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The fans at Scotiabank Saddledome will be treated to a game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Calgary Flames when they take their seats on Wednesday. Colorado Avalanche vs. Calgary Flames When: 10:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 4, 2017 Where: Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta ROT ...

Anaheim 0 1 1 0-3Los Angeles 0 2 0 0-2First Period-None.Second Period-1, Los Angeles, Martinez 5 (Schultz, Clifford), 8:54. 2, Anaheim, Getzlaf 14 (Maroon, Perry), 14:19. 3, Los Angeles, Kopitar 11 (Gaborik, Muzzin), 18:27 (pp).Third Period-4, Anaheim, Vatanen 10...

Oilers overcome melting ice, Jets to win 3-0WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) Edmonton had to sit through a two-hour delay due to melting ice in the outdoor game at Winnipeg, and then recorded a 3-0 win over the Jets on Sunday.Cam Talbot made 31 saves and the Oilers scored all...

AP Sports WriterPenguins halt Capitals' win streak at 9 in wild 8-7 victoryBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) The goals kept coming. One after another. A dizzying three periods of shots followed by baffled goaltenders fishing pucks out of the net wondering how things got out of hand so quickly.When...

AP Hockey WriterMetropolitan Division madness gets contenders playoff-readyBy STEPHEN WHYNOThe bruises on Travis Konecny's legs are marks of Metropolitan Division hockey.In the third period of a crucial late-season divisional game, the undersized Philadelphia Flyers forward got in the way of not one but two slap shots from Washington Capitals...

AP Hockey WriterStars, Lightning meet in nontraditional Stanley Cup FinalBy STEPHEN WHYNOEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) The leaves are starting to change color around the NHL playoff bubble, and, at most, seven games remain before the Stanley Cup is handed out.On Saturday night, two of the league's southernmost teams begin...

Los Angeles 1 0 1 0-2Anaheim 0 0 2 1-3First Period-1, Los Angeles, Carter 25 (Kopitar, Doughty), 10:12 (pp).Second Period-None.Third Period-2, Anaheim, Maroon 8 (Getzlaf, Wisniewski), :45. 3, Anaheim, Silfverberg 12 (Cogliano, Lindholm), 7:35. 4, Los Angeles, Williams 18...

Associated PressMaatta's third-period goal leads Penguins past Maple LeafsBy DAN SCIFOPITTSBURGH (AP) Olli Maatta has played five seasons with Evgeni Malkin and he's not sure he's ever seen his teammate play as well as he is right now.Maatta scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and Malkin...

AP Hockey WriterThrowback 5-game series force players to 'embrace the grind'By STEPHEN WHYNOFans counted down the seconds to the final buzzer, ''Brass Bonanza'' played over the speakers at Hartford Civic Center and Whalers players Dave Tippett, Joel Quenneville and Dean Evason celebrated a three-game sweep of the Quebec Nordiques.Wait,...

CHICAGO (AP) The International Olympic Committee and hockey's governing body will have to make concessions before the NHL sends the world's best players to the Winter Games in South Korea next year, commissioner Gary Bettman said on Friday. ''As things stand today, you should assume we're not going,'' he said. Bettman...

AP Hockey WriterNHL's best referee: Wes McCauley goes by his own bookBy STEPHEN WHYNOWes McCauley keeps his good calls close and his bad calls closer.Any time the veteran NHL referee is feeling too good or gets down on himself, he breaks out a binder full of his missed calls...

AP Hockey WriterLeafs sign Ennis a week after he was bought out by WildBy JOHN WAWROWFree-agent forward Tyler Ennis has signed a one-year, $650,000 deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs a week after having the final year of his contract bought out by the Minnesota Wild.Ennis signed on Friday...