NHL

BUFFALO, New York (AP) Andrei Markov had a goal and four assists and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-2 on Friday to run its season-opening winning streak to eight games.The Canadiens are two victories away from matching the NHL record set by the Toronto Maple Leafs...

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) Minnesota beat Columbus 3-2 on Thursday to send the Blue Jackets to an eighth straight loss to start the new NHL season, with a change of coach doing nothing to arrest the losing spiral.Columbus' start is the worst season-opening regulation losing streak in the...

PITTSBURGH (AP) Pittsburgh Penguins forward Pascal Dupuis will play his first game in nearly a year after being sidelined by injury and blood clots.He's expected to play Thursday against Dallas. The 36-year-old Dupuis has been limited to 55 games the past two seasons because of a torn ACL...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) John Tortorella hoisted a Stanley Cup in Tampa Bay and led the New York Rangers to the verge of a championship berth.At woebegone Columbus, the Blue Jackets have a more modest goal for the veteran coach: Win a game.Tortorella is back coaching in the NHL...

ST. LOUIS (AP) St. Louis Blues forward Paul Stastny will be sidelined at least five weeks with a broken right foot.The 29-year-old Stastny was injured in the second period of a 4-3 victory in Vancouver on Friday. He has a goal, four assists and a plus-four rating in...

CHICAGO (AP) Blackhawks star Duncan Keith had right knee surgery on Tuesday, sidelining the top defenseman for the Stanley Cup champions for four to six weeks.Keith, a two-time Norris Trophy winner, has two assists in six games this season. The team said he had a meniscal tear repaired.''I...

CHICAGO (AP) Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith will be sidelined for four to six weeks after he had right knee surgery on Tuesday.Keith, a two-time Norris Trophy winner, has two assists in six games this season. The team says he had a meniscal tear repaired.The loss of Keith, who...

NEW YORK (AP) Antti Raanta made 22 saves for his fourth career shutout in his Rangers debut to lead New York to a 4-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Monday.Marc Staal, Mats Zuccarello, Jesper Fast and Viktor Stalberg scored for New York, which snapped a three...

NEW YORK (AP) Lee Stempniak scored at 3:07 of overtime as the New Jersey Devils finally gave new coach John Hynes a victory with a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers on Sunday.Adam Henrique, who scored early in the second period, made the cross-ice pass that Stempniak...

MONTREAL (AP) The Montreal Canadiens won a sixth straight game to open a season for the first time in the franchise's storied history by defeating Detroit 4-1 on Saturday.The Canadiens best prior record in the first six games was five wins and an overtime loss in 1977-78.In other...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) The Anaheim Ducks recalled star prospect Shea Theodore and fellow defenseman Korbinian Holzer from San Diego of the American Hockey League on Saturday and placed defensemen Simon Despres and Clayton Stoner on injured reserve.The 20-year-old Theodore, selected 26th overall in the 2013 draft, had an...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) San Jose Sharks center Logan Couture will likely miss more than a month after breaking a leg during practice.General manager Doug Wilson said Friday the break at the right ankle happened in New Jersey on Thursday. Couture will travel to San Jose for surgery...