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The Anaheim Ducks have acquired center Kyle Wilson from Tampa Bay in exchange for right wing Dan Sexton. The clubs announced the swap of minor league forwards Monday. Wilson has played in 39 NHL games and has five points in 22 AHL games this season with Syracuse. The Lightning acquired the...

The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired forward Matthew Ford from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for future considerations. Ford will report to the Blue Jackets' American Hockey League in Springfield, Mass. Originally selected by Chicago in the eighth round, 256th overall, of the 2004 NHL draft, Ford has 72 goals and...

The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned defenseman Steve Montador to the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League and recalled forward Jimmy Hayes. The Blackhawks announced the moves on Tuesday. Montador was placed and cleared waivers on Monday, meaning the team retained his rights. He has appeared in only one game since...

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...

Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller has a sinus infection, meaning backup Jhonas Enroth will start against the New York Rangers. Interim coach Ron Rolston provided the update after Miller missed the pre-game skate Tuesday morning. Miller is healthy enough to serve in a backup role. It's the second start in...

The NHL and NHL Players' Association have agreed to change this season's escrow rate to 20 percent, sources confirmed to ESPN.com. That's up from the 10 percent rate both sides had agreed upon in late January shortly after the season began. The change comes as a result of lower than originally...

Evgeni Malkin was held out of overtime and the shootout Saturday night as a precautionary measure, Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. The Penguins star center took a heavy hit from Toronto winger James van Riemsdyk late in the third period and didn't take another shift. "Just an upper-body injury, kept...

After much thought, the NHL Players' Association has given a thumbs-up to the league's proposed realignment plan. "After discussions with the Executive Board, the NHLPA has given consent to realignment, to be re-evaluated following the 2014-15 season,'' NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr said in a statement Thursday night. Both sides confirmed...

Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp will miss three to four weeks with an upper-body injury, but it will not require surgery, the team announced via its Twitter account. Sharp was injured when the Colorado Avalanche's Ryan O'Byrne hit him against the boards on Wednesday. He had to be helped off...

The Anaheim Ducks have re-signed captain Ryan Getzlaf to an eight-year contract. The deal is worth $66 million for an average of $8.25 million per season, league sources told ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun. The Ducks announced the deal Friday with Getzlaf, the former Canadian Olympic center who has spent his entire NHL...

The Carolina Hurricanes say goalie Cam Ward will miss six to eight weeks with a sprained knee ligament. The team announced Ward's diagnosis Monday and said the former All-Star goalie will not require surgery. The team says Ward suffered a third-degree sprain to his medial collateral ligament midway through the second...

Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin will return to the lineup Monday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The league's reigning MVP hasn't played since his concussion after slamming into the end boards in a win over Florida on Feb. 22. Coach Dan Bylsma says Malkin has passed all the mandatory...