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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs will begin 2013 by renewing their rivalry at one of North America’s most iconic stadiums.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Henrik and Daniel Sedin both scored against Minnesota for the first time in their careers to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 win against the Wild on Thursday night.
WASHINGTON – Mathieu Perreault scored with 13 seconds elapsed Tuesday, Alex Ovechkin had two goals and the Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers, 4-0, to take over first place in the Southeast Division.
ST. LOUIS – Jaroslav Halak stopped 21 shots, and Jamie Langenbrunner scored in the second period to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 1-0 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night.
EDMONTON, Alberta – Center Sam Gagner had four goals and four assists Thursday in the NHL’s first eight-point game in 23 years, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Blackhawks, 8-4.
TORONTO – James Reimer stopped all 25 shots he faced Wednesday, and Clarke MacArthur scored in the third period to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs over the Pittsburgh Penguins, 1-0.
OTTAWA – Marian Gaborik got the best of New York Rangers teammate Henrik Lundqvist, and Zdeno Chara scored the winning goal for the NHL All-Star team named after him.
OTTAWA – Marian Gaborik made New York Rangers teammate Henrik Lundqvist pay for not selecting him to play for Daniel Alfredsson's team in the NHL All-Star game.
GATINEAU, Quebec – Daniel Alfredsson stuck close to home – both his native Sweden and his adopted home of Ottawa – in making his selections in the NHL All-Star draft on Thursday night.
CHICAGO – The Blackhawks’ locker room was not a happy place Tuesday.
ST. LOUIS – Chris Kunitz scored the deciding goal on a backhander in the fourth round of a shootout, and the Pittsburgh Penguins took a seven-game winning streak into the All-Star break with a 3-2 victory against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) – Alex Ovechkin is skipping the NHL All-Star game, a decision he announced a day after getting a three-game suspension from the league for a hit on an opponent.
DETROIT – Pavel Datsyuk and Johan Franzen scored in the second period, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the St. Louis Blues, 3-1, on Monday night for their 17th consecutive home win – the NHL’s longest single-season streak in 36 years.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Cody Hodgson scored his second goal of the game with 4:17 left, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the San Jose Sharks, 4-3, on Saturday.
PITTSBURGH – The moment is etched in Canadian hockey lore.
PITTSBURGH – Evgeni Malkin scored in his fifth straight game and added the lone goal in the shootout to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 5-4 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.
PHILADELPHIA – Evgeni Nabokov made 40 saves, and the New York Islanders snapped a 13-game losing streak in Philadelphia with a 4-1 victory over the Flyers on Thursday night.
DALLAS – Jiri Hudler scored in the second round of the shootout, Detroit’s Ty Conklin was perfect in all three rounds, and the Red Wings beat the Dallas Stars, 3-2, on Tuesday night.
DETROIT – Henrik Zetterberg scored the first of Detroit’s three goals in the first period, and the Red Wings broke a franchise record with their 15th consecutive home victory, a 5-0 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Monday.
TAMPA, Fla. – Evgeni Malkin had three goals and two assists, James Neal added two goals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 6-3, on Sunday.
CHICAGO – Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville had seen enough after his team allowed two goals on two shots to start the second period Sunday against the San Jose Sharks.
CHICAGO – Blackhawks forward Viktor Stalberg knew that he would have an opportunity to play a greater role on offense when teammate Patrick Sharp was injured a week ago.
WASHINGTON – Troy Brouwer got his first career hat trick, and Alex Ovechkin also scored Friday night as the Washington Capitals took a 4-3 victory that handed the Tampa Bay Lightning a sixth consecutive loss.

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