In 1980, U.S. hockey coach Herb Brooks overlooked some top-level college talent and built his "Miracle on Ice" hockey team around players who hailed mainly

Mike Smith made 33 saves as the Tampa Bay Lightning finished off the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Sunday in the completion of an NHL game that was suspended two

Henrik Lundqvist made 29 saves, including Marco Sturm's first-period penalty shot, and held Boston scoreless until late in the game to lift the surging New

The New Jersey Devils' game against the Tampa Bay Lightning was suspended Friday night when a lighting problem on one side of the arena in the second period

The Chicago Blackhawks came from two goals down to beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Thursday, reclaiming the outright NHL lead.

The San Jose Sharks reclaimed a share of the NHL lead with a 2-1 overtime win over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday.

Veteran goalie Martin Brodeur made 28 saves for his third shutout in just seven games, helping the NHL Eastern Conference-leading New Jersey Devils to a 4-0

Christopher Higgins' tiebreaking goal with 1:29 left rescued the New York Rangers and lifted them to a 3-2 victory over Boston after the Bruins scored twice

Alex Kovalev broke a lengthy scoring slump with a career-best four goals and an assist to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 7-4 victory over the Philadelphia

Michal Handzus scored a short-handed goal early in the third period to put Los Angeles ahead, and Ryan Smyth connected on a power play, leading the Kings to a

Marco Sturm capped a late comeback with an overtime goal, Tim Thomas saved his best for the end and the Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on

The San Jose Sharks became the first team in more than 27 years to score on two penalty shots in a game and went on to win their sixth straight, 5-2 over the

Jason Pominville scored with 9:05 left to complete the Buffalo Sabres' rally from a three-goal deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in the NHL on

Fredrik Modin backhanded in a rebound of his own shot 3:12 into overtime to give Columbus a 1-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday, ending the Blue

Patrick Kane scored his second goal of the game with 43.4 seconds to play to cap a wild third period Sunday and lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-4 victory

Patrick Marleau scored twice in the first period, the first his 300th career goal, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Saturday night for

The Washington Capitals extended their lead atop the NHL's Southeast Division with a 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres in Wednesday's clash between two of the

The San Jose Sharks edged their closest rivals Chicago 3-2 on Tuesday to take a lead over the Blackhawks atop the NHL's Western Conference.

Martin Brodeur broke the NHL record with his 104th career shutout, and maybe the only surprise was how easily it came against the Stanley Cup champion

Cristobal Huet made 20 saves for his second straight shutout, and Duncan Keith had a goal and an assist to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to their fourth victory

Alex Ovechkin scored his 22nd and 23rd goals early in the third period, and Tomas Fleischmann added the go-ahead goal in the Washington Capitals' 4-2 victory

Martin Brodeur set a National Hockey League record for games played by a goaltender and helped make the milestone a win with 27 saves and an assist, leading

Martin Brodeur tied Patrick Roy's NHL record for the most regular-season appearances by a goalie and the New Jersey Devils marked the occasion with a 2-1 win

The Washington Capitals stayed atop the NHL standings after a 6-1 thrashing of the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.

Kimmo Timonen broke a third-period tie with 9:32 left, then added a short-handed empty-netter to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-1 victory over the Boston

Blackhawks backup Antti Niemi made 18 saves for his third shutout in seven starts this season, and Marian Hossa had a goal and an assist in Chicago's 4-0

Alex Kovalev scored three times, including the 400th of his career, to help the Ottawa Senators beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Saturday night.

Scott Clemmensen made 26 saves to beat his former teammates, Michael Frolik scored twice and the Florida Panthers ended a four-game losing streak with a 4-2

The Los Angeles Kings moved within a point of the NHL lead with a 3-2 shootout win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday.

Ryan Miller made 35 saves for his 16th career shutout and Nathan Gerbe scored his first NHL goal as the Buffalo Sabres halted Washington's six-game winning

Mike Richards, Jeff Carter and Claude Giroux scored two goals each as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 6-2 on Tuesday for their first win

Martin Brodeur tied Terry Sawchuk's NHL record with his 103rd shutout to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 3-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in the NHL on

Dan Cleary scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:03 left, and Jimmy Howard made 28 saves to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers

Ottawa gave up one-goal leads three times against the Anaheim Ducks -- each time in less than a minute -- before Alex Kovalev and Daniel Alfredsson scored in the first two rounds

Erik Cole scored three goals and the Carolina Hurricanes snapped a five-game skid by beating the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Saturday.

