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AP Sports WriterLightning's Vasilevskiy standing tall in Stanley Cup FinalBy FRED GOODALLFor all the hype Dallas goaltender Anton Khudobin is receiving for helping the Stars reach the Stanley Cup Final, fellow Russian Andrei Vasilevskiy is reminding everyone the Tampa Bay Lightning have a strong presence in net, too.''If you're...

Evgeni Malkin was held out of overtime and the shootout Saturday night as a precautionary measure, Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. The Penguins star center took a heavy hit from Toronto winger James van Riemsdyk late in the third period and didn't take another shift. "Just an upper-body injury, kept...

The NHL and and its locked-out players may be inching closer toward a new collective bargaining agreement. But if training camp opens soon, the Carolina Hurricanes will have to start the season without Tuomo Ruutu, one of their key forwards. Ruutu recently had hip surgery and is expected to be...

AP Sports Writer'Bread' is the man in playoff surge for the Blue JacketsBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Artemi Panarin turned out to be everything the Columbus Blue Jackets were looking for when they traded for him last summer: A dead-eye sniper and deft puck distributor who can get...

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.

NHL suspends Rangers' Lemieux for 2 preliminary round gamesNEW YORK (AP) New York Rangers forward Brendan Lemieux has been suspended by the NHL for the first two games of the team's preliminary-round series against Carolina because of an illegal check that injured Colorado forward Joonas Donskoi in March.The...

AP Sports WriterKarlsson, Panarin and Bobrovsky can close strong and cash inBy LARRY LAGEMany NHL teams have plenty to play for down the final stretch of the regular season, trying to get in the playoffs or to improve their positioning, before 16 teams compete for the Stanley Cup.Some players...

Hertl scores 2nd of game in OT as Sharks beat Oilers 4-3EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Every time the San Jose Sharks fell behind Wednesday night, they fought right back.Tomas Hertl had two goals, including the game-winner 2:40 into overtime, and the Sharks came back on three occasions to pull...

AP Hockey WriterNHL's best referee: Wes McCauley goes by his own bookBy STEPHEN WHYNOWes McCauley keeps his good calls close and his bad calls closer.Any time the veteran NHL referee is feeling too good or gets down on himself, he breaks out a binder full of his missed calls...

AP Sports Writer'Saucer-eyed': Caps, others count on rookies in NHL playoffsBy HOWARD FENDRICHARLINGTON, Va. (AP) The Washington Capitals have never used more rookies during a single postseason than the half-dozen who helped Alex Ovechkin and Co. reach the Eastern Conference final.They're contributing in various ways, including with secondary...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Coyotes traded defenseman Brandon Gormley to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday for defenseman Stefan Elliott.The 23-year-old Gormley appeared in 27 games with the Coyotes last season, finishing with two goals and two assists. He has played in 32 NHL games since Arizona selected...

AP Sports Writer'I always think about Cups' - Rejuvenated Malkin leads PensBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Evgeni Malkin is already thinking about the future, the one where the hockey star in the family isn't the four-time All-Star forward for the Pittsburgh Penguins but his 4-year-old son, Nikita.The younger Malkin...