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AP Hockey Writer'Crazy' NHL season of coach firings continues with JulienBy STEPHEN WHYNOIt's coach firing season in the NHL. Well, actually, that's every season.Claude Julien of the Boston Bruins became the fourth coach fired this season on Tuesday and the second in the past week after the St. Louis...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) The Los Angeles Kings have activated goalie Jeff Zatkoff from injured reserve after an eight-game absence with a groin injury. The Kings also reassigned goalie Jack Campbell to their AHL affiliate in Ontario. Zatkoff was injured during a morning skate on Oct. 22. He played in just...

AP Hockey WriterDevils GM doesn't care if Zacha considers signing with KHLBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero says he is still attempting to sign center Pavel Zacha amid concerns the former first-round draft pick will play in the Kontinental Hockey League this...

AP Sports WriterCoyotes' Keller hoping to build on stellar rookie seasonBy JOHN MARSHALLGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Clayton Keller had a superb start and finish to his rookie season with the Arizona Coyotes, becoming a finalist for the Calder Trophy. In between, he went through a long scoring drought.Keller's goal...

The BOSTON and the CAROLINA will both be gunning for a victory on 5/14/2019 at 8:00 PM when they meet in a game matchup. BOSTON vs CAROLINA When: 5/14/2019 8:00 PM Where: PNC Arena ROT TEAM PL OU ML 11 BOSTON 0 (-110) 5.5 -105 -115 -115 -105 12 CAROLINA TV: 8 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, CBC, Sportsnet, TVAS LINE: -115 PREDICTION: Bruins 3, Hurricanes 2 Oddsmakers currently have the...

AP Sports WriterSharks sign D Erik Karlsson to 8-year dealBy JOSH DUBOWSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) The San Jose Sharks have re-signed pending free agent defenseman Erik Karlsson to an eight-year deal.The Sharks announced the deal on Monday, two weeks before Karlsson was eligible to become an unrestricted free...

AP Sports WriterPower play: Ducks hire ex-Kings coach Sutter as adviserBy GREG BEACHAMANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Longtime Los Angeles Kings coach Darryl Sutter joined the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday as an adviser to new coach Dallas Eakins' staff, enlivening an otherwise quiet free-agent signing period for Southern California's two...

Jan. 1 - Winter Classic: Chicago at Washington.Jan. 22-26 - All-Star break.Feb. 21 - Stadium Series: Los Angeles vs. San Jose at Santa Clara, Calif.April 11 - Regular season ends.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated forward Brandon Dubinsky after he missed 11 games with a knee injury. Dubinsky, who is available when the club opens a five-game homestand on Tuesday night against Vancouver, was injured in the Blue Jackets' Feb. 16 game at Phoenix. The 26-year-old, acquired in the...

'Seinfeld' actor shows up at Devils game with face paintedNEWARK, N.J. (AP) Life imitated art at the Stanley Cup playoffs as the actor who played Puddy on the TV sitcom ''Seinfeld'' showed up at the game with his face painted as a New Jersey Devils fan.Patrick Warburton is...

Emergency to keep Blue Jackets coach out of All-Star GamaeNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella has returned to Ohio because of a family emergency, keeping him out of both Thursday night's game with Nashville and the NHL All-Star Game this weekend.The Blue Jackets announced Tortorella's...

AP Hockey WriterNHL, players reach tentative deal for 56-game seasonBy STEPHEN WHYNOThe National Hockey League and players reached a tentative deal Friday to hold a 56-game season in 2021, pending the approval of each side's executive board and Canadian health officials.The season would start Jan. 13. Deputy Commissioner Bill...