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CHICAGO (AP) - Blackhawks defenseman Kimmo Timonen is inactive for Game 6 of the Western Conference finals against Anaheim.Chicago acquired the 40-year-old Timonen in a trade with Philadelphia in February, but he has struggled to come back after missing most of the season while recovering from blood clots discovered...

The Calgary Flames signed goaltender Danny Taylor to a one-year, two-way contract a day after Miikka Kiprusoff suffered a lower-body injury in a 4-1 win over Detroit. Kiprusoff, who left Tuesday's game after the second period, is listed as day to day. "In the second period I felt some discomfort in...

Oilers trade forward Patrick Maroon to DevilsBy The Associated PressThe Edmonton Oilers have traded forward Patrick Maroon to the New Jersey Devils for a 2019 third-round pick and prospect J.D. Dudek.Maroon, 29, has 14 goals and 16 assists in 57 games this season. He is set to become an...

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...

AP Hockey WriterCapitals, Lightning resume rivalry after different seasonsBy STEPHEN WHYNOWhen Todd Reirden and Jon Cooper spent four months looking over video of the teams they coached this season, they saw almost polar opposites.Reirden's Washington Capitals started hot before their defensive game slipped. Cooper's Tampa Bay Lightning took a...

The PITTSBURGH and the NY ISLANDERS will both be gunning for a victory on 11/1/2018 at 7:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS vs NY ISLANDERS When: 7:00 PM  ET, Thursday, November 1, 2018 Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York ROT TEAM PL OU ML 5 PITTSBURGH 0 (-110) 6.5 -115 -105 -165 145 6 NY ISLANDERS TV: 7:05 PM LINE: 0 PREDICTION: NY ISLANDERS , PITTSBURGH Oddsmakers currently...

AP Sports WriterCapitals clinch playoff spot with 3-2 victory over CarolinaBy JOEDY McCREARYRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Making the playoffs was all but a given for the Washington Capitals. It's still a big deal for the player whose late goal wrapped up their latest postseason berth.Nic Dowd scored on a...

AP Hockey WriterSabres follow last place-finish by landing No. 1 draft pickBy JOHN WAWROWThe Buffalo Sabres followed a season filled with losses by finally winning something - the NHL draft lottery - and landing the No. 1 pick for just third time in franchise history.The Sabres became the first...

Associated PressPettersson, Markstrom help Canucks beat Wild 4-1By ANDRES YBARRAST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Vancouver’s typically strong power play has been struggling. Luckily for the Canucks, they’re doing just fine scoring 5 on 5.A day after scoring four third-period goals in Buffalo, the Canucks used a three-goal second period...

Patrick Kane had a couple shots that simply could not be stopped. Just like the Chicago Blackhawks. Chicago extended its NHL-record season-opening points streak to 22 games Sunday when Kane scored the tying goal on a power play with 2:02 left in regulation and the Blackhawks earned an extra point when...

McDavid, Oilers beat Canucks 3-2 for 4th straight winEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Connor McDavid had two assists, Mikko Koskinen made 35 saves and the Edmonton Oilers kept up their playoff push with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.Alex Chiasson, Zack Kassian and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored...

AP Sports WriterLightning redeem themselves, oust Blue Jackets in 5 gamesBy FRED GOODALLThe Tampa Bay Lightning are confident they're constructed for a deep run in the NHL playoffs.The league's highest scoring team retooled its roster in the wake of a stunning first-round loss to Columbus in 2019, feeling it...