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AP Hockey WriterPanthers beat Red Wings 4-1 for season-high 4-game streakBy LARRY LAGEDETROIT (AP) Evgenii Dadonov and Mark Pysyk scored late in the first period and the Florida Panthers went on to beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Saturday night.Florida's Aleksander Barkov restored a two-goal lead with...

AP Hockey WriterOttawa assistant GM due in court July 6, 2 weeks after draftBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee is due in court to face a harassment allegation on July 6, putting him in a position to attend next week's NHL draft.Lee...

Mike Knuble and Matt Read scored, Ilya Bryzgalov made 33 saves and Philadelphia snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the slumping Boston Bruins. Ruslan Fedotenko added an empty-net goal for the Flyers, who began the day in 14th in the Eastern Conference but only six points...

Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin out 3-4 weeks with broken handST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Minnesota Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin will miss the next three to four weeks recovering from a broken left hand.The Wild announced Brodin had surgery Wednesday. He's one of the top four blue-liners and by far...

Rangers name Keith McCambridge an assistant at HartfordNEW YORK (AP) The New York Rangers have hired Keith McCambridge to be an assistant coach of the Hartford Whalers (AHL).General manager Jeff Gorton announced the hiring Wednesday.The 42-year-old McCambridge spent the previous five seasons as the head coach for two...

Blackhawks reacquire defenseman Oduya in trade with StarsDALLAS (AP) The Chicago Blackhawks are reuniting with veteran defenseman Johnny Oduya, who was part of their last two Stanley Cup championships.Oduya was traded by the Dallas Stars to the Blackhawks on Tuesday night in exchange for young forward Mark McNeill...

Associated PressLack makes 48 saves, Devils beat Lightning 4-3By MARK DIDTLERTAMPA, Fla. (AP) Eddie Lack found fault in a stellar performance that helped the New Jersey Devils win their third consecutive game.Lack made a career-high 48 saves and the Devils beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Saturday...

Blue Jackets place Texier, Murray on injured reserveCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets will be without two key players injured in Saturday's loss to Philadelphia for several weeks.The team put rookie forward Alexandre Texier and defenseman Ryan Murray on injured reserve on Monday.The 20-year-old Texier is expected...

WASHINGTON (AP) Pittsburgh ended Washington's five-game winning streak by scoring twice in the third period to win 3-1 at the Capitals on Wednesday.Phil Kessel netted the go-ahead goal off Evgeni Malkin's pass less than 2 minutes after Beau Bennett had scored the tying goal for the Penguins.In the...

Duchene gets 2nd goal in OT, Senators beat Sharks 6-5OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) Matt Duchene had a good feeling after Ottawa slimmed a three-goal deficit down to one. Mike Hoffman helped him finish the job.Duchene scored his second goal of the game seven seconds into overtime and the Senators...

CHICAGO (AP) - Anaheim stars Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf and Ryan Kesler are drawing a lot of attention in the Western Conference finals. When the Ducks' defensemen join the attack, it presents a big problem for the Chicago Blackhawks.The Ducks got four points from their defensemen in Monday night's...

Minnesota Wild announce 6 free-agent signingsST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Wild have three new defensemen and three new forwards.Forwards Landon Ferraro and Cal O'Reilly signed two-year contracts Saturday and will be paid $700,000 if they're playing in the NHL and $375,000 if playing in the AHL. Forward...