NHL

Bruins to host Sharks as scheduled despite snow stormBOSTON (AP) The San Jose Sharks-Boston Bruins game will be played as scheduled Thursday night despite a snow storm that blanketed the New England region.The Bruins say they asked the NHL to postpone the game as blizzard conditions left more...

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) The Calgary Flames acquired center Freddie Hamilton from the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday for a conditional seventh-round pick next year.Hamilton will report to the Stockton Heat of the American Hockey League.The 23-year-old Hamilton appeared in 18 NHL games last season, going scoreless in one game...

DETROIT (AP) Baby-faced Dylan Larkin is just 19 and doesn't appear to be in much need of a razor.The Detroit Red Wings' center plays like a man by any measure.After Monday's games, Larkin led the league in plus-minus rating, was tied for the most even-strength goals and had...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Brandon Saad is gone. Same for Patrick Sharp and Kris Versteeg. Brad Richards signed with Detroit. Antoine Vermette returned to Arizona.The Chicago Blackhawks have to find a way to replace that lost production, and Bryan Bickell might be a good place to start.The rugged...

NEW YORK (AP) The NHL has changed how it lets young kids attend special events such as its All-Star Game. The league says in a statement Thursday spectators younger than 3 years old can sit in the lap of a fan with a ticket, starting with this season's Winter Classic...

NEW YORK (AP) Midway through their first season in Brooklyn, the New York Islanders are changing their routine and moving their game-day practices back to Long Island.For home games this season - New York's first since leaving Nassau Coliseum after 43 years - the Islanders had been taking...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The Arizona Coyotes have signed goalie Louis Domingue to a one-year contract.The 23-year-old from Quebec played in seven games with the Coyotes last season, going 1-2-1 with a 2.73 goals-against average.Domingue also played 20 games for Portland of the AHL, where he went 11-6-2 with...

MONTREAL (AP) Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will be out at least a week with a lower-body injury.Canadiens coach Michel Therrien said that Price suffered the injury in Montreal's 4-3 loss in Edmonton on Thursday.The Canadiens start a four-game homestand against Winnipeg on Sunday.Price is 7-2 with a...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Edmonton forward Nail Yakupov is expected to miss two to four weeks after spraining his left ankle in the Oilers' 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.Yakupov was knocked down when linesman Matt MacPherson lost his balance and fell backward after a faceoff...

PITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins hired Mike Johnston in the summer of 2014 and tasked him with guiding the star-laden roster back to the NHL's elite.The marriage lasted all of 18 months.The Penguins fired Johnston and assistant Gary Agnew on Saturday morning with the high-profile team languishing in...

WASHINGTON (AP) Washington's Alex Ovechkin became the 43rd NHL player to reach the milestone of 500 career goals, as he netted twice in the Capitals' 7-1 rout of Ottawa on Sunday.The Russian was mobbed by his teammates, and he got a standing ovation as he skated around the...

LA Kings announcer Bob Miller to reduce travel scheduleLOS ANGELES (AP) Bob Miller will return to calling Los Angeles Kings games for the team's 50th anniversary season but will reduce his travel schedule after missing the final three months last season because of quadruple bypass surgery.The team said...