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AP Sports WriterLured out of retirement, Preds' Mike Fisher chasing 1st CupBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Losing the Stanley Cup last June wasn't what hurt Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg the most. Seeing how painful the loss was for veteran center Mike Fisher proved even more agonizing.''That...

AP Hockey WriterSabres goalie Ullmark out 3-4 weeks; Johansson promotedBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Buffalo Sabres starting goalie Linus Ullmark will miss between three and four weeks with an injury to his right leg.The team issued the update without revealing the nature of the injury Wednesday, a day...

Kings rally late and beat Golden Knights 3-2 in overtimeLOS ANGELES (AP) The new kids kept having their way with the Los Angeles Kings - until late in the game Monday night.Anze Kopitar tied the score with 10.8 seconds left in the third period and Dustin Brown delivered...

AP Hockey WriterUncommon path should ease NHL learning curve for TolvanenBy STEPHEN WHYNOThe secret was out pretty quickly.A week before the 2015 playoffs, the United States Hockey League's Sioux City Musketeers invited prospect Eeli Tolvanen to skate with them to see about signing him for the following season. He...

CHICAGO (AP) Trevor van Riemsdyk was a big surprise last season. He made the Chicago Blackhawks out of training camp, got hurt and then returned in time to help his team win the Stanley Cup.For coach Joel Quenneville, what van Riemsdyk is doing so far this year just...

Ducks D Kevin Bieksa out 2-5 weeks after scar tissue removalANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Anaheim Ducks defenseman Kevin Bieksa will be out for two to five weeks after surgery to remove scar tissue from his left hand.Bieksa is having surgery Friday, the Ducks announced.The 36-year-old Bieksa has eight assists...

Associated PressGolden Knights' inaugural season more than Cup for some fansBy W.G. RAMIREZLAS VEGAS (AP) Aaron and Rhonda Hawley never truly embraced how much the Vegas Golden Knights meant to them until late in the season.On March 29, their 17-year-old daughter Brooke and two classmates were killed in...

AP Hockey WriterBlues' Tarasenko out rest of 1st round with shoulder injuryBy STEPHEN WHYNOVladimir Tarasenko will miss the rest of the St. Louis Blues' first-round series against the Vancouver Canucks after aggravating his surgically repaired left shoulder.The team said Tuesday that Tarasenko is returning to St. Louis to have...

AP Hockey WriterBlues' Tarasenko hopes to be ready for camp after surgeryBy STEPHEN WHYNOCHICAGO (AP) With the exception of seeing a couple of concerts and getting some family time, Vladimir Tarasenko had a boring summer.A surgically repaired left shoulder kept Tarasenko on the shelf and unable to train...

AP Sports WriterNow up to speed, Blue Jackets try to rebound against BruinsBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Now that the rust has been knocked off, the Columbus Blue Jackets will try to even their second-round series with the Boston Bruins.Columbus had eight days off between sweeping Tampa Bay...

The Latest: Luke Bryan rooftop gig set to kick off Game 6NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Latest on Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final (all times local):4:55 p.m.Country music star Luke Bryan says he would've rearranged everything for the opportunity to kick off NBC's broadcast of Game 6...

Sabres agree to sign prospect defenseman Mattias SamuelssonBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Sabres agreed to sign prospect defenseman Mattias Samuelsson to a three-year entry- level contract on Wednesday.Samuelsson was selected by Buffalo with the 32nd pick in the 2018 draft, and completed his sophomore season at Western Michigan....