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The Dallas Stars found a bright shot in a 4-1 loss in Edmonton on Saturday night: They still had plenty of energy Sunday night. Rookie James Neal scored the winning goal in the fifth round of the shootout and Dallas rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2. The Stars won despite not arriving in Vancouver until late Sunday morning after their late flight out of...

The more gray Owen Nolan accumulates in his beard, the less he concerns himself with grudges. The Minnesota Wild forward no longer worries about settling scores with the Colorado Avalanche, an organization that drafted him and then traded him away. "Played too many games to worry about that now," the 17-year veteran said.

Randy Carlyle found a lot to like in the Ducks' all-around play. "Tonight was our best team effort that we've had," the Anaheim coach said after a 2-0 victory over Phoenix on Sunday night. "I think the difference in the game was our special teams. "We got two power-play goals and they went (0-for-4) on their power play, so our penalty killers and our power play stood up." Rookie Bobby Ryan had a...

The Chicago Blackhawks returned to the United Center -- and their winning ways. Nikolai Khabibulin made 34 saves, Martin Havlat, Andrew Ladd and Patrick Sharp each had a goal and an assist, and the Blackhawks rebounded from consecutive losses to Detroit to beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Sunday night.

The New Jersey Devils signed Brian Rolston to quarterback the power play. The move is paying off now. Back up to speed after an ankle injury, Rolston scored a power-play goal 1:43 into overtime to give the Devils a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night. Rolston's winner came on a slap shot from about 40 feet with Senators defenseman Brian Lee and Devils forward Brian Gionta standing...

The Tampa Bay Lightning are no longer a last-place team or winless in Atlanta for nearly two years. Martin St. Louis scored twice, and Mike Smith made 27 saves to help the Lightning move out of the Southeast Division basement with a 4-1 victory over the Thrashers on Sunday night. Tampa Bay (11-18-10) has 32 points, one more than Atlanta (13-22-5).

The Montreal Canadiens showcased a glimpse of their All-Star abilities to win despite a less-than-stellar performance. Andrei Markov scored the only shootout goal to give Montreal a 6-5 win Sunday over the Florida Panthers. Markov, one of four Canadiens players elected to start this month's All-Star Game at the Bell Centre, put a backhand through Craig Anderson's pads on the Canadiens' third...

For someone who had never faced a penalty shot or competed in an NHL shootout, 22-year-old Jonathan Quick did quite a fine job against the Philadelphia Flyers. Quick stopped 31 shots and turned aside a penalty shot by Scott Hartnell, leading the Los Angeles Kings to a 2-1 victory on Saturday night. He has a 0.79 goals-against average in five starts since giving up five goals at Detroit on Dec.

If the Edmonton Oilers are going to make a playoff push, they need to start making their move now. Dwayne Roloson made 38 saves, and the Oilers started a five-game homestand with a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night. Sheldon Souray, Erik Cole, Dustin Penner and Andrew Cogliano scored for the Oilers (18-6-3), who snapped a two-game skid and improved to 7-6-3 at home.

As well as the San Jose Sharks played for the first half of the game, coach Todd McLellan was more concerned about the lackadaisical way his team finished. Mike Grier scored two goals in a game for the first time in nearly two years and the San Jose Sharks held on to beat the New York Islanders 5-3 Saturday night to extend their run of dominance on home ice.

A little-known player and few big misses put an end to Boston's longest winning streak in nearly 36 years. Recent call-up Matt Ellis scored his second and third goals of the season to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 4-2 win over Boston on Saturday, snapping the Bruins' 10-game winning streak and handing them their first home loss since late October.

After four extremely stingy games, Steve Mason looked like a rookie. The Blues' special teams cooled off the Blue Jackets' rookie goalie, accounting for all of St. Louis' goals in a 5-2 victory over Columbus on Saturday night. "I just wasn't very good," Mason said. "I was giving up rebounds, a couple of five-hole goals, so it wasn't a very good game by myself." Keith Tkachuk scored the go-ahead goal...

A groin strain is exactly the type of injury that most goalies dread. The type that lingers. The type that can derail a season in a heartbeat. For Detroit goalie Chris Osgood, his groin strain couldn't have come at a better time. After sitting out for two weeks to let it heal, Osgood made 33 saves through overtime and then two big ones in the shootout to lift the Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the...

It's pretty easy to make the case that Alex Ovechkin is one of the NHL's best players, no matter what the All-Star voting says. And now his Washington Capitals are the best they've ever been through 40 games. On the day he was left out of the Eastern Conference starting lineup for hockey's midseason showcase, Ovechkin scored a short-handed goal with a half-minute left in the second period to break...

The reeling Pittsburgh Penguins lost again -- this time, sending captain Sidney Crosby to his boiling point. Nathan Horton scored twice and the Florida Panthers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-1 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday that sent the Penguins to their fourth straight loss. Down 4-1 late in the second period, Crosby got into the second fight of his career -- going after Brett...

In a matchup of teams heading in different directions in the Western Conference, Todd Bertuzzi's late third-period efforts ensured that they both continued their streaks. Bertuzzi scored with 23.4 seconds remaining in the third period to lead the Calgary Flames to their fifth straight win with a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday afternoon.

Doug Weight earned the admiration of his teammates -- and opponents -- with a milestone pass. Weight's first of two assists Friday night made him the eighth American-born player to reach 1,000 points, but the New York Islanders lost 5-4 to the Phoenix Coyotes. "It was unbelievable for the team to stand up and give me a hand and the crowd, too," Weight said.

The Philadelphia Flyers stumbled at the start of the season, losing their first six games. Now they're tied for first place with the New York Rangers in the contentious Atlantic Division, and they don't plan on looking back. Mike Richards scored the only goal in a shootout and assisted on goals by Ossi Vaananen, Braydon Coburn and Mike Knuble, leading the Flyers to a 5-4 victory over the Anaheim...