NHL

Neal records hat trick in 4-point game, Oilers top RangersEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) The Edmonton Oilers nearly allowed a dubious first in NHL history.James Neal had three goals and an assist and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and three assists as the Oilers built a six-goal lead and held...

Penguins hire Mike Buckley as goaltending coachPITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins hired Mike Buckley their new goaltending coach Saturday after Mike Bales left to take the same job with Carolina.Buckley has spent the last four years as the team's goaltending development coach, where he worked closely with Matt...

Hayes scores 1st goal with Jets in victory over PredatorsWINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) Kevin Hayes' first goal with the Jets was far from smooth or pretty. It certainly got the job done, though.Hayes scored late in the third period of his second game with Winnipeg after being acquired from...

Associated PressBruins head on road without captain, top defenseman, CharaBy MATT KALMANBOSTON (AP) Just when the Boston Bruins were playing some of their best defense of the season, they lose their No. 1 defenseman to an injury.Captain Zdeno Chara left with an unspecified injury after taking one shift...

The Calgary Flames placed goalie Miikka Kiprusoff and center Mikael Backlund on injured reserve on Friday. Kiprusoff was injured in Calgary's 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. Kiprusoff was added to the IR retroactively and is considered day to day with a lower-body injury. Backlund is expected to...

AP Sports WriterBowman eager to set Blackhawks back on championship courseBy ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) Stan Bowman has a new job title and the same goal to set the Chicago Blackhawks back on a championship course. He insists no one is hungrier than he is to see it happen.''I'm...

Bouwmeester on the road to recovery, Blues trade for D-manST. LOUIS (AP) Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester is back in St. Louis after collapsing on the bench during a game in Anaheim last week and said in a statement Tuesday that he is “on the road to recovery.”Bouwmeester, 36,...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Not that they did before, but it's official now: No one wants to get in front of Shea Weber's shot. The Nashville Predators defenseman fired the hardest shot of 108.5 mph at the NHL All-Stars skills competition on Saturday night, taking advantage of five-time champion Zdeno...

Virus concerns hit Dallas, Columbus as NHL season loomsBy The Associated PressThe NHL said Friday that six Dallas Stars players and two staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 in a development that will push back the opener for the defending Western Conference champions by nearly a week.The Columbus...

Associated PressDefenders as important to Fleury, as he is to Golden KnightsBy W.G. RAMIREZLAS VEGAS (AP) Marc-Andre Fleury has been the foundation for the Vegas Golden Knights' run to the Stanley Cup Final.Yet while he has a 1.68 goals-against average and .947 save percentage, he'll be the first...

Jets' Adam Lowry suspended 2 games for boardingNEW YORK (AP) The NHL has suspended Winnipeg Jets forward Adam Lowry for two games for boarding Calgary Flames defenseman Oliver Kylington.Lowry is considered a repeat offender under the labor agreement will lose about $71,000 in salary. He will be eligible...

AP Sports WriterStanley Cup saying goodbye to names like Richard, Hull, HoweBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) So long, Gordon Howe.Bye-bye, Robert Hull.Au revoir, M. Richard.Those Hockey Hall of Famers and the rest of the players who won an NHL championship from 1954-65 are being stripped off the Stanley Cup...