Petr Sykora scored two goals to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes whose head coach Paul Maurice was starting his second stint at the helm.
Back in late-November 2005, then-Boston Bruins GM Mike O’Connell gave an early gift to the San Jose Sharks when he traded star center Joe Thornton for left-winger Marco Strum, defenseman Brad Stuart, and center Wayne Primeau.
Patrick Roy’s number 33 jersey was retired on Saturday night by the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre.
Philadelphia goalie Martin Biron recorded a season-high 40 saves against his former team as the visiting Flyers shut out the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 on Friday.
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.