The Carolina Hurricanes stayed focused on Montreal, even with a game against the NHL’s best team looming less than 24 hours later. Ray Whitney scored twice and Matt Cullen had three assists to lead Carolina to a 5-1 win over the Canadiens on Saturday night. Whitney, who also assisted on Erik Cole’s goal in the first, scored a power-play goal with 33.8 seconds remaining in the middle period.
The Carolina Hurricanes stayed focused on Montreal, even with a game against the NHL’s best team looming less than 24 hours later. Ray Whitney scored twice and Matt Cullen had three assists to lead Carolina to a 5-1 win over the Canadiens on Saturday night. Whitney, who also assisted on Erik Cole’s goal in the…
Rick DiPietro kept the Islanders in the game, and Mike Sillinger made sure it resulted in a win. Sillinger scored a power-play goal with 27.7 seconds left in overtime to help the New York Islanders snap a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night. Sillinger scored from…
Damion James’ goal is to get 20 rebounds in each game. He hasn’t reached that mark yet, but he got closer than ever on Saturday night. James was one of three Longhorns with 18 points and he added 17 rebounds for his fourth straight double-double, leading No. 4 Texas to an 80-54 win over Rice.…
Alex Auld’s new Boston Bruins teammates barely know him, but they cheered loudly when, with sweat dripping off his brow, he made his way into the dressing room. Auld won his first start for the Bruins, 2-1 over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night, two days after they acquired him from Phoenix to fill…
Scolded one night earlier for their sluggish performance in the first period of yet another loss, the Washington Capitals made amends with a blistering start against the Atlanta Thrashers. Nicklas Backstrom and Jeff Schultz scored a minute apart to give Washington the early lead, and the Capitals got two goals from Mike Green in a…
The Minnesota Wild finally broke their Columbus curse. Brian Rolston scored a third-period goal and Niklas Backstrom made 31 saves to help the Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Saturday night. The Wild had not won in Columbus — going 0-6-3 — since their only other win in 12 games on the Blue…
EDMONTON — Doug Weight’s first goal of the season came much later than he would have liked, though it was a timely one for the St. Louis Blues. Weight scored in the third period to lead the Blues to a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night, giving St. Louis its ninth victory…
The Phoenix Coyotes can’t even score against the San Jose Sharks, let alone beat them. Goalie Evgeni Nabokov shut out Phoenix for the third straight time as the Sharks beat the Coyotes 1-0 Friday night for their fourth victory in a row. “Incredible goaltending from the first game of the season right up to game…
The Vancouver Canucks have denied that former coach Marc Crawford called for retaliation against Steve Moore during a 2004 game against the Colorado Avalanche. The team released a statement Friday refuting claims in court documents in the multimillion dollar lawsuit Moore filed against former Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi, the Canucks and their parent company, Orca…
Ray Allen was shaky, Kevin Garnett was quiet, and Paul Pierce flat out struggled. Trouble for the Boston Celtics? No. On a night when the three superstars were less than super, Rajon Rondo matched a season-high with 18 points, and the Celtics continued their torrid pace by holding off the Chicago Bulls 92-81 on Saturday…
The high-rollers who own front-row seats at Dallas Mavericks games gave up their spots Saturday night as part of the annual “Seats for Soldiers” benefit. Then Dallas’ Josh Howard and Utah’s Deron Williams made sure the troops enjoyed quite a show. On a night when both teams made 60 percent of their shots, Howard’s career-best…
Allen Iverson scored 23 points and Kenyon Martin had 20 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 101-97 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. John Salmons led the Kings with 25 points, and Beno Udrih added 24 for Sacramento, which lost for the second straight night.