NHL

AP Sports WriterPredators sign Ryan Johansen to 8-year, $64 million dealBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Nashville Predators have signed top center Ryan Johansen to an eight-year, $64 million contract, the largest deal the franchise has ever handed out.General manager David Poile announced the deal Friday.Poile noted...

AP Hockey WriterSenators exec accused of touching, lewd comments to driverBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee is accused of inappropriately touching and making lewd comments toward a hotel shuttle driver while in Buffalo for the NHL's scouting combine.Lee was charged with second-degree...

Boeser gets hat trick as Canucks beat Penguins 4-2VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Rookie Brock Boeser had three goals and an assist, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.It was Boeser's first career hat trick. Bo Horvat had a goal and...

AP Sports WriterSharks sign D Erik Karlsson to 8-year dealBy JOSH DUBOWSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) The San Jose Sharks have re-signed pending free agent defenseman Erik Karlsson to an eight-year deal.The Sharks announced the deal on Monday, two weeks before Karlsson was eligible to become an unrestricted free...

AP Sports WriterStone, Flames top Blackhawks 3-2By JAY COHENCHICAGO (AP) Michael Stone shot the puck and it ended up in the back of the net. That was Stone's story, and those were the most important details for the Calgary Flames.Stone scored with 3:30 left on a shot that...

NEW YORK -- Nashville defenseman Anton Volchenkov has been suspended for four games for an illegal check to the head of Calgary forward Michael Ferland. The NHL announced the punishment on Sunday. Volchenkov also loses $21,505.36 in salary, which goes to the players' emergency assistance fund. The play occurred at 19:06...

Dallas 0 2 0-2Calgary 0 1 0-1First Period-None.Second Period-1, Dallas, Ja.Benn 9 (Seguin, Eakin), 4:00. 2, Dallas, Daley 7 (Ja.Benn, Eakin), 11:54. 3, Calgary, Giordano 9, 18:45.Third Period-None.Shots on Goal-Dallas 6-8-7-21. Calgary 9-8-5-22.Goalies-Dallas, Lehtonen. Calgary, Hiller. A-19,289 (19,289). T-2:26.

Vancouver signs defenseman Alex Edler to 2-year extensionVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Defenseman Alex Edler signed a two-year extension with the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday at an average salary of $6 million. The 33-year-old Swede could have become a free agent July 1.''I've said from the beginning that if...

AP Hockey WriterKrug's old-school helmetless shift may be among NHL's lastBy STEPHEN WHYNOBOSTON (AP) Torey Krug worried afterward that his pregnant wife would not really like him flying down the ice and delivering a bone-jarring hit without a helmet on.There wasn't anything he could do about it...

AP Sports WriterPredators win 5th straight, beat Panthers 4-3By TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Nashville Predators are starting to see why they signed Nick Bonino as a free agent.Bonino had his first multi-point game since joining the team this season, and the Predators beat the Florida Panthers...

AP Hockey WriterJets jump on Golden Knights early, open series with 4-2 winBy LARRY LAGEWINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) Dustin Byfuglien scored about a minute after the puck dropped and the Winnipeg Jets built a three-goal lead early in the first period and went on to beat the Vegas Golden...

NHL CalendarBy The Associated Press(All dates set before season was suspended until further notice.)April 4 - Regular season ends.April 8 - Stanley Cup playoffs begin.May 8-24 - IIHF World Championship, Zurich/Lausanne, Switzerland, ccd.June 1-6 - NHL scouting combine, Buffalo, N.Y., ppd.June 13 - Last possible day of Stanley Cup...