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Assist added to Rocket Richard's total in 1945-46 seasonMONTREAL (AP) Montreal Canadiens great Maurice ''Rocket'' Richard is getting an assist added to his career totals.Six years of poring over scoresheets and summaries of games between 1917 and 1987 by an NHL statistics team has found and fixed more...

MONTREAL (AP) P.K. Subban and Max Pacioretty each had a goal and an assist and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 on Saturday night to extend their NHL season-opening winning streak to nine games.The Canadiens are a victory away from matching the NHL record for...

AP Sports WriterIslanders are rolling: 14-0-1 stretch harkens to 1982 gloryBy VIN A. CHERWOONEW YORK (AP) The New York Islanders insist they don’t think about how well they are playing. They are too busy preparing for their next opponent.However, win after win after win has added up to...

New Jersey Devils place D Steven Santini on injured reserveNEWARK, N.J. (AP) The New Jersey Devils have placed defenseman Steven Santini on injured reserve with a broken jaw.Santini was hurt Saturday when a puck hit him in the face in the first period against the Philadelphia Flyers. It...

Hall of Fame D Pilote passes away at age 85CHICAGO (AP) Hall of Fame defenseman Pierre Pilote, a three-time Norris Trophy winner who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961, has died. He was 85.The Blackhawks said Sunday that Pilote died Saturday night. Pilote was...

Blackhawks to play man short vs BluesCHICAGO (AP) The struggling Chicago Blackhawks are going to play a man short against the St. Louis Blues because of injuries and the salary cap.Coach Jeremy Colliton says forward Andrew Shaw will miss Monday night's game against the Stanley Cup champions with...

Catfish tosser says he was 'dumb redneck with a bad idea'PITTSBURGH (AP) A Tennessee man is calling himself a ''dumb redneck with a bad idea'' after police filed charges against him for throwing a catfish onto the rink in Pittsburgh during the opening of the Stanley Cup Final.Police...

Associated PressOvechkin powers Capitals to 4-3 shootout win over BruinsBy IAN QUILLENWASHINGTON (AP) Alex Ovechkin got his 24th goal of the season and then scored in the shootout to help the Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Thursday night.Lars Eller and Brett Connolly also scored for...

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...

Hurricanes' Dougie Hamilton out for Rangers series openerTORONTO (AP) All-Star defenseman Dougie Hamilton won't play for the Carolina Hurricanes in Saturday's opener against the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference's expanded playoff qualifying round.Hamilton has missed multiple practices, though the league has prohibited teams from disclosing whether...

NHL expansion team gets a name: Vegas Golden KnightsLAS VEGAS (AP) The NHL's newest team is named the Vegas Golden Knights.Owner Bill Foley and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the Las Vegas expansion franchise's official name and revealed its logo and colors Tuesday night at a gala ceremony...

Columbus 0 0 1-1Tampa Bay 1 0 2-3First Period-1, Tampa Bay, Connolly 9 (Morrow, Garrison), 19:36.Second Period-None.Third Period-2, Tampa Bay, Paquette 10 (Drouin, Killorn), 10:02. 3, Tampa Bay, Filppula 10, 11:43. 4, Columbus, Johansen 19 (Savard, Murray), 16:34.Shots on Goal-Columbus 7-16-12-35. Tampa...