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The Philadelphia Flyers and the Tampa Bay Lightning will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Tampa Bay Times Forum. Philadelphia Flyers at Tampa Bay When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 27, 2013 Where: Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida TV: 6 p.m. ET, CSN...

DETROIT (AP) Officials say the cost of building the Detroit Red Wings' new arena has jumped by $105 million to nearly $733 million. The city's Downtown Development Authority said the revised estimate to build the Little Caesars Arena for the NHL team reflects the specific cost of materials, permits, design...

CAHOKIA, Ill. (AP) A plane carrying the Dallas Stars hockey team was forced to return to a St. Louis-area airport because of smoke in the cockpit. The Belleville News-Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/2j6TIgQ ) the Boeing 737 took off at 11:52 a.m. from the St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, Illinois, but...

When the Washington Capitals signed Alex Ovechkin to a $124 million, 13-year contract eight years ago, the long-term commitment and first nine-digit deal in NHL history represented a significant risk. Owner Ted Leonsis and former general manager George McPhee's concerns were about possible injury. But now that Ovechkin is one...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenseman Ben Hutton to a two-year, $5.6 million extension. The 23-year-old is in his second NHL season with Vancouver and has two goals and two assists in 20 games in 2016-17. Selected 147th overall at the 2012 draft, Hutton was one of...

Dany Heatley found it all too fitting that he reached the 400-assist mark for his career with two "passes" off the post. Known more for his shot, the Minnesota Wild forward clanged a pair of line drives off the goal post, only to have the puck carom straight to...

Russia got two late goals to beat the United States 5-3 in a hard-fought game, while Canada scored four unanswered goals en route to a 7-1 rout of Norway on Tuesday at the ice hockey world championships. The Americans gave the defending champions their toughest test yet at this year's...

Tom Fenton was in a barber's chair when he got the call. Nathan Schoenfeld was giving his 5-week-old twin boys a bath. Eric Semborski was teaching kids to play hockey at a suburban rink. Within hours, each was wearing a mask, pads and an NHL uniform as an emergency goaltender,...

PITTSBURGH (AP) Mother Nature appears ready to make a kick save on spring ahead of the Stadium Series game between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night at Heinz Field. After a week of temperatures more suitable for early May than late February gave NHL vice president of...

The fans at Rexall Place will be treated to a game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Edmonton Oilers when they take their seats on Monday. When: 9:30 PM ET, Monday, October 27, 2014 Where: Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta TV: 9:30 p.m. ET, RDS (Montreal), RSN (Edmonton) Prediction: Canadiens 5, Oilers 2...

The Carolina Hurricanes say defenseman Joni Pitkanen will miss the rest of the season with a broken heel. General manager Jim Rutherford disclosed the severity of Pitkanen's injury Wednesday. Pitkanen was hurt with 1:57 left in the second period of a 5-3 loss to Washington on Tuesday night. He raced...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Vancouver Canucks defenseman Troy Stecher has been diagnosed with mumps and several other players have shown symptoms of the highly contagious virus. The team said Friday that defensemen Chris Tanev and Nikita Tryamkin and forwards Mike Chaput and Markus Granlund have shown symptoms. The players with...