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DALLAS (AP) Dallas' Jason Spezza scored three goals, including the tiebreaker late in the third period that lifted the Stars to a 4-2 win against Edmonton on Tuesday.Edmonton's boom youngster Connor McDavid scored his first NHL goal, but struggled in the faceoff circle again, contributing to the Oilers'...

PITTSBURGH (AP) Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin scored his first goal in nearly seven months as the Penguins beat Ottawa 2-0 on Thursday to record their first win of the new season after three defeats.Elsewhere, Nashville's unbeaten start to the new campaign ended when the New York Islanders scored twice...

Predators sign top draft pick Tomasino to entry-level dealNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Nashville Predators have signed first-round draft pick Philip Tomasino to a three-year contract.The Predators announced the entry-level deal with the forward on Monday.Nashville took the 18-year-old Tomasino with the No. 24 pick in the June draft....

New investors announced as part of Seattle's NHL bidSEATTLE (AP) The investment group hoping to bring an expansion NHL franchise to Seattle for the 2020 season has announced a new set of local investors including Seattle Sounders majority owner Adrian Hanauer and members of the Ackerley family that...

AP Hockey WriterNiemi stops 35 shots in Canadiens' 3-0 win over SabresBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Antti Niemi stopped 35 shots for his first shutout in 27 months, and the Montreal Canadiens snapped a seven-game road skid with a 3-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.Artturi...

New Jersey Devils sign F Kevin Rooney to 2-year contractNEWARK, N.J. (AP) The New Jersey Devils have signed forward Kevin Rooney to a two-year contract.General Manager Ray Shero announced the contract Monday. He says the first year will be a two-way deal in which Rooney will earn $700,000...

NEW YORK (AP) - San Jose Sharks forward John Scott has been suspended for four games without pay for punching Ducks forward Tim Jackman.Scott was also banned two games in October for coming onto the ice to fight Jackman. Scott was already considered a repeat offender after he was...

Associated PressHenrique, Terry score as Ducks end Coyotes' win streakBy JACK MAGRUDERGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Adam Henrique and Troy Terry scored power-play goals in the third period, and the Anaheim Ducks ended Arizona's NHL-long six-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory over the Coyotes on Tuesday night.Jakob Silfverberg had...

AP Sports WriterTampa Bay takes momentum into back-to-back Cup gamesBy STEPHEN HAWKINSThe Dallas Stars have to fix some things in a hurry, or this Stanley Cup Final could be over quickly.After consecutive games with three-goal periods, Tampa Bay has all of the momentum and a 2-1 series lead. This...

AP Sports WriterRaging Bullies: Flyers give fans room to break stuff for funBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) The Flyers have turned their fans into Raging Bullies.Philadelphia sports fans have been implicated in the sports crimes of throwing snowballs and batteries and of late, haymakers at horses and athletes ,...

AP Sports WriterKeefe: Toronto has enough talent for quick progressBy DAVID BRANDTGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) New Toronto Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe spent a decent chunk of a 30-minute morning skate on Thursday teaching instead of running drills.There's a lot for his new team to learn and not much...

AP Hockey WriterNHL's top teams face dilemma on what round-robin play meansBy STEPHEN WHYNOLong before Peter DeBoer coached two teams to the Stanley Cup Final, he got some experience at Canadian junior hockey's Memorial Cup that could serve him well right about now.That tournament starts with round-robin play before...