NHL

AP Sports WriterSalary-shedding Predators trade Bonino to Wild for KuninBy DAVE CAMPBELLThe Nashville Predators traded center Nick Bonino to the Minnesota Wild for forward Luke Kunin on Wednesday, a swap on the second day of the NHL draft that sent two picks to the Wild and one back to...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Anaheim's Ryan Getzlaf netted the deciding goal in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Ducks a 4-3 win against St. Louis on Friday, making it 10 successive home victories over the Blues.The victory vaulted the Ducks from fifth to third in the...

Stars reacquire D Oleksiak on day Methot has knee surgeryDALLAS (AP) The Dallas Stars reacquired defenseman Jamie Oleksiak from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday in exchange for a fourth-rank draft pick.The deal came on the same day Stars defenseman Marc Methot underwent season-ending surgery to repair a cartilage...

AP Sports WriterFlorida Panthers land Bobrovsky, and now thinking bigBy TIM REYNOLDSSUNRISE, Fla. (AP) Florida won its offseason. Now it is all about the postseason.The Panthers' offseason transformation is essentially complete after free agency netted them four players Monday. The biggest move was the signing of two-time Vezina...

Associated PressRasmus Ristolainen scores in OT, Sabres beat Devils 4-3By MIKE FARRELLNEWARK, N.J. (AP) Rasmus Ristolainen scored 2:37 into overtime to give the Buffalo Sabres a 4-3 victory over New Jersey on Friday night, snapping the Devils' winning streak at five games.Ristolainen bulled his way out of the...

Anaheim 0 1 1 0-3Los Angeles 0 2 0 0-2First Period-None.Second Period-1, Los Angeles, Martinez 5 (Schultz, Clifford), 8:54. 2, Anaheim, Getzlaf 14 (Maroon, Perry), 14:19. 3, Los Angeles, Kopitar 11 (Gaborik, Muzzin), 18:27 (pp).Third Period-4, Anaheim, Vatanen 10...

AP Hockey WriterLightning re-sign F Patrick Maroon, D Luke SchennBy STEPHEN WHYNOEven though the realities of a salary cap prevented the Tampa Bay Lightning from keeping their entire Stanley Cup-winning team together, they were able to bring back two key depth players who helped make it happen.Tampa Bay re-signed...

Associated PressZuccarello leads streaking Wild to 5-4 win over LightningBy MARK DIDTLERTAMPA, Fla. (AP) Mats Zuccarello had a goal and two assists as the Minnesota Wild won their fifth consecutive game, 5-4 over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night.Joel Eriksson Ek, Jason Zucker, Carson Soucy and Victor...

Maybe it was the extra rest, or another raucous crowd at the United Center. Maybe it was just the resumption of one of the NHL's biggest rivalries. Whatever it was, the Chicago Blackhawks finally found that extra gear they talked about for days. Johnny Oduya and Marcus Kruger scored in the...

A leg massage and a few sips of coffee between periods were all Kyle Turris needed to give himself and the slow-starting Ottawa Senators some jump. Turris scored twice, including the winning goal 3:54 into overtime, and added an assist to help the Senators overcome an early two-goal deficit...

AP Sports WriterDavidson pleased with Rangers' first practice in returnBy VIN A. CHERWOOThe New York Rangers were playing some stellar hockey coming out of the All-Star break to move into playoff contention. After four months away during the NHL’s stoppage due to the coronavirus pandemic, team president John Davidson...

AP Hockey WriterSabres fire GM Botterill in series of cost-cutting movesBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula reversed course by firing general manager Jason Botterill on Tuesday as part of a drastic cost-cutting purge of front-office staff and scouts on a team preparing...