NHL

NEW YORK (AP) - Johnny Boychuk and the New York Islanders have agreed on a long-term contract extension that assures that two of the club's top defensemen will stick together well after the team locates to Brooklyn next season. Boychuk received a seven-year deal Thursday, as Nick Leddy did late...

CALGARY (AP) - Johnny Gaudreau and Matt Stajan each scored two goals, leading the Calgary Flames to a 6-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.Sean Monahan and Jiri Hudler also scored for the Flames (37-25-5), who returned to play at the Scotiabank Saddledome for the first time...

TORONTO (AP) - Toronto team president Brendan Shanahan says forward Nazem Kadri will be held out of the Maple Leafs' next two games.Kadri missed a team meeting Sunday and was made a healthy scratch for Monday's game.Shanahan says that after consulting with general manager Dave Nonis and the coaches,...

MONTREAL (AP) - Tyler Johnson scored about a minute into overtime to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning over the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in a battle between Eastern Conference leaders on Tuesday night.Johnson took his own rebound and saw the puck go in off defenseman Tom Gilbert's skate.The Lightning (42-20-6)...

DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Avalanche will sit goaltender Semyon Varlamov on Tuesday night against Los Angeles after he injured his groin over the weekend.Coach Patrick Roy confirmed after the morning skate that rookie Calvin Pickard will take Varlamov's place in net.Varlamov has started 22 straight games, one away...

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,...

TORONTO (AP) - Maple Leafs center Nazem Kadri will miss Monday night's game against the New York Islanders because he missed a team meeting.Interim coach Peter Horachek sent Kadri home Sunday after he was 20 minutes late to practice. Kadri said he overslept, accepted his mistake and the consequences.The...

N.Y. Rangers 0 0 0 1-1Chicago 0 0 0 0-0First Period-None.Second Period-None.Third Period-None.Overtime-1, N.Y. Rangers, Brassard 14 (Zuccarello, McDonagh), :32.Shots on Goal-N.Y. Rangers 16-5-14-1-36. Chicago 8-12-8-1-29.Goalies-N.Y. Rangers, Talbot. Chicago, Crawford. A-22,160 (19,717). T-2:24.

Vancouver 1 1 1-3San Jose 2 0 0-2First Period-1, San Jose, Karlsson 11 (Vlasic, Thornton), 7:58. 2, San Jose, Thornton 13 (Burns, Pavelski), 11:51 (pp). 3, Vancouver, Vrbata 24 (Bonino, D.Sedin), 19:21.Second Period-4, Vancouver, Horvat 10, 16:24.Third Period-5, Vancouver, Vrbata 25 (D.Sedin,...

Pittsburgh 0 3 2-5Anaheim 0 0 2-2First Period-None.Second Period-1, Pittsburgh, Comeau 15 (Pouliot, Malkin), 9:51. 2, Pittsburgh, Hornqvist 20 (Perron, Crosby), 11:53. 3, Pittsburgh, Hornqvist 21 (Cole, Martin), 18:57.Third Period-4, Pittsburgh, Malkin 28 (Kunitz, Comeau), 2:03. 5, Anaheim, Fleischmann 8...

DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Avalanche will be without Nathan MacKinnon for at least six weeks after the speedy forward broke his foot, the team announced Friday. The talented teenager could possibly return to the ice this season if the Avs make the playoffs. Colorado is currently outside of the...

Vancouver 0 0 2 0-2Arizona 1 0 1 0-3First Period-1, Arizona, Rieder 10 (Gagner, Ekman-Larsson), 19:00.Second Period-None.Third Period-2, Arizona, McGinn 2 (Crombeen, Dahlbeck), 2:31. 3, Vancouver, Higgins 8 (Hansen, Sbisa), 12:21. 4, Vancouver, Vrbata 23 (Hamhuis, Bonino), 19:06.Overtime-None.Shootout-Vancouver 0 (Bonino NG,...