Jamie Langenbrunner scored with 38.1 seconds left in regulation to give the New Jersey Devils a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday night.

Sidney Crosby had two goals and an assist for Pittsburgh in a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday, as the Penguins retained a share of the NHL

Marc Savard celebrated his new seven-year contract extension by scoring his 200th NHL goal, and Marco Sturm scored twice in 2:33 to lead the Boston Bruins to a

Brent Seabrook scored in the 11th round of a shootout Tuesday night and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 to give coach Joel

Mike Rupp shook off a leg injury in the third period, snapped a tie with his second goal of the night, and then completed his first NHL hat trick to help the

Dan Boyle scored the go-ahead goal on a power play 6:15 into the second period, and Evgeni Nabokov made 28 saves to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 4-2 victory

James Vandermeer scored his second goal of the game at 1:18 of overtime, Matthew Lombardi also scored and Robert Lang had two assists, leading the Phoenix Coyotes to a 3-2 victory

Sidney Crosby had his fourth career hat trick and added two assists for his second five-point game and the Pittsburgh Penguins won for the fourth time in five

Miika Kiprusoff made 40 saves for his second shutout of the season and 32nd overall, leading the Calgary Flames to a 3-0 victory over the slumping Detroit Red

Marc-Andre Bergeron scored his second goal of the game 4:46 into the third period to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets in

Sidney Crosby scored on a power play at 3:07 of overtime as the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to beat the Florida

Steven Stamkos scored in overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Thrashers on Sunday.

Jarome Iginla scored a goal in each period to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

Jarome Iginla scored a goal in each period to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

Dany Heatley scored three times, Joe Thornton recorded his 600th NHL assist, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Friday night.

Kris Versteeg scored two power-play goals in Chicago's five-goal second period to help the Blackhawks rout the Calgary Flames 7-1 on Thursday in a rematch of

The Philadelphia Flyers opened a five-game road trip with their seventh victory in eight games, beating the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in the NHL on Wednesday.

Ryan Wilson scored his first NHL goal and added an assist as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 in a clash of the NHL Northwest Division's top

Darroll Powe, Scott Hartnell, and James van Riemsdyk scored goals as the Philadelphia Flyers edged New Jersey 3-2 to end the Devils' eight-game winning streak

Jussi Jokinen and Michael Leighton helped Carolina end its winless streak at 14 games, leading the Hurricanes to a 5-4 shootout victory over the Minnesota Wild

P.A. Parenteau scored the deciding goal in the seventh round of the shootout to give the New York Rangers a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

Brian Pothier scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Washington Capitals won their fourth in a row without Alex Ovechkin, beating the

Niclas Bergfors had a goal and two assists as the New Jersey Devils beat the slumping Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Thursday to close within a victory of tying

Chris Clark scored the deciding goal in the 11th round of the shootout, and backup goalie Semyon Varlamov came on in relief and carried the Washington Capitals

Jason Spezza scored the winning goal in the shootout for the Ottawa Senators, who came from behind twice to beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Tuesday.

CHICAGO (AP) — Jonathan Toews and Troy Brouwer scored power-play goals in a 3:31 span early in the third period Monday night, leading the Chicago Blackhawks to

Ryan Potulny and Dustin Penner scored two of Edmonton's four power-play goals as the Oilers won 5-3 on Sunday, handing the Colorado Avalanche their first home

OTTAWA (AP) — Zach Parise and David Clarkson each had a goal and an assist on the power play as the New Jersey Devils won their eighth straight NHL road game

BOSTON (AP) — Patrice Bergeron scored with 52 seconds left in regulation to help the Bruins avoid a historic third straight shutout, before Michael Cammalleri

SUNRISE, Florida (AP) — Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves for his second straight shutout as the Florida Panthers extended the Carolina Hurricanes' winless streak to

