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Boedker's hat trick leads Sharks to 5-3 win over OilersEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Mikkel Boedker scored three goals for his fourth career hat trick to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 53 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.Brent Burns and Logan Couture also scored for the...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets have waived backup goalie Curtis McElhinney after a disastrous weekend performance. To replace McElhinney, Columbus recalled 24-year-old Anton Forsberg from the Cleveland Monsters of the AHL. If the 33-year-old McElhinney clears waivers, he'll be sent to Cleveland. McElhinney was in goal on Saturday night...

CAHOKIA, Ill. (AP) A plane carrying the Dallas Stars hockey team was forced to return to a St. Louis-area airport because of smoke in the cockpit. The Belleville News-Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/2j6TIgQ ) the Boeing 737 took off at 11:52 a.m. from the St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, Illinois, but...

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) Chad Johnson had 28 saves in his first win in a month, and the Calgary Flames snapped Vancouver's six-game win streak with a 3-1 victory over the Canucks on Saturday night. Matt Stajan, Alex Chiasson and Michael Frolik scored as Calgary salvaged a split of the home-and-home...

CHICAGO (AP) Nashville forwards Colin Wilson and Viktor Arvidsson have been scratched for the Predators' game against Chicago due to injuries. Arvidsson missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury, and Wilson was inactive after he left Friday's 2-1 loss at Florida with a lower-body injury. The Predators have been...

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) Finnish winger Sebastian Aho seems to be coming along nicely in his rookie season with the Carolina Hurricanes. Aho scored his second goal of the game 1:34 into overtime to lift Carolina to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in the NHL on Sunday. It was...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) Winnipeg Jets rookie star Patrik Laine is out indefinitely because of a concussion. Laine was injured Saturday in a 4-3 loss in Buffalo. The 18-year-old Finn was looking down at the puck when Buffalo's Jake McCabe hit him with his right shoulder. McCabe wasn't penalized for the...

Tom Fenton was in a barber's chair when he got the call. Nathan Schoenfeld was giving his 5-week-old twin boys a bath. Eric Semborski was teaching kids to play hockey at a suburban rink. Within hours, each was wearing a mask, pads and an NHL uniform as an emergency goaltender,...

AP Hockey WriterFrom Tie to Max Domi: NHL enforcers dwindle in 1 generationBy JOHN WAWROWTORONTO (AP) Tie Domi is no different than any proud hockey father when it comes to worrying about his son.Having spent 16 seasons establishing a reputation for being one of the NHL's fiercest enforcers,...

AP Hockey WriterWith winning streak over, Blue Jackets' work just beginningBy STEPHEN WHYNOWASHINGTON (AP) John Tortorella has been waiting for this.The Columbus Blue Jackets coach enjoyed riding a 16-game winning streak, but when it ended with a 5-0 clunker against the Washington Capitals on Thursday night, Tortorella was...

AP Hockey WriterEmergency goalie: The most unique one-day job in sportsBy STEPHEN WHYNOTom Fenton was in a barber's chair when he got the call. Nathan Schoenfeld was giving his 5-week-old twin boys a bath. Eric Semborski was teaching kids to play hockey at a suburban rink.Within hours, each was...

AP Sports WriterRed-hot Maple Leafs ride fast start to 4-2 win over DevilsBy TOM CANAVANNEWARK, N.J. (AP) What was supposed to be a rebuilding season for youthful Toronto could turn into a playoff appearance.Nazem Kadri sparked Toronto's four-goal first period with a power-play score, and the Maple Leafs...