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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Drew Stafford scored a pair of power-play goals to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.Ben Chiarot and Alexander Burmistrov also scored and Connor Hellebuyck made 43 saves for the Jets. Hellebuyck turned aside 17 shots in...

Parise week to week for Wild with lower body injuryST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Zach Parise will miss the Minnesota Wild's game Saturday night against the Dallas Stars and is week to week with a lower body injury.The Wild say Parise was injured during a 4-0 win over Buffalo...

Mike Babcock has made his decision: He is headed to Toronto. The Toronto Maple Leafs announced the hiring of Babcock on Wednesday afternoon, ending months of speculation as to where the veteran coach would land. Babcock will be introduced at a news conference scheduled for Thursday. Babcock cashed in on his...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane is relieved for his family and friends now that a prosecutor has closed a rape investigation against him.Kane sidestepped questions about his own feelings Friday in his first comments after learning he won't be criminally charged following a three-month investigation...

Like many of his counterparts, New Jersey Devils goalie Cory Schneider had an easy choice when presented with the option of larger nets or smaller equipment in the NHL's latest bid to boost goal-scoring.Don't mess with the nets.''Absolutely. I think we have to explore every avenue we can to...

DALLAS (AP) The Stars have placed goalie Kari Lehtonen on the injured list, clearing the way for prospect Jack Campbell to back up Antti Niemi.Campbell was called up from the Texas Stars of the AHL on Thursday along with defenseman Patrik Nemeth. Lehtonen replaced Niemi in the second...

The company that supplied electricity to the Super Bowl says the blackout that halted the big game was caused by a device it installed specially to prevent a power failure. But the utility stopped short of taking all the blame and said Friday that it was looking into whether the...

Los Angeles 1 1 0-2Anaheim 0 0 4-4First Period-1, Los Angeles, Lewis 8 (Regehr, Greene), 15:02.Second Period-2, Los Angeles, McNabb 1 (Kopitar, Doughty), 10:39.Third Period-3, Anaheim, Kesler 16 (Cogliano, Silfverberg), 4:37. 4, Anaheim, Etem 4 (Rakell, Sekac), 6:07. 5,...

Calgary 0 1 2 1-4Los Angeles 2 1 0 0-3First Period-1, Los Angeles, Lewis 6 (Doughty, McNabb), 2:26. 2, Los Angeles, Gaborik 11 (Kopitar, Williams), 17:50 (pp).Second Period-3, Los Angeles, McBain 2 (Brown, Williams), 4:32 (pp). 4, Calgary, Gaudreau...

TORONTO (AP) The Toronto Maple Leafs hope they've found an answer to their uncertain backup goaltender position, acquiring 33-year-old Curtis McElhinney off waivers from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. The Leafs needed someone who could help lighten the load of Frederik Andersen who's started 33 of the team's 39...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The New Jersey Devils have retained Chris Terreri as their goaltending coach.General manager Ray Shero made the announcement Friday in completing John Hynes' staff.The Devils hired Geoff Ward and Alain Nasreddine as assistant coaches earlier this week.The 50-year-old Terreri has served as goaltending coach since...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) Jaromir Jagr moved into a tie for fourth on the all-time goals list with a first-period score that sparked the Florida Panthers to a 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.Jagr gave the Panthers the lead 51 seconds into the game. Dmitry Kulikov's...