Ales Hemsky didn’t have much of a strategy against Dominik Hasek in the shootout. “I just came in and shot as hard as I could,” Hemsky said after scoring the only goal of the shootout to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 victory over Detroit on Thursday night, snapping the Red Wings’ seven-game winning streak.
Ales Hemsky didn’t have much of a strategy against Dominik Hasek in the shootout. “I just came in and shot as hard as I could,” Hemsky said after scoring the only goal of the shootout to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 victory over Detroit on Thursday night, snapping the Red Wings’ seven-game winning…
An offensive surge helped bail out a rare subpar performance by Calgary goalie Miikka Kiprusoff. Jarome Iginla and Kristian Huselius had three goals each in the Flames’ 9-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. “It’s not a goalie’s dream game, but you still have to be able to win these crazy games,”…
Ted Nolan showed his displeasure after the New York Islanders’ road-trip ending loss at Buffalo. Less than 24 hours later, the players’ coach let his stars know exactly what he wanted and needed from them. Islanders captain Bill Guerin scored a pair of rebound goals, and his linemates combined for three assists in New York’s…
Sidney Crosby kept shooting and shooting, and nothing would go in. No such problem for Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza, who are finding the net these days with nearly every puck they touch. Heatley scored two goals for the second night in a row and Spezza also scored twice as the Ottawa Senators wrapped up…
After playing defense in the early part of the season, Mark Streit is back where he likes it — right in the middle of the Montreal Canadiens’ offense. Streit scored two goals and rookie goalie Carey Price made 29 saves in the Canadiens’ 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night. “I played defenseman…
Sage Rosenfels scored on a 5-yard touchdown run and the Houston Texans led the Denver Broncos 7-0 after the first quarter Thursday night. The Texans scored on their first possession for the third straight game, marching 69 yards in seven plays. Rosenfels, starting for injured Matt Schaub for the second straight game, went 4-for-4 on…
The defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs faced the Angeles Lakers on Thursday night without stars Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. Duncan, averaging 17.6 points and 8.9 rebounds, sat out his fourth straight game because of a sprained right ankle. Parker, averaging 20.1 points and 6.8 assists, missed his first game of the season with…
Minnesota Timberwolves center Theo Ratliff will have exploratory arthroscopic surgery next week on his right knee that has kept him out for the past month. Ratliff will have the operation done Tuesday by surgeon Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., the team announced Thursday. No timetable for his return will be set until after the…
Kevin O’Neill is set to coach the 21st-ranked Arizona the rest of the season. He’s just not ready to take over the program permanently from Hall of Famer Lute Olson. “This is not my team,” O’Neill said Thursday. “If it is anybody’s team it is Lute’s team until he decides he does not want to…
Jamie Langenbrunner scored two goals to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night in a game played in front of about only 1,500 people due to a major snowstorm. Brian Gionta also scored and Martin Brodeur stopped 19 shots for the Devils, who halted a two-game…
Ruslan Fedotenko returned to the New York Islanders lineup on Thursday night after missing two games because of a shoulder injury. The left winger sat out at Tampa Bay and Buffalo as the Islanders finished a four-game road trip, before getting back on the ice at home against Phoenix. New York also had Tim Jackman…
The Philadelphia Flyers signed scoring leader Mike Richards to a 12-year contract extension Thursday While the team didn’t disclose financial terms, The Canadian Press reported the deal was for $69 million. The 22-year-old forward has a career-high 14 goals this season and also has 20 assists. He’s third in the NHL with three short-handed goals.