DETROIT (AP) — Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom scored in the first period, and Chris Osgood finished with his first shutout of the NHL season to give the

UNIONDALE, New York (AP) — Brendan Witt posted his first two-goal game in the NHL as the New York Islanders stretched their winning streak to a season-high

Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 shots for his 150th NHL victory and 21st career shutout, and Marian Gaborik returned from injury and scored for the fourth straight

Martin Biron earned his 200th NHL win and 26th career shutout, and Jeff Tambellini scored three goals for his first career hat trick as the New York Islanders

Steven Reinprecht had a natural hat trick in a 5:11 span of the first period, and Rostislav Olesz scored in the second round of a shootout to give the Florida

Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 12th and 13th goals as the Washington Capitals held on to hand the Atlanta Thrashers their fourth straight loss, 4-3 on

The Washington Capitals say forward Quintin Laing has the swine flu, making him at least the third NHL player to be diagnosed with the illness this week.

The Colorado Avalanche confirm that backup goalie Peter Budaj has the swine flu.

Florida Panthers left wing David Booth has been released from a Philadelphia hospital after suffering a concussion during a game.

Nicklas Bergfors, Travis Zajac and Zach Parise each had a goal and an assist and the New Jersey Devils snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins' winning streak at seven

Sidney Crosby scored twice in the third period and had the only goal in the shootout, and the Pittsburgh Penguins overcame a two-goal deficit to win their

John Tavares scored in the shootout to give the New York Islanders their first victory of the season, 4-3 over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.

Matt Cooke had a goal and an assist, four other Pittsburgh players scored, and the Penguins earned their sixth straight win by beating the St. Louis Blues 5-1

Devin Setoguchi scored two of San Jose's six consecutive goals and the Sharks took advantage of New York backup goalie Steve Valiquette in a 7-3 comeback

Brandon Dubinsky had a goal and an assist, and the New York Rangers earned their seventh straight win with a 4-1 victory over the winless Toronto Maple Leafs

Raffi Torres broke a tie with a power-play goal late in the second period and Rick Nash added a short-handed goal on Saturday night to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to their

Atlanta rookie Evander Kane scored 1:36 into the third period to snap a tie, and Rich Peverley had two power-play goals against Martin Brodeur in the

Vinny Prospal scored twice — including his 200th NHL goal — during first-period power plays as the New York Rangers stretched their winning streak to six games

Rick Nash stretched his streak of multipoint games to four with a pair of assists 2:04 apart in the second period, and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied for a

Brent Seabrook scored 26 seconds into overtime as the Chicago Blackhawks matched the biggest comeback in NHL history to rally from a five-goal deficit and beat

Ales Kotalik's power-play goal snapped a third-period tie, and backup Steve Valiquette made 18 saves in the New York Rangers' fourth straight victory, 3-0 over

Ales Kotalik's power-play goal snapped a third-period tie, and backup Steve Valiquette made 18 saves in the New York Rangers' fourth straight victory, 3-0 over the Anaheim Ducks

Sidney Crosby scored two power-play goals, and Evgeni Malkin had three assists to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat Toronto 5-2 on Saturday night.

The Anaheim Ducks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Saturday night.

Tom Kostopoulos and Jussi Jokinen scored first-period goals off turnovers in Florida's end, and Cam Ward made 25 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the

The St. Louis Blues said Friday that a three-story escalator at the Scottrade Center would remain shut down during an investigation into why it malfunctioned,

Corey Perry's short-handed goal with 53 seconds remaining left clinched the Ducks' 6-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

San Jose Sharks forward Brad Staubitz has been suspended for one game for his hit on Davis Drewiske of the Los Angeles Kings.

Danny Briere pounced on a loose puck and knocked in the rebound at 3:52 of overtime to keep the Philadelphia Flyers perfect and lift them to a 6-5 win over the

Rookie defensemen Michael Del Zotto and Matt Gilroy both scored, and the New York Rangers broke out of early power-play woes in a 3-2 victory over the New

The New York Islanders are becoming the NHL's biggest free agent.

Sid the Kid took the storybook ending away from prized rookie John Tavares and the New York Islanders.

The Sharks quickly spoiled the Ducks season opener with a dominating 4-1 victory on Saturday night.