Jiri Hudler scored twice to help the streaking Detroit Red Wings hold off the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in the NHL on Thursday.
Tuomo Ruutu and Rod Brind'Amour scored shootout goals to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay and spoil new Lightning coach Rick Tocchet's debut on Sunday.
Zach Parise scored the only goal in a shootout to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 6-5 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday.
The Tampa Bay Lightning fired Barry Melrose on Friday after only 16 games as head coach of the National Hockey League team.
A second NHL team in Toronto could mean big bucks.
Igor Larionov, an elegant center who became a road map for future Russian hockey players in the NHL, was most deservedly named as one of the 2008 Hockey Hall of Fame inductees on Monday.
Brent Johnson's solid goaltending propelled the Washington Capitals to a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday, their third home win a row.
A mere four years removed from a Stanley Cup, the Lightning have fallen from grace, and fallen hard.
Pittsburgh center Sidney Crosby scored his 100th career goal and collected three assists to set two other personal milestones.
After a strong home opener against the Chicago Blackhawks Friday night in which the Rangers won 4–2, the Blueshirts took their winning record on the road against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wachovia Center on Saturday and held on to a gritty 4–3 win, boosting their season record to 4–0.