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Penguins sign forward Patric Hornqvist to 5-year extensionPITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins weren't about to let Patric Hornqvist get away.The two-time defending Stanley Cup champions signed the 31-year-old forward to a five-year extension Tuesday that runs through the 2022-23 season. The deal has an average annual value of...

Blue Jackets' Calvert suspended 1 game for hit on KuhnhacklNEW YORK (AP) Columbus Blue Jackets forward Matt Calvert was suspended one game for his cross-check to Pittsburgh's Tom Kuhnhackl late in the third period of a Game 2 loss to the Penguins.Calvert will miss Game 3 Sunday. The...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Tampa Bay Lightning backup goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy could be sidelined up to three months after undergoing surgery to remove a blood clot from near his left collarbone.Team vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman said Friday that the 21-year-old Russian was treated for a type...

Associated PressIslanders get three goals in 3rd period, beat Wild 3-1By MIKE COOKST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Reinforcing fundamentals paid off for the New York Islanders.Ryan Pulock and Matt Martin scored less than 2 minutes apart early in the third period and the Islanders rallied to beat the Minnesota...

Ehlers helps Jets beat sliding Canadiens 3-2MONTREAL (AP) Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist, and the Winnipeg Jets beat Ilya Kovalchuk and the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Monday night.Andrew Copp and Josh Morrissey also scored for Winnipeg, which had dropped five of six. Captain Blake Wheeler...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - NBC Sports Network analyst Brian Engblom needed stitches after taking a puck to his forehead late in the second period of the Pittsburgh Penguins' 3-2 shootout victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night.Penguins star Sidney Crosby tipped Brenden Dillon's outlet pass over the glass...

Patrik Laine scores 2 more goals, Jets beat Hurricanes 3-2RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Patrik Laine scored twice for the second straight game and extended his points streak to eight in the Winnipeg Jets' 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night.Laine had his third multi-goal game in the...

Winning was the best redemption for Max Pacioretty and the Montreal Canadiens against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Pacioretty scored twice to lead the Canadiens to a 5-2 victory over the Maple Leafs on Wednesday night and emphatically avenge a 6-0 home loss on Feb. 9. There was bad blood between the...

AP Sports WriterPredators need help beyond top line after 3-game skidBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Nashville Predators' sizzling 13-3 start to the season is a distant memory. The defending Presidents Trophy winners have lost three straight and seven of the last 11 on their home ice...

AP Sports WriterBruins force Stanley Cup Game 7 with 5-1 win over BluesBy JAY COHENST. LOUIS (AP) Facing elimination in an oh-so-hostile environment, Brad Marchand and Tuukka Rask stepped up for the Boston Bruins once again.The Stanley Cup Final is heading to Game 7 because two of Boston's...

May 1-17 - IIHF World Championship, Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic.June 17 - Last possible day for Stanley Cup finals.June 26-27 - NHL draft, Sunrise, Fla.July 1 - Free agency begins.

AP Sports WriterSharks begin 1st training camp without Marleau in 21 yearsBy JOSH DUBOWSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) There was something familiar missing in San Jose when the Sharks opened training camp.For the first time since 1996, the Sharks took the ice for their first training camp practice without...