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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The tightest Stanley Cup Final is 47 years is coming down to the wire.The Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning both feel confident about their ability to win two of a possible three games remaining in the best-of-7 matchup that resumes Saturday night.The series is...

March 16-18 - NHL general managers meeting, Boca Raton, Fla.April 11 - Regular season ends.April 15 - Stanley Cup playoffs begin.April 16-26 - IIHF Under-18 World Championship, Zug and Lucerne, SwitzerlandMay 1-17 - IIHF World Championship, Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic.June 17 - Last possible day for Stanley Cup...

Associated PressRask practices, could return to ice during Bruins road tripBy BY MATT KALMANBOSTON (AP) The Boston Bruins have been outscored 14-4 during their current three-game losing streak. Help might be on the way just in time for the Bruins to start a difficult road trip against three...

Wild center Zac Dalpe out 4 to 6 weeks after knee surgeryST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Minnesota Wild center Zac Dalpe will miss the next four to six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee.Dalpe was hurt Saturday in Minnesota's 4-0...

Penguins' Malkin out of All-Star game with lower-body injuryPITTSBURGH (AP) Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin is dealing with a lower-body injury that will keep the Russian star out of Sunday's All-Star game.Coach Mike Sullivan announced the injury on Wednesday, a day after Malkin played 18:27 in a 3-0...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) New York Islanders captain and leading scorer John Tavares will miss Saturday's game against the New Jersey Devils.The Islanders announced his absence on their Twitter site less than an hour before the opening faceoff. The team said it would explain why he missed the contest...

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...

Washington 1 0 2-3Pittsburgh 0 0 0-0First Period-1, Washington, Fehr 8 (Beagle, Laich), 17:47.Second Period-None.Third Period-2, Washington, Johansson 10 (Kuznetsov, Orpik), 5:36. 3, Washington, Fehr 9 (Ward, Carlson), 10:16.Shots on Goal-Washington 9-16-9-34. Pittsburgh 9-10-12-31.Goalies-Washington, Holtby. Pittsburgh, Fleury. A-18,663 (18,387). T-2:23.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Tyler Johnson scored three goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 4-3 win Tuesday night.Tampa Bay, 3-5-1 in the last nine games, also got a goal and two assists from Nikita Kucherov. Ondrej Palat had...

Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0-1San Jose 1 0 0 0-2First Period-1, San Jose, Nieto 7 (Tierney, Smith), 19:03.Second Period-None.Third Period-2, Pittsburgh, Crosby 22 (Perron, Letang), 7:22.Overtime-None.Shootout-Pittsburgh 1 (Perron NG, Crosby NG, Letang G, Malkin NG, Kunitz NG, Sutter NG, Bennett NG,...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Connor McDavid has spent the last few days in South Florida. He's been to the beach. He's gone to a baseball game. Given by the red hue of his face and skin, he's spent far more time in the sun than usual.It only seems...

AP Hockey WriterAnaheim Ducks sign holdout D Hampus Lindholm to 6-year dealBy GREG BEACHAMANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) The Anaheim Ducks have signed holdout defenseman Hampus Lindholm to a six-year, $31.5 million contract.The Ducks announced the end of the stalemate Thursday.The 22-year-old Lindholm is arguably the Ducks' top young defenseman,...