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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Lightning's top players came up big - again. The New York Rangers' Rick Nash and Martin St. Louis continued their postseason goal-scoring struggles.Nikita Kucherov scored 3:33 into overtime to give the Lightning a 6-5 victory over the Rangers on Wednesday night in...

Associated PressHuberdeau scores 2 as Panthers beat Sabres 4-2By PAUL GEREFFISUNRISE, Fla. (AP) Jonathan Huberdeau had two goals and an assist to lead the Florida Panthers to a 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.Aleksander Barkov had a goal and two assists, Jayce Hawryluk also scored...

Draisaitl, goalie Koskinen lead Oilers past Stars 2-1DALLAS (AP) The NHL’s top power play faced one of the league’s best penalty-killing units and came out on top.Leon Draisaitl scored to propel Edmonton's red-hot power play, Mikko Koskinen made 34 saves and the Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 2-1...

Sens teammates disagree with length of Burrows' suspensionOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) The Ottawa Senators knew Alex Burrows was facing a suspension. Ten games caught them by surprise.The NHL department of Player Safety handed Burrows a 10-game suspension Wednesday night for kneeing New Jersey's Taylor Hall on Tuesday night in...

Phaneuf scores again for Kings in 4-3 win over JetsWINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) Dion Phaneuf scored on the power play for his third goal in four games with Los Angeles, helping the Kings cap a seven-game road trip with a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night.Alec...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Jacob Josefson and Patrik Elias scored in the shootout and the New Jersey Devils snapped a season-high six-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.Stefan Matteau and Reid Boucher, who were called up from the minors last month for...

Associated PressGreiss, Islanders shut out Blue Jackets 2-0By SCOTT CHARLESUNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) The New York Islanders played tough defense, and Thomas Greiss took care of the rest.Greiss made 31 saves in his fifth shutout of the season, helping the Islanders beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-0 on Monday...

Golden Knights rout Canucks 9-4 in first preseason gameVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) By the time the Elvis Presley impersonator singing tunes between whistles had left the building, the NHL's newest franchise was already well on its way to victory in its first exhibition game.Tyler Wong scored three times...

TORONTO (AP) As Connor McDavid was going through his draft year, agent and Hall of Famer Bobby Orr knew his client had to get stronger to play at the NHL level.After a summer of training, McDavid feels as if he has done that, and now he's ready to...

AP Sports WriterBruins say Bergeron's status for Game 5 a game-day decisionBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron was back on the ice on the team's off-day, and coach Bruce Cassidy said it will be a game-day decision whether he plays in Game 5 against Toronto...

Associated PressCouture's goal in 2OT lifts Sharks past Vegas in Game 2By W.G. RAMIREZLAS VEGAS (AP) Logan Couture's second goal of the game, on the power play at 5:13 of the second overtime, lifted the San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on...

AP Hockey WritersNHLPA approves going forward with 24-team playoff talksBy JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNOThe NHL Players’ Association's executive committee authorized moving forward in talks with the league on returning to play from the coronavirus suspension, approving 24 teams making the playoffs with other aspects still to be negotiatedThe...