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The Buffalo Sabres and the Washington Capitals will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Verizon Center. Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 27, 2013 Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia TV: 3 p.m., NHL Network (U.S.), MSG, Comcast Sportsnet D.C. Prediction:...

The Carolina Hurricanes got the victory. The New York Islanders still came away with something even more significant. The Islanders clinched an Eastern Conference playoff spot despite a 4-3 shootout loss to the Hurricanes on Tuesday night. With the point they received by reaching overtime, coupled with a loss by...

The Boston Bruins admitted it -- they're looking ahead to the playoffs. And with the way goalie Tuukka Rask has played lately, the Bruins want to start the postseason as soon as possible. Rask stopped 30 shots for Boston in a 2-0 win over Tampa Bay on Thursday night, shutting down...

Vancouver Canucks winger David Booth had surgery Friday and will miss the rest of the regular season. Booth suffered a leg injury last Saturday against Detroit and missed the past three games against Minnesota, St. Louis and Phoenix. Canucks general manager Mike Gillis told a Vancouver radio station "there's a...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The remarkably slump-proof Minnesota Wild will have their season-long stability challenged next week. That's when the Western Conference leaders come back from their bye, the five-day gap on every team's schedule gained by the NHL Players Association as a concession for the new All-Star Game format. The...

MONTREAL (AP) Alex Ovechkin knows Maurice ''Rocket'' Richard's name, mainly from the six times he won the trophy named after the Montreal Canadiens' great as the top NHL goal-scorer of the year. The name came up again Monday night when the Washington star scored career goal 544, tying Richard's total...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Sweden's Mattias Ekholm scored the go-ahead goal in the third period while Finland's Juuse Saros stopped 35 shots to help the Nashville Predators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 in the NHL on Sunday night. Ryan Ellis, Kevin Fiala and Calle Jarnkrok also scored for the Predators,...

The Ottawa Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Air Canada Centre. Ottawa at Toronto When: 7:30 PM ET, Sunday, April 5, 2015 Where: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, City, TVA PREDICTION: Maple Leafs 3,...

SAN JOSE, California (AP) San Jose's Czech center Tomas Hertl scored 1:12 into overtime to give the Sharks a 4-3 victory over Dallas on Saturday, denying the Stars a return to the top of the NHL's Central Division.Hertl's shot beat his former teammate Antti Niemi, with the goaltender...

Chicago Blackhawks forwards Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa will not travel with the team for Sunday's game against the Detroit Red Wings, but they are questionable for Monday's game against the Nashville Predators, coach Joel Quenneville said. "I don't want to say no, but we'll see ," Quenneville said of...

Erik Karlsson stood outside the visiting locker room, munching on a celebratory slice of pizza. Must have tasted pretty good. Karlsson spent the evening on the ice for the first time in about 2½ months, and he and the Ottawa Senators are heading back to the NHL postseason. They might even...

DENVER (AP) The Colorado Avalanche have placed captain Gabriel Landeskog on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. The move is retroactive to Nov. 15. In video posted on the team's website Wednesday, coach Jared Bednar says he hopes Landeskog is more ''day to day than week to week.'' Landeskog has four...