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The Anaheim Ducks and the Colorado Avalanche will both be gunning for a victory on 1/12/2017 at 9:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup. Anaheim Ducks vs Colorado Avalanche When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 12, 2017 Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado ROT ...

Associated PressDevils slip past Bruins with 3-2 win in a shootoutBy MIKE FARRELLNEWARK, N.J. (AP) Damon Severson took a ribbing from his teammates as the unlikely shootout star for the New Jersey Devils.Severson scored in the sixth round Tuesday to give the Devils a 3-2 victory over the...

Goons are pretty much gone in the NHL.More and more teams are rolling out four lines of forwards who can skate - and score. The days of having seldom-used tough guys on the fourth line just to throw punches or protect stars are over.''One-dimensional players are almost extinct,'' Detroit...

AP Hockey WritersOvechkin, Crosby favor NHL going directly into playoffsBy JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNOPittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby prefers the NHL skip the rest of the regular season and head directly to the playoffs if games resume during this pandemic-interrupted spring.Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is on the...

AP Sports WriterNew faces, same expectations for Crosby, PenguinsBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) The number of players who helped the Pittsburgh Penguins to consecutive Stanley Cup titles is dwindling.Matt Murray is in Ottawa. Patric Hornqvist is in Florida. Assistant coaches Jacques Martin, Sergei Gonchar and Mark Recchi are gone,...

AP Sports WriterVeteran goalies take center stage for Rangers, PenguinsBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) So much for Henrik Lundqvist not being able to beat the Montreal Canadiens. Ditto with Marc-Andre Fleury's most important games with the Pittsburgh Penguins being in his rearview mirror.Welcome to the 2017 playoffs, same as...

AP Hockey WriterCap's Alex Ovechkin finished playoffs with lower-body injuryBy STEPHEN WHYNOWashington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin finished the playoffs playing through a lower-body injury that required pain-numbing injections.The Russian Hockey Federation announced the injury Thursday, saying Ovechkin would not be able to play at the world championships in Europe...

Pat Stapleton, longtime Blackhawks defenseman, dies at 79TORONTO (AP) Pat Stapleton, a longtime NHL defenseman who famously kept an air of mystery over whether he possessed the puck from the winning goal of the 1972 Summit Series, has died. He was 79.The Strathroy Rockets, a Greater Ontario Junior...

Coyotes acquire defenseman Robbie Russo from Red WingsGLENDALE, ARIZ. (AP) The Arizona Coyotes acquired defenseman Robbie Russo from the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday for a conditional seventh-round pick next year.The 25-year-old former Notre Dame player had nine goals, 23 assists and 81 penalty minutes in 75 games...

Associated PressBruins hope to have a healthy Chara for Stanley Cup FinalBy MATT KALMANBOSTON (AP) The Bruins were able to sweep Carolina in the Eastern Conference final without captain Zdeno Chara.Now they're hoping 10 days off before the start of the Stanley Cup Final will be enough time...

AP Hockey WriterCenter stage: NHL contenders go deep down the middleBy STEPHEN WHYNOA linesman orders Sean Couturier out of the faceoff circle and Claude Giroux shrugs before stepping in and winning the draw.Two centers on the ice at once is a nice luxury for the Philadelphia Flyers to have.''He's...

Coyotes trade goalie Mike Smith to FlamesGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Coyotes traded longtime starting goaltender Mike Smith to the Calgary Flames on Saturday for a conditional 2018 third-round pick, defensive prospect Brandon Hickey and the rights to unrestricted free agent goalie Chad Johnson.As Calgary gets the starter...