NHL

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - It's Buffalo Sabres forward Zemgus Girgensons and the Chicago Blackhawks leading the NHL All-Star Game fan vote with a little over a week left.The Latvian-born Girgensons still leads all players with nearly 1.3 million votes, the NHL announced Tuesday. The other five eligible spots to...

Dallas 0 0 0-0Edmonton 1 0 3-4First Period-1, Edmonton, Eberle 22 (Nugent-Hopkins, Pouliot), :33.Second Period-None.Third Period-2, Edmonton, D.Roy 12 (Yakupov, Purcell), 9:24. 3, Edmonton, Pouliot 17 (Hall, Schultz), 13:32. 4, Edmonton, Miller 1 (penalty shot), 16:40.Shots on Goal-Dallas 10-13-6-29. Edmonton 7-9-12-28.Goalies-Dallas,...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Jiri Hudler won the Lady Byng Trophy and lost his shoes in Vegas.The Calgary Flames forward was shoeless when he took the stage to accept the trophy honoring the NHL's most sportsmanlike player Wednesday night at the NHL Awards show.Hudler just couldn't stand the pinch...

DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Red Wings have agreed to terms with first-round draft pick Evgeny Svechnikov on a three-year entry-level contract.The 18-year-old Svechnikov was taken by the Red Wings with the 19th pick in the June draft. He played for Detroit in a preseason game Sept. 22 at...

Washington 2 0 2 1-5Columbus 0 2 2 0-4First Period-1, Washington, Ward 10 (Fehr, Alzner), 9:51. 2, Washington, Chimera 3 (Latta, Orpik), 19:22.Second Period-3, Columbus, Johnson 3 (Foligno, Wisniewski), 8:48 (pp). 4, Columbus, Foligno 15 (Connauton, Johansen), 11:57 (pp).Third Period-5, Columbus,...

AP Sports WriterBuffalo Sabres re-sign Zemgus Girgensons to 1-year contractBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed forward Zemgus Girgensons to a one-year $1.15 million contract.The Sabres announced the signing on Thursday, and a person with direct knowledge of the contract revealed the terms to The...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The lawyer representing the woman who has made an allegation of being sexually assaulted by Chicago Blackhawks star forward Patrick Kane has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday afternoon.Thomas Eoannou confirmed in a text to The Associated Press on Tuesday that he will address reporters...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A person familiar with the discussions says former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma is meeting with the Buffalo Sabres for a second straight day regarding their coaching vacancy.The person spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press on Thursday because the Sabres have not...

St. Louis 0 2 0 0-2San Jose 0 1 1 1-3First Period-None.Second Period-1, San Jose, Desjardins 2 (Braun, McGinn), 10:47. 2, St. Louis, Berglund 4 (Pietrangelo, Jaskin), 14:29. 3, St. Louis, Ott 1 (Lapierre, Cole), 17:21.Third Period-4, San Jose, Vlasic 4 (Thornton,...

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...

Jacob Trouba's contract stalemate with the Winnipeg Jets is over as the defenseman agreed to terms Monday on a $6 million, two-year deal. Trouba missed the Jets' first 13 games and faced a Dec. 1 deadline to sign or be unable to play the rest of the season. Winnipeg owned...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The prosecutor overseeing the sexual assault investigation of Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane is set to talk about an evidence bag that's at the center of a decision by the accuser's attorney to quit the case.Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita has scheduled a news...