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NEW YORK (AP) Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak will miss the team's first regular season game in Brooklyn on Friday night because of an undisclosed upper body injury.Halak left New York's preseason opener on Sept. 21 after two periods and was sidelined for most of training camp. He took...

AP Sports WriterBlackhawks defensemen Murphy, Seabrook out with injuriesBy JAY COHENCHICAGO (AP) Chicago's Connor Murphy will miss the start of the season with a back injury and fellow Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook is out with an abdominal injury.Team physician Dr. Michael Terry says Murphy will be sidelined for...

AP Sports WriterKovalchuk eager to resume Stanley Cup pursuit with KingsBy JOE REEDYLOS ANGELES (AP) Ilya Kovalchuk has an Olympic gold medal but he is back in the NHL to add the one thing missing from his stellar career - a Stanley Cup.Ironically, Kovalchuk's return to the league...

Luongo gets 3rd shutout, Panthers beat Canadiens 2-0MONTREAL (AP) Roberto Luongo stopped 28 shots for his third shutout of the season and 76th of his career, leading the Florida Panthers to a 2-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night.Aaron Ekblad and Aleksander Barkov scored to help...

NHL suspends Rangers' Lemieux for 2 preliminary round gamesNEW YORK (AP) New York Rangers forward Brendan Lemieux has been suspended by the NHL for the first two games of the team's preliminary-round series against Carolina because of an illegal check that injured Colorado forward Joonas Donskoi in March.The...

The Montreal Canadiens are hopeful Brendan Gallagher won't miss much time a day after suffering a concussion in a win against Philadelphia. The feisty rookie forward -- who has five goals and three assists -- left Saturday night's game early in the third period after taking a hit from Flyers...

Calgary 0 1 2 1-4Los Angeles 2 1 0 0-3First Period-1, Los Angeles, Lewis 6 (Doughty, McNabb), 2:26. 2, Los Angeles, Gaborik 11 (Kopitar, Williams), 17:50 (pp).Second Period-3, Los Angeles, McBain 2 (Brown, Williams), 4:32 (pp). 4, Calgary, Gaudreau...

AP Sports WriterPanthers fire coach Bob Boughner after 2 seasonsBy TIM REYNOLDSSUNRISE, Fla. (AP) Bob Boughner has become the latest coach to pay for Florida's almost-annual inability to reach the Stanley Cup playoffs.The Panthers fired Boughner on Sunday, ending his two-year tenure with the team with one year...

AP Hockey WriterSabres waive Bogosian with intention of terminating contractBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Sabres placed suspended defenseman Zach Bogosian on unconditional waivers Friday with the intention of terminating his contract.The move puts the Sabres in position to part ways with a disgruntled player who asked...

MacKinnon scores in OT, Avalanche beat Canucks 5-4VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Nathan MacKinnon scored Colorado's fifth power-play goal of the game 3:36 into overtime, lifting the Avalanche to a 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.With Daniel Sedin off for hooking, Tyson Barrie passed to MacKinnon,...

NEW YORK (AP) - Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban has been fined $3,000 for diving in a game against Ottawa, his third fine in three months. He paid up after getting warnings twice in January for diving against Tampa Bay and the New York Rangers. A third citation for the...

AP Sports WriterMiller, Point help Lightning hold off Islanders, 7-6By VIN A. CHERWOONEW YORK (AP) Although the Tampa Bay Lightning didn't like the way they almost gave up a four-goal lead in the third period, they were happy to get the win and move on.J.T. Miller scored twice,...