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Kane scores in overtime, Blackhawks beat Senators 4-3OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks spoiled the Ottawa Senators' home opener with a big finish.Kane scored 38 seconds into overtime to give Chicago a 4-3 victory Thursday night. Alex DeBrincat, Jonathan Toews and Brent Seabrook also scored,...

Turris' OT goal gives Senators 3-2 series lead over RangersOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) Kyle Turris scored 6:28 into overtime to lift the Ottawa Senators to 5-4 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday for a 3-2 series lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.Derick Brassard tied the score...

Preds’ Viktor Arvidsson out 4-6 weeks with lower body injuryNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Nashville Predators say forward Viktor Arvidsson will miss four to six weeks after hurting his lower body when cross-checked during the first period of Saturday night’s 4-2 win over St. Louis.The Predators provided the update...

Associated PressCizikas, Varlamov lead Islanders to 4-3 win over CapitalsBy IAN QUILLENWASHINGTON (AP) Casey Cizikas just might pull off another 20-goal season with more efforts similar to the one Tuesday against Washington.The fourth-line center scored his seventh and eighth goals for his first multi-goal game of the season,...

AP Hockey WriterVegas Golden Knights fire Gallant, name DeBoer new coachBy STEPHEN WHYNOGerard Gallant was abruptly fired by the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday less than two years after leading them to the Stanley Cup Final in their first season of existence and winning NHL coach of the year...

AP Sports WriterFlyers score 4 in the 2nd period, top Golden Knights 6-2By DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) Kevin Hayes, Michael Raffl, Matt Niskanen and Oskar Lindblom all scored in the second period to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 6-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night.The...

Chicago 1 1 2-4Minnesota 0 1 2-3First Period-1, Chicago, Seabrook 3 (Bickell, Oduya), 10:23.Second Period-2, Chicago, Shaw 1 (Toews, Kane), 3:28 (pp). 3, Minnesota, Haula 1 (Cooke, Dumba), 6:42.Third Period-4, Chicago, Kane 7 (Bickell, Hjalmarsson), 13:20. 5, Chicago, Hossa 1 (Toews),...

Banged-up Blues: Blais out 10 weeks, St. Louis signs BrouwerST. LOUIS (AP) The banged-up Blues have lost another forward to injury and added some reinforcement.Sammy Blais will miss at least 10 weeks after undergoing surgery on his right wrist. Blais was injured Tuesday in St. Louis' 3-1 win...

AP Hockey WriterSenators assistant GM seeks dismissal of 'baseless' chargeBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The lawyer for Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee called harassment charges against his client ''baseless,'' and questioned if Lee was being treated fairly.Attorney Paul Cambria made the comments Friday after a brief...

Sharks acquire winger Mike Hoffman from SenatorsOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) The San Jose Sharks acquired Mike Hoffman from the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday, again paying a bargain price for a scoring winger another team was eager to trade.Four months after Evander Kane came from Buffalo and worked out well...

Ovechkin to skip All-Star Game, will be suspended 1 gameWASHINGTON (AP) Alex Ovechkin has decided to skip the All-Star Weekend in San Jose to get some extra rest and will serve an automatic one-game suspension.The Washington Capitals announced Ovechkin's decision Wednesday. The team says the league's leading goal-scorer...

Chicago 1 1 0 0-3Pittsburgh 0 2 0 0-2First Period-1, Chicago, Rundblad 3 (Hossa, Toews), 6:56.Second Period-2, Chicago, Hossa 10 (Seabrook, Saad), 2:41 (pp). 3, Pittsburgh, Sill 1 (Ebbett), 5:21. 4, Pittsburgh, Downie 8 (Goc, Arcobello), 12:22.Third Period-None.Overtime-None.Shootout-Chicago 2 (Toews...