broken left pinky finger
Quintin Laing RW 11/18/2009 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks IR broken jaw
Shaone Morrisonn D 12/02/2009 is expected to miss Thursday's game against Florida Out concussion
Alex Ovechkin LW 12/01/2009 will be eligible to return for Monday's game against Tampa Bay Suspended two-game suspension/right knee
Tom Poti D 11/21/2009 is on injured reserve IR upper body
Alexander Semin RW 11/15/2009 is on injured reserve IR right wrist

Philadelphia Flyers Give out 3 year extension

Flyers give D Bartulis three-year extension

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Flyers announced on Wednesday that defenseman Oskars Bartulis was signed to a three-year contract extension.

Financial terms were not disclosed. The 22-year-old Bartulis has played in 10 career games -- all this season with Philadelphia -- and has two assists and six penalty minutes.

"Oskars has developed nicely over the past two years and fit in nicely with our team," said Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren. "We are happy to have him under contract and are pleased to know he is part of our defensive group for the next several years."

Bartulis was selected by Philadelphia in the third round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

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Minnessota Wild welcome the Predators for some Hockey Action

Wild welcome Preds to Minnesota

(Sports Network) - The Minnesota Wild will try for their first three-game winning streak of the season when they welcome the Nashville Predators for tonight's clash at Xcel Energy Center.

This marks the first of two games this week between the Wild and Predators as the clubs will also meet in Nashville this Saturday. It's not a home-and-home, however, as both teams will face different teams on Friday.

The Predators recorded a 4-3 regulation win in Minnesota when the teams faced off on October 28. The clubs have split the last six meetings and the Wild have come out on top in seven of the last 11 encounters. Minnesota also has three victories in the last five matchups in the Gopher State.

The Wild are coming off a home-and-home sweep of Colorado and will try to win three straight for the first time since ending the 2008-09 on three-game winning streak from April 7-11.

Minnesota earned a 5-3 home decision on Friday against the Avalanche and then posted a shootout victory the following night in Denver. Andrew Ebbett and Mikko Koivu each scored a goal in the shootout on Saturday to lift the Wild to the 3-2 decision at Pepsi Center.

Guillaume Latendresse scored his first goal in his second game with the Wild, who are 11-1-2 in their last 14 games against Colorado. Latendresse came over last week from Montreal in a trade for forward Benoit Pouliot.

Eric Belanger also scored, and Josh Harding made 20 stops to get his first win of the season in his fourth try. The Wild are expected to go back to regular starter Niklas Backstrom tonight.

The Wild could be without defensemen Kim Johnsson (flu) and Marek Zidlicky (lower body) and forward Antti Miettinen (flu) tonight. The trio are listed as questionable.

Minnesota, which is 7-3-1 as the host this year, is playing the first of two straight at home tonight. The Wild will also host Anaheim on Friday before beginning a five-game road trip with Saturday's test in Nashville.

The Predators, meanwhile, have dropped two of their last three games following a season-high, seven-game winning streak.

Nashville also ended a three-game homestand on a down note when it lost 5-0 to Calgary on Monday. Miikka Kiprusoff posted his third shutout of the season with 22 saves and Jarome Iginla led a group of five different goal-scorers for the Flames.

Ryan Suter had a team-high three shots for the Predators, while Pekka Rinne was beaten four times on 29 shots in defeat.

The Preds are starting a two-game road trip tonight and will also visit Chicago on Friday before kicking off a four-game homestand against the Wild. Nashville is 6-5-1 as the guest this year, but has won its last two games away from the Music City.